I live about 3 miles west of Washington square. The dslams are full here, and Verizon isn't going to add ports at the CO until 2006. The cable from Comcast is pretty good though, although it's gone down 4-5 times in the last month, beats Verizon's DSL though. . .
This is quite a safe neighborhood, and if you head out ~1-2 miles further on Scholls ferry you get right into farmland country, which is kind of neat if you need to decompress and stuff. Houses are bloody expensive; some guy on the block sold his house (nothing impressive) for $279,000. You'd probably want to consider renting a house with a couple of other people as the apartments are, well, kind of shitty in the area. Nothing terrible, mind you, but I've had a couple bad experiences. Also, if you're doing the whole public transit thing, you might want to know that this is kind of a bad area for that. If you plan to get a place anywhere off Roshak road, well, the nearest bus stop is on Scholls ferry, which can be a bloody miserable x mile walk in the rain. Also, there is no bus that goes directly to Highway 99, you have to transfer at the Washington Square transit center and then again at the Tigard transit center (and if you miss either, you get to wait 30 minutes). There isn't any bus service on Bull Mountain either (a bit further westward). The area is also kind of a pain to bike, if you go east on Scholls Ferry Road, it is not that bad, but there are a couple of hills north on Murray Road will tire you out. Bull Mountain is a pita to bike up. Basically a car is needed unless you don't mind taking an hour and a half to get anywhere. Good luck! _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
