Karol, Thanks for the tips. I have a car so I'll probably drive a fair amount until I get to know the city better, then I'll try to use public transit when I can.
I would prefer to have my own apartment since my gf and I are going to be moving together. What sort of bad experiences have you had with apartments? We are hoping to find a decent two bedroom in the $360/month range if possible. Am I dreaming here or is that something that's possible? By 'decent' I just mean something that's not run down and is in a relatively safe area. Other than that I'm not horribly picky. Thanks again for the help! -Cory On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 17:36, Karol Kulaga wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
