They say the same thing about Portland, but the reality is that we're in a time-delay bubble. Recessions and [housing/dot-com] bubble-pops hit the rest of the country, then they eventually hit Portland. The same goes for the recovery of the downturns and for full-fledged economic booms. Then they get better in the rest of the country, then they eventually get better in Portland.
Lots of people in California are moving to PDX because they see the downturn on the horizon--but this is probably the worst time to be doing that. By the time they get up here and settled in, they'll see the same (but time-delayed) downturn on the horizon that they were trying to escape. Double the displeasure!
Also: we have a bunch of trustifarians masquerading as hippies and hipsters. They don't care about the economy until their trust funds deplete.
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Date: 2009-02-07 07:01 pm (UTC)Lots of people in California are moving to PDX because they see the downturn on the horizon--but this is probably the worst time to be doing that. By the time they get up here and settled in, they'll see the same (but time-delayed) downturn on the horizon that they were trying to escape. Double the displeasure!
Also: we have a bunch of trustifarians masquerading as hippies and hipsters. They don't care about the economy until their trust funds deplete.