Bozeman or Portland

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:21 pm

God I love posting this time of night! Nobody to "attempt" to argue with my one-dimensional, narrow-minded point of view

W.C. made some pointless reference to Philly; mine happens to be that I feel Bozo has much more to offer than a fog laden dirty river town. I guess the only advantage Portland has over Bozo is that in order to truly enjoy yourself, you have to leave town!

PortlandCat · Post by **PortlandCat** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:28 pm

Both are great places. Bozeman is a nice small town with great outdoor activities. Portland has it beat in terms of job market (you can actually get one here) and the infrastructure. Much more to do and see on a given Saturday night.

Portland has beautiful parks and you can be skiing or on the coast within a couple of hours. It rains a good bit and the winters can be dreary but I will take the summers and falls over virtually anywhere.

Bozeman is a wonderful town and I would love to live there any time it is above 15 degrees but the winters are brutal.

suckitgriz · Post by **suckitgriz** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:07 pm

Well I have gone golfing 4 times in the last week and it is currently 58 degrees. Plus, Bozeman has over 315 sunny days per year- true stat- more clear days then Houston, TX.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:51 pm

suckitgriz wrote:Well I have gone golfing 4 times in the last week and it is currently 58 degrees. Plus, Bozeman has over 315 sunny days per year- true stat- more clear days then Houston, TX.

Unfortunately, that probably means more smoky and hazy days this summer and fall with forest fires. We need more snowy and cold weather for you guys now so everything will be nicer for me when I come up later!

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:02 pm

We're all bracing for a huge fire season; what I recall about this type of winter (don't ya'll hate when older folks say something like that?) was that we usually had a pretty wet April through June

Any of the posters in here old enough to remember the summer of 69 (the last time MSU beat the Fizzlies three times in one year, by the way) when it poured all of May and June? The drive-in on the edge of Bozo was a cold place to be in vehicles without good heaters

Go Scats Go · Post by **Go Scats Go** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:00 pm

Portland smells like Roses
Bozo is a cat box:

HMMMMM Tough choice

grizzh8r · Post by **grizzh8r** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:29 pm

Go Scats Go wrote:Portland smells like Roses
Bozo is a cat box:

HMMMMM Tough choice

WOW. Clutch at straws lately Scats? Way to ressurect an old post. We might have the next bearBAC with this genius. Seriously man, get a life....

Go Scats Go · Post by **Go Scats Go** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:48 pm

grizzh8r wrote:
Go Scats Go wrote:Portland smells like Roses
Bozo is a cat box:

HMMMMM Tough choice
WOW. Clutch at straws lately Scats? Way to ressurect an old post. We might have the next bearBAC with this genius. Seriously man, get a life....

Had to because this site is lame

Post by **SonomaCat** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:51 pm

Go Scats Go wrote:
grizzh8r wrote:
Go Scats Go wrote:Portland smells like Roses
Bozo is a cat box:

HMMMMM Tough choice
WOW. Clutch at straws lately Scats? Way to ressurect an old post. We might have the next bearBAC with this genius. Seriously man, get a life....
Had to because this site is lame

So how does it feel to be the lamest poster on a lame site? Dude, makes you like, lame squared, man. Bummer for you.

Go Scats Go · Post by **Go Scats Go** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:06 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:
Go Scats Go wrote:
grizzh8r wrote:
Go Scats Go wrote:Portland smells like Roses
Bozo is a cat box:

HMMMMM Tough choice
WOW. Clutch at straws lately Scats? Way to ressurect an old post. We might have the next bearBAC with this genius. Seriously man, get a life....
Had to because this site is lame
So how does it feel to be the lamest poster on a lame site? Dude, makes you like, lame squared, man. Bummer for you.

Thanks for the insight CHEECH

Go Scats Go · Post by **Go Scats Go** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:41 pm

Sorry Because you are the moderator I'll show propper respect- Please except my apology for calling you Cheech- Proper term would be

Mr. Bay Area Cheech!!!!

CelticCat · Post by **CelticCat** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:57 pm

Go Scats Go is challenging BearAssed for the biggest dolt yet. Keep it up sonny!

PapaG · Post by **PapaG** » Sat May 21, 2005 11:55 pm

My wife and I (both MSU alums) moved to Portland in 1997. The first winter was tough. The rain wasn't bad, but the fact that you rarely saw the sun for a few months was fairly depressing. Bozeman may be cold, but you can see the sky.

That, however, is the only negative I can say about living in Portland. The wages are much higher than Bozeman, yet the pricing of houses is roughly the same. We just moved into a 4-bedroom, 3-bath house in Tualatin, which is 10 miles south of Portland. We paid under $300k for the house and I get downtown to work in 20 minutes. Not bad.

Another benefit IMO is the outdoors here. Yes, I realize Bozeman is an outdoor paradise, but I ask you this. Have you ever skied on a Saturday, spent a 70 degree day at the Pacific Ocean on a Sunday, and wakeboarded in 70+ degrees on a Monday on a river? I did a few years ago over Memorial Day weekend.

I'd pick Portland again if I had to do it over. Our plan now is to make money here (or somewhere else in the West if one of us gets an offer we can't refuse) for the next 18 years, get our girls through school, then sell our home for a nice profit and move back to Montana to retire.

Grizomatic · Post by **Grizomatic** » Sun May 22, 2005 4:01 am

As a Griz fan, I can say that I'd live in Bozeman in a heartbeat. Pretty town, and access to good fishing.

During football season, I'd probably have to come up with some excuse as to why I 'm not available, but a few small lies are a small price to pay for being able to live in Montana.