as a moderate, i feel the noise from both sides, and i can’t say that one has been better than the other. i’ve been pretty grossed out by extremes from both sides.
DH, I lived in Seattle and visited Portland enough times to know you’ll like Seattle more. Seattle is more than just the city itself. Like Manhattan has its neighboring boroughs, Seattle has its version or neighboring boroughs of interest. one other plus is Seattle is closer to Vancouver – where “fusion” takes on a different meaning (in the form of hot hot inter racial “talent”). Seattle weather is not the greatest but its not down-right depressing like it’s in Portland.
portland is awesome but i think after new york, it might be a bit boring. it’s tiny comparitively speaking. maybe a couple of neighborhoods to go out at night versus the kerbillion here. that said, the outdoor stuff is awesome. mt hood is a 40 min drive from downtown and is completely insane. great skiing / snowboarding most of the year with golf for a few months during the summer (or mountainbiking down the trails which is also awesome). seemed relatively diverse considering it’s tiny size. i like it better than seattle, but that’s just my opinion. quick shot up to vancouver and north for more amazing wintersports.
To tell you the truth, I haven’t followed this whole “school speech” issue that closely. From the bits I’ve read, folks are upset about two things:
-according to the original plan, after the children heard his speech, they would be asked to write an essay along the lines of “What can I do to help President Obama achieve his goals”
-apparently the advanced planning on this was not well done, and the local school districts were not consulted, and they are in a snit about it.
Again, I’m not positive, because I haven’t covered the issue that closely.
Hmm, good points DeLepp, and another nice thing is that the mountains are right there. And there are some cool towns to visit nearby, and a lot of good music goes through Denver.
CG-ups, I dunno, the ‘noise level’ seems awfully loud to me right now. It’s actually felt frightening to me at times over the past few months. I mean frightening in the sense that there could be major violence over these matters. The tone is going way past the usual complaint dept of the opposite party.
Cool CG/M4L – definitely sounds worth checking out Portland/Seattle.
M4L you pig! 😛
One of these rooms is NOT like the other:
http://tinyurl.com/nx7gyo
This one dead wrong. I call it “overkill”:
http://tinyurl.com/nlv5pu
as a moderate, i feel the noise from both sides, and i can’t say that one has been better than the other. i’ve been pretty grossed out by extremes from both sides.
DH, I lived in Seattle and visited Portland enough times to know you’ll like Seattle more. Seattle is more than just the city itself. Like Manhattan has its neighboring boroughs, Seattle has its version or neighboring boroughs of interest. one other plus is Seattle is closer to Vancouver – where “fusion” takes on a different meaning (in the form of hot hot inter racial “talent”). Seattle weather is not the greatest but its not down-right depressing like it’s in Portland.
portland is awesome but i think after new york, it might be a bit boring. it’s tiny comparitively speaking. maybe a couple of neighborhoods to go out at night versus the kerbillion here. that said, the outdoor stuff is awesome. mt hood is a 40 min drive from downtown and is completely insane. great skiing / snowboarding most of the year with golf for a few months during the summer (or mountainbiking down the trails which is also awesome). seemed relatively diverse considering it’s tiny size. i like it better than seattle, but that’s just my opinion. quick shot up to vancouver and north for more amazing wintersports.
CH;
To tell you the truth, I haven’t followed this whole “school speech” issue that closely. From the bits I’ve read, folks are upset about two things:
-according to the original plan, after the children heard his speech, they would be asked to write an essay along the lines of “What can I do to help President Obama achieve his goals”
-apparently the advanced planning on this was not well done, and the local school districts were not consulted, and they are in a snit about it.
Again, I’m not positive, because I haven’t covered the issue that closely.
Hmm, good points DeLepp, and another nice thing is that the mountains are right there. And there are some cool towns to visit nearby, and a lot of good music goes through Denver.
CG-ups, I dunno, the ‘noise level’ seems awfully loud to me right now. It’s actually felt frightening to me at times over the past few months. I mean frightening in the sense that there could be major violence over these matters. The tone is going way past the usual complaint dept of the opposite party.