ADVICE?

greenbuttskunk · 08-11-2003, 12:06 PM

Need some ideas. My mom and step dad are selling there sweet little home in northern NM and mving to the pacific NW. They want to be wthing 5 hours of portland, or closer. Want a dryer than portland climate, and decent house for 150K or less, and close enough to a tome with ammenities
like a wall mart, that kind of thing. Any ideas would be appreciated. I was thinking maybe white salmon area. close enough to drop of the grandkids
once and awhile.
Thanks,
GBS

Grantspastor · 08-11-2003, 12:13 PM

Southern Oregon...the climate is drier...the scenery is better...the fishing is better yet. It would give you a great excuse to come down to Grants Pass and fly fish for Steelhead. There's no down side here.

FEAR NO FISH! · 08-11-2003, 12:14 PM

Show em the Tri-Cities. It is a desert. Very little snow or rain. Lots of rivers!

Thumper · 08-11-2003, 12:14 PM

Money magazine used to say that the smartest people in America worked in Oregon but lived in Washington. But we Washingtonians don't like transplants much, so that is out. :grin:

lost_sailor · 08-11-2003, 12:25 PM

Madras. Prineville. Gateway!

SNOW doesn't count, right?

Pendleton.

OceanBlue · 08-11-2003, 12:46 PM

Hood River! That would sure be my pick!

Ramstrong · 08-11-2003, 01:52 PM

Why's that Jack? Once I started working in Oregon, I had to start paying Oregon income tax. That really sucks. Working in Washington and living in Washington next to the border has been the best arrangement for me.

Now as for your question GBS. I've always been partial to the area Grantspastor mentioned, or Roseburg to Myrtle Point area. I just love the rolling oak land.

08-11-2003, 02:22 PM

Sequim, Washington would be my suggestion 17" inches of annual rainfall make Sequim kind of unusual since it's close to the Olympic peninsula. The rainstorms miss it most of the time.

pdxkevin · 08-11-2003, 02:28 PM

Are they bringing any green chilis? :grin:

Check out www.rmls.com for houses listed anywhere in OR! Fast and free way to search for houses before getting a realtor involved.

FallRiverGuy · 08-11-2003, 02:59 PM

Bend has all that but finding a house for 150K or less may be hard. Then you would have an excuse to come over fishing! Ashland is a nice town but don't know about the Walmart.

greenbuttskunk · 08-11-2003, 03:08 PM

FRG, I like bend, but I think it would be a bit expensive for them. too bad they are leaving NM, it is paradise where they live. 7200 feet up in the mountains. I like the souther oregon thing, a great excuse to come down, drop off the boy, and hit some good rivers. Thank everybody for the responses.

1pump · 08-11-2003, 07:56 PM

White Salmon? Hood River? Nice places, but I hope they like wind, and lots of it. [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]
Yeah, $150K in Bend would be tough. Is Redmond any better? Maybe Terrebonne? I kinda like the Culver area, but a lot of people don't. (It's kinda ugly in winter)
Thing is, in 5 hours you could cover almost all of OR and most of WA from PDX. Lots of tough choices there.
If they're retired and have an income, then maybe Southern OR, like Grants Pastor said. I just wouldn't want to be looking for work down there right now. :depressed:

08-11-2003, 07:57 PM

Beaver Marsh is afordable but who would want to live there :grin:

Blue Tip Spinner · 08-18-2003, 05:27 PM

why not the dalles? you got the columbia, deschutes, john day. bass, salmon, sturgeon, walleye,steelhead, the works! drier than p-town, with all the benefits of being near the mountain without the rain. elk, deer, upland birds, and waterfowl just a few minutes away. if i could retire (and i do mean retire) it would be in the dalles. all of what i love around me with out the crowds of portland. that would be heaven...

dampainter · 08-18-2003, 08:30 PM

agreed blue tip spinner, but if I could afford to it would be white salmon or hood river with a view of either mt. hood or mt. adams...possible parkdale or odell?....for sure one of these area`s, I have lived all over, none would be better in my book.

Silver Hilton · 08-19-2003, 06:41 AM

Yakima, Ellensburg, Pendleton are all nice for smaller towns. Warm and dry, and not too cold in the winter. Goldendale would be nice, too, but I suspect the town is dying. Tri_cities is nice for a larger town.

blacktail · 08-20-2003, 05:46 PM

Redmond might be a good option.

Mike

Gary_T · 08-21-2003, 10:49 AM

A house for $150k or less that's nice in Redmond? I've never priced them there but just from looking at some of them I figured they started at $300k.

I live in Burien and hate it here... too much crime... but then again I'm from a small town (4,000 residents) in Cali so getting my truck broken into and then stolen was a completely foreign experience for me.

If they want a town with ambience, I'd suggest Leavenworth. It's close to Wenatchee which has your usual ammenities like Wally World, malls, etc. Your right by the Columbia River with it's world class Walleye fishery, great scenery, and very little crime. Not sure what houses go for in that area and I need to live closer to the coast or I would think about living there. If I get too far way from clamming and crabbing I start to get withdrawals so it would never work for me... but for someone who doesn't need salt water, might be a great place to live.

reeldick · 08-21-2003, 01:01 PM

Take a look at Hermiston. Cute town, college area, lots of plays and entertainment, great wineries. There is even good fishing in the river close by.