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Originally Posted by escorpio
Eugene is what you are looking for.
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Eugene's nice, I lived there 5 years. It's a college town (University of Oregon, go Ducks!) thru & thru with a side of real oldschool crunchy hippies who broke out of a 1968 time capsule. The hippie factor was much much higher even 15-20 years ago - now they've cleaned up the town a bit, i.e. homogenized it. I associate the place with my misspent youth, maybe it's the "you can never go back" factor but of all the more progressive cities in the NW that's one I'd probably skip myself. Much of the town is really centered around university life.
Another good place to check out if you got the time is Bend. It's east of the Cascades in the high desert, beautiful country for skiing, hiking, fishing, etc, and a pretty hip city itself. Totally different climate from Portland/Seattle/Bellingham.
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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Yeah, I'll be visiting her this June and will check it out. I've been thinking about getting some acreage in another state to build a second home.
She loves the feel of it, but when she visited me in LA for 3 weeks, she spent a lot of time by the pool soaking up the sunshine
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That's exactly how I am, I gotta get south in the winter for some sun. Depends on the person I think. You could definitely do worse than buying land in NW Washington for a second home, it's a beautiful misty coastal wonderland.