My partner and I have decided to take the plunge and move to Portland! I've had my eye on Portland ever since I visited there for business a few years ago. We'll be moving March-April 2015.
We're trying to figure out how to go about moving there - specifically, how to find a place. To minimize expenses (flying up there for visits gets costly very quickly), we're planning on finding a mediocre apartment remotely, only signing a 1-3 month lease, and then using those 1-3 months to find where we actually want to live. We've been doing a ton of research on neighborhoods (portlandbridges.com has been helpful) and trying to get a sense of apartment availability, but it's really difficult to do that remotely (especially since many available apartments aren't posted online).
We'd love to live in a unique, microcosmic neighborhood that isn't downtown. It's important that we live somewhere with nearby parks sprinkled with cafes / coffee shops / human activity, as we love being able to walk around and explore during our evening walks. We're looking to spend $900-1200/month for a decent two-bedroom (he works from home). We prefer living in rented house spaces rather than in large apartment complexes.
Basically I'm looking for any advice you might have. Neighborhoods that you'd recommend, pitfalls to avoid when first moving to Portland, where we definitely shouldn't rent, anything we should know about Portland that you didn't learn until you lived there, if you think we'll struggle to find a nice apartment for our price range, etc. Help meh!!![]()



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