Hi Greg, check your e-mail for reply. Regards, Houston.

>Hi Houston,
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>I sent you a email reply to your job offer. I look forward to hearing from you.
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>Greg Reichert
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>>>>And I've just thought of a way to increase readership of this thread.
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>>>Hi Houston,
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>>>May be you can tell more about Portland? :) I see you have a local User Group there, that's good.
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>>Hi Nadya,
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>>Portland is wet and grey most of the time, except in the winter when it is cold(ish), wet and dark-grey. In general the city is very liberal and cosmopolitan with a great ethnic diversity especially with regard to restaurants i.e. I can actually get a decent Chicken Vindaloo (hot going in and still hot when it comes back out – N.B. put the loo roll in the refrigerator the night before). With regard to ethnic diversity, you might want to avoid the airport (PDX) – they have a bad habit of strip searching and attempting to deport anyone that looks even vaguely foreign.
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>>Cost of living is pretty high, apparently one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. – a small compensation is the absence of sales tax. This is more than addressed by Federal, State and County Income tax, throw in property taxes, outrageous water, sewage and garbage collection and you will get the picture.
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>>On the plus side, there is pretty good public transport, I get the impression that is fairly unique here in the U.S. (My wife and I get by with just one car – shock and awe). The coast is an hour and half away – assuming you can avoid the masses. There is also limited skiing, some great hiking, some reasonable white water rafting, etc. Also the city is very bike friendly – all of the buses have bike carriers on the front (no charge) and you can take your bike on the MaxLine (also no charge), downtown has a fareless square on all public transport. Also, for a couple of weeks in the summer, the city has some really beautiful spots e.g. the world famous Rose Gardens, Water Front Park, etc.