Portland, OR

✅ Very well situated between the ocean and mountains

✅ LGBTQ+ friendly

✅ High quality of living

✅ Very good nightlife

✅ A lot of parks

✅ A lot of outdoor activities

✅ One of the best education systems in the USA

✅ Healthcare is excellent

✅ Good transit system

✅ Food carts and local microbrews

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)

❌ Cloudy winters

❌ Very expensive

❌ Trash everywhere

❌ Out of control crime

❌ Violent drug addiction

❌ Mediocre public schools

❌ Some of the highest taxes in the country

❌ Ineffective police force

❌ Antiquated inefficient city government

❌ Very high rents

❌ Passive aggressive culture

❌ Feeling unsafe

❌ Extremely expensive

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very damp now

❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Not safe for women

❌ High alcohol consumption