I knew there were more than, say, a million reasons why I <3 Portland.  And why you should leave California to live in Portland. Now we have just one more…. Yesterday Forbes ranked Portland as the 4th best place to ride out the recession.  You can read the full article here. 

Reasons being:

Underwater homes: 11%    (foreclosures, homes without equity)
Median home equity: $68,313  
Unemployment: 6.1% (from 5% a year ago)
Median income: $38,511

A big ”Cheers!” to Shirley Erice, Wine Shop At Home, for raising the alert!

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