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i got a multi axis hammer and chisle... think that will work ?

 

 

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Congrats on the job. If I get my job situation taken care of this spring, I may have to see if we can go ride sometime.

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Are you trying to move close to work or out of town? The area where your new job is at is Swan Island which is a Commercial/Industrial area The residential area just east is old and run down. You are just west of the I-5 corridor , 1/2 hr south will get you in subburbs. 15 min North puts you in Vancouver Wa.

30 min East puts you in the Gresham area. If you go West 15 min you are in the Beaverton Area. All the outliying Subburbs are fairly close in if toy don't want to live right in town. DMV is a breeze and cheap I think car and pickup tags are like $40 every 2 years. I live SE of Portland , work construction , my average commute to any where in Portland or Salem is about an hour.

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Are you trying to move close to work or out of town? The area where your new job is at is Swan Island which is a Commercial/Industrial area The residential area just east is old and run down. You are just west of the I-5 corridor , 1/2 hr south will get you in subburbs. 15 min North puts you in Vancouver Wa.

30 min East puts you in the Gresham area. If you go West 15 min you are in the Beaverton Area. All the outliying Subburbs are fairly close in if toy don't want to live right in town. DMV is a breeze and cheap I think car and pickup tags are like $40 every 2 years. I live SE of Portland , work construction , my average commute to any where in Portland or Salem is about an hour.

 

I am trying to move clase to work and I am having shitty luck trying to find a place that is less than 15 miles from work. If I had to drive from the Gresham area, on I84 for a commute, how long do you figure that would take?

 

Does Oregon do any emissions testing?

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I am trying to move clase to work and I am having shitty luck trying to find a place that is less than 15 miles from work. If I had to drive from the Gresham area, on I84 for a commute, how long do you figure that would take?

 

Does Oregon do any emissions testing?

Yes Oregon has emmission testing.

We don't have Caliafornia traffic so 15 miles is nothing. If you were on I-84 in Gresham you would be looking at a 15 min commute, add traffic 20-25 max.

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Yes Oregon has emmission testing.

We don't have Caliafornia traffic so 15 miles is nothing. If you were on I-84 in Gresham you would be looking at a 15 min commute, add traffic 20-25 max.

 

It will be interesting to see of my truck still passes the emissions test. I think it's been a couple years since I had to have it checked.

 

After I cut down my list of places to live to around four places, would you mind checking them out on a map to make sure I am not moving into a bad neighborhood or setting myself up for an epic commute? :thanks:

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It will be interesting to see of my truck still passes the emissions test. I think it's been a couple years since I had to have it checked.

 

After I cut down my list of places to live to around four places, would you mind checking them out on a map to make sure I am not moving into a bad neighborhood or setting myself up for an epic commute? :thanks:

Just PM me the addresses and I'll check them out for you

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I know that to register and license a vehicle in oregon is @ 150 once your done. Only cause when my wife did live in washington, that is what it cost to get oregon plates and all on hers. Portland is great when its not raining. Lots of stuff to do. My wife use to live there i will see where she says to go. OOOOHHHH ya lots of strip clubs, all on one street. Could make a real nice night of it if you wanted. :whistling: I will pm you some stuff later.

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I know that to register and license a vehicle in oregon is @ 150 once your done. Only cause when my wife did live in washington, that is what it cost to get oregon plates and all on hers. Portland is great when its not raining. Lots of stuff to do. My wife use to live there i will see where she says to go. OOOOHHHH ya lots of strip clubs, all on one street. Could make a real nice night of it if you wanted. :whistling: I will pm you some stuff later.

 

The cost of the DMV stuff is no big deal. I just don't want to wait in a line at the DMV or atleast wait in the shortest line possible. If you have any reccomendations for such things around the Portland area, please let me know.

 

From what I have seen there are alot more strip clubs in Portland than are just on the one street that you are talking about. I heard they were working on some legislation to control that a bit awhile back though. :ermm:

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Just PM me the addresses and I'll check them out for you

 

Thanks for the help so far Fred. I sent you another PM.

 

For all the rest of you, here is a list of places that I am looking at renting. If anyone has any opinion about the area they are in or the place itself, let me know. I am trying to stay away from areas that have strip clubs, hooker, meth houses (or trailers), or people that are going have an overwhelming problem with my Harley or Banshee being started up everyonce in awhile. :thumbsup:

 

http://www.forrent.com/search/detail.asp?site=1006922

 

http://www.forrent.com/search/detail.asp?site=1007133

 

http://www.forrent.com/search/detail.asp?site=1007052

 

http://www.forrent.com/search/detail.asp?site=1006733

 

http://www.forrent.com/search/detail.asp?site=1006663

 

http://www.bethanyvillage.com/index.cfm?fu...&pageID=137

 

http://www.rent.com/rentals/oregon/portlan...dover/482391/2/

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Usually The rule I follow for dmv's is, Be there 20 minutes they open and sit at the door till they unlock it, Then your first in line! And as far as portland goes, Dont goto MLK after dark. (Unless you wanna score some drugs and a hooker)

 

Does the DMV only let you take car of one item at a time (license, registration, etc.) like California or can you do everything at once? Is licensing a separate office from title and registration like in WA?

 

Speaking of the bad areas of Portland, does anyone know anything about concealed weapons permits (CWP) or concealed pistol licenses (CPL) (I'm not sure what term they use in OR) in Oregon? My CPL from Washington is still valid, I never bothered getting one in CA, and I am not sure how Oregon does that sort of thing or if they do that sort of thing. :thumbsup:

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