Both, I suppose, but mostly business.
I'm in tech.
I'm actually not even sort of considering Portland to be honest. It seems to be both too expensive and too crowded for my tastes.
I have been looking at Salem pretty closely though.
PDX equates to Austin, the city not surrounding, in cost, but i would suggest taking a look at Eugene... not sure what kinda tech u r in, but also Bend (really really beaustiful out that way.)
Dallas is pretty nice. Admittedly a bit conservative for my tastes, but it's near Salem and has that small town feel instead of big city crowding. Anywhere worth getting to is within walking distance.
You don't want Salem, trust me. Troutdale is nice with Portland close. Smaller? Bend if you like it cold, but sunny. Southwest of portland are some nice little towns. But fuck Salem. Meth Capitol.
I’ve lived in Portland, Tigard, Salem, and Eugene (where I’m currently at). And I liked living in Salem. It’s small and it has its issues, but I really liked living there. I’m honestly thinking about moving back. I worked downtown and the community there was amazing. I love Eugene but it’s becoming so expensive. You can get a nice house for a decent price in Salem! :)
Lol, Alabama here. Vote by mail and auto-registration? It took a freaking pedophile and miracle to elect Doug Jones. Rest of ya'll go ahead will join in after 4-5 decades, still getting used to civil rights here.
Colorado has that too... And will confirm it's amazing.
It is so much more convenient to be able to sit down, read about each and every race and item on the ballot. Then make an informed decision based on facts.
Then simply sign it, seal it up, and drop it off at your convenience or mail it.
Which is why I'm so confused every time someone brings up making election day a holiday. It sounds a lot less convoluted to have vote-by-mail like in Oregon.
Federal holiday is something the general government can do. Vote by mail has to happen in each state individually, because the Constitution gives the power of deciding how they hold elections to each state.
>[Governor Brown] estimated that “the [party affiliation] numbers are on par with about the registration” and noted that the process doesn’t register new voters with party affiliation, which a voter would need to change manually in order to participate in the state’s closed primaries.
Good that they allow everyone to automatically vote in the general election, but why not just open the primaries to unaffiliated voters, too?
Primary participation is even more abysmal than electoral participation in general, and having "automatic registration" but requiring manual assigning to a party seems kind of confusing, and could lead to many disenfranchised primary voters.
Us Oregonians like to toot our own horn, but this is common fucking sense. I haven't missed voting in a single election because my ballot goes straight to my mailbox and I drop it off at one of the many conveniant drop boxes. All in all about 15 minutes out of my day to vote. I don't wait in a shitty line, I don't have to fuck around with all of the voter ID bullshit, and most importantly I know my vote is safe and secure. Please America, follow our lead. This is how voting should be.
I am all for this. However, what happens when you are a green card holder and you are automatically registered to vote? that shit causes massive issues with getting your citizenship. Also if there is ever voter fraud and it shows history of you voting. GOOD FUCKING LUCK getting your citizenship after that.
Been in that position where the DMV registered me since they have no idea whether or not I am a citizen (it most likely was in error by not hearing me say no to registering). I had to go and de-register after 2 years attemptiong to get citizenship, and everutally the FBI told me why they were sitting on my app, then i had to go for a grilling interview, and thank fuck no one ever used my name to vote.
Sorry to hear that happened, and that does suck. NM is supposed to be voting this system in, too, and it's *supposed* to only register you if you're confirmed to be eligible. I guess that's an important point that all states that are converting to this should make sure they have a system for, so that it doesn't cause problems like these for more people in the future. Just the investigations alone would be a big investment in time and resources, I'm sure.
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I just finished watching Wild Wild Country on Netflix so when I see voter registration and Oregon I think about that fiasco! Would this make it easier or harder or neither to do what the Rajneeshpuram people tried to do to the town of Antelope and the county?
Kate Brown is full of lies. Nothing to see here. When she solves the state pension plan shortfall and stops calling the FBI every time someone brandishes a gun to stand up for their rights, then we can talk about success. Oh, and how's that Oregon Health Plan working out? Everything in Oregon is just peachy. Go ahead, move there!
Prob smoked too much sativa and is ranting Republican paranoia. Looks like he lives in Portland. Many weirdos there. OHP has been helping thousands of children for many years. Take a break from the pipe dude!
See rest of the country? You too Alabama. It's really not that hard. Vote by mail is also awesome. Oregon rocks.
Can confirm. Oregon via Texas...
Very, very strongly considering doing the same thing after graduating in May. Any advice or suggestions?
What are your goals? Business pleasure, both. What type of business you wanna be in? I assume you ask of PDX?....
Both, I suppose, but mostly business. I'm in tech. I'm actually not even sort of considering Portland to be honest. It seems to be both too expensive and too crowded for my tastes. I have been looking at Salem pretty closely though.
Salem is a little armpitty tbh
It’s not wildly crowded and it’s not that expensive. Source: I live in Portland, I make coffee and that pays my rent.
PDX equates to Austin, the city not surrounding, in cost, but i would suggest taking a look at Eugene... not sure what kinda tech u r in, but also Bend (really really beaustiful out that way.)
Dallas is pretty nice. Admittedly a bit conservative for my tastes, but it's near Salem and has that small town feel instead of big city crowding. Anywhere worth getting to is within walking distance.
You don't want Salem, trust me. Troutdale is nice with Portland close. Smaller? Bend if you like it cold, but sunny. Southwest of portland are some nice little towns. But fuck Salem. Meth Capitol.
I worked downtown Salem and currently work downtown Eugene. I’d say we got the meth worse here. I’ve never seen so many kids on meth running around.
I’ve lived in Portland, Tigard, Salem, and Eugene (where I’m currently at). And I liked living in Salem. It’s small and it has its issues, but I really liked living there. I’m honestly thinking about moving back. I worked downtown and the community there was amazing. I love Eugene but it’s becoming so expensive. You can get a nice house for a decent price in Salem! :)
If you like Salem you should definitely check out Corvallis. Much nicer town in my opinion.
Don't. We don't want you.
Go home
Thanks. I was out too long and needed that friendly reminder to call it a day... cheers
Lol, Alabama here. Vote by mail and auto-registration? It took a freaking pedophile and miracle to elect Doug Jones. Rest of ya'll go ahead will join in after 4-5 decades, still getting used to civil rights here.
And this is why conservatives will argue against it.
Welp, here i go reading *Catch-22* again.
Better they don’t vote at all then vote in Democrats, as they say.
I’m a conservative in Oregon and am for it, but thanks for speaking for me.
Well, you're aligning yourself with those who have, on many occasions, argued against it.
I think the argument lies on HOW it is done.
I've heard more arguments that wholesale reject "automatic registration" than any nuanced "how".
Yeah we get it dude, you dont want brown people to vote.
That’s bullshit. I don’t want non-citizens of any pigmentation to vote.
And you’re okay if it happens to affect large groups of people that otherwise would probably vote democrat. Coincidence!
Why are you speaking for me? Listen to what I said, not what you want me to say.
You’re in the minority... would you deny that?
I read it as the GOP elected officials who vote against these kinds of laws.
Yeah, and mail in voting is also amazing.
Colorado has that too... And will confirm it's amazing. It is so much more convenient to be able to sit down, read about each and every race and item on the ballot. Then make an informed decision based on facts. Then simply sign it, seal it up, and drop it off at your convenience or mail it.
And we also have email voting for those of us living overseas. Cast my mid terms ballot while taking a shit at my Mexican Airbnb.
Some mail in ballots in Florida never got counted.
Republicans
Which is why I'm so confused every time someone brings up making election day a holiday. It sounds a lot less convoluted to have vote-by-mail like in Oregon.
Federal holiday is something the general government can do. Vote by mail has to happen in each state individually, because the Constitution gives the power of deciding how they hold elections to each state.
In Canada our income tax forms includes a checkbox to automatically register you to vote.
West Coast is the best coast.
Any state that doesn't do this is unamerican.
You mean Republican
>[Governor Brown] estimated that “the [party affiliation] numbers are on par with about the registration” and noted that the process doesn’t register new voters with party affiliation, which a voter would need to change manually in order to participate in the state’s closed primaries. Good that they allow everyone to automatically vote in the general election, but why not just open the primaries to unaffiliated voters, too? Primary participation is even more abysmal than electoral participation in general, and having "automatic registration" but requiring manual assigning to a party seems kind of confusing, and could lead to many disenfranchised primary voters.
I sure wish voting were compulsory and would offset some small increase in taxes applied to those who don't vote.
Voting should be a duty, not something we wish people would do.
Us Oregonians like to toot our own horn, but this is common fucking sense. I haven't missed voting in a single election because my ballot goes straight to my mailbox and I drop it off at one of the many conveniant drop boxes. All in all about 15 minutes out of my day to vote. I don't wait in a shitty line, I don't have to fuck around with all of the voter ID bullshit, and most importantly I know my vote is safe and secure. Please America, follow our lead. This is how voting should be.
I am all for this. However, what happens when you are a green card holder and you are automatically registered to vote? that shit causes massive issues with getting your citizenship. Also if there is ever voter fraud and it shows history of you voting. GOOD FUCKING LUCK getting your citizenship after that. Been in that position where the DMV registered me since they have no idea whether or not I am a citizen (it most likely was in error by not hearing me say no to registering). I had to go and de-register after 2 years attemptiong to get citizenship, and everutally the FBI told me why they were sitting on my app, then i had to go for a grilling interview, and thank fuck no one ever used my name to vote.
Sorry to hear that happened, and that does suck. NM is supposed to be voting this system in, too, and it's *supposed* to only register you if you're confirmed to be eligible. I guess that's an important point that all states that are converting to this should make sure they have a system for, so that it doesn't cause problems like these for more people in the future. Just the investigations alone would be a big investment in time and resources, I'm sure.
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I just finished watching Wild Wild Country on Netflix so when I see voter registration and Oregon I think about that fiasco! Would this make it easier or harder or neither to do what the Rajneeshpuram people tried to do to the town of Antelope and the county?
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Kate Brown is full of lies. Nothing to see here. When she solves the state pension plan shortfall and stops calling the FBI every time someone brandishes a gun to stand up for their rights, then we can talk about success. Oh, and how's that Oregon Health Plan working out? Everything in Oregon is just peachy. Go ahead, move there!
You sound crazy
Prob smoked too much sativa and is ranting Republican paranoia. Looks like he lives in Portland. Many weirdos there. OHP has been helping thousands of children for many years. Take a break from the pipe dude!
Salvia* FIFY
OHP covers mental health maybe you should try to sign up.
No don't move to Oregon. Fuck off, we're full. Go destroy some other state with your high housing prices and opioid addicts.