Should my wife and I move to Bend, OR?

...OR what?

Do you and/or your wife have jobs there?

You two should bend to Move, OR.

More details. Job situation. Retired. Where do you currently live

Deets!

There is not a whole lot of industry in Bend for work hopefully you have jobs lined up or you are going to start your own business. Bend is also expensive by Oregon standards in the desirable neighborhoods which is most of Bend.

You might think of moving to Redmond instead where the housing prices are much more affordable. Some people even commute into Bend from Prineville.

No, the last thing bend needs is more hobby joggers.

Bend has become very expensive to buy a house/property. It is also becoming decently overpopulated for the size and clogged up with Californians.

As mentioned above, possibly consider Redomond, or if you like a small cutesy town that still has quick mountain access and trails, Sisters.

I live in Bend, OR. Have for 20 years. If I were in your shoes and this is the God honest truth...

Option 1: You are retired and have over 2 million in savings. YES!!! Move to Bend.

Option 2: You are still working/going to start a business and do not yet have 2 million in savings. NO!!! Stay the hell away from Bend unless you want to live paycheck to paycheck for the rest of your life.

Reason? There are NO good paying jobs (unless you are in medical to take care of all our old farts) and any good job is already taken by mass competition/Dr.'s flipping burgers just to live here.

Coming from a successful business owner of 20 years who can have my pick of college grads for minimum wage 365 days a year.

Is Bend what it's all made up to be? Not any more. It's getting big really fast and doesn't look to slow down. Its doubled in population every decade since the 90's. It's on the verge of a big city not a small town feel. Still love living here and this is where I have my company based out of and if you have a job with long term reliability then by all means Bend is a great place to live.

PS. our population is currently 80% Californian transplants. So it's Bend, CA NOT Bend, OR.

PSS. DON'T be an idiot and buy a house in Bend right now. The market is super over inflated. Remember what you learned in kindergarten... buy low, sell high. I swear people do the reverse with homes. Ex: my neighbor just sold his house for $649,900 a month ago. Exact same floor plan as me. I bought my home in 2002 for $88,500. 2007 price was high, 2008 you could get a home for free in bend as half the town was abandoned. 2016 prices are high again... 2017 will half our town be Detroit again?!? I don't know.

I'm rambling. Good luck to you where ever you end up! But there are much better places to live then Bend, OR if you are still working or are looking at buying a home.

You might want to look at Bellingham, WA

trail town USA

there's a great Hoka One One trail video about it.

Haven't been to Bend in years myself.

I always liked Sisters, OR, its still small and sleepy.

Moved there and moved away. Bend is nice but crowded. It filled up quick. And very expensive, as others have said.

Whoofy, you had it right and did not ramble at all. Bend is a great place to visit but it is very expensive to live there. Go on Zillow or whatever and check out housing/rental prices and you wlll find that there is very little affordable housing in Bend, especially if you are working 1-3 minimum wage jobs just to pay the rent.

Only move there if your mom and dad already live in Bend and you can live in their basement or converted garage.

Boise ID would be a much better option--just as good for running with the foothills and greenbelt but a much better area for jobs and livability.

Unless you want to smoke weed--then go to Bend where its quasi-legal

No you should not move to Bend. Stay where you are and make your town great for running again.

Just another slow guy wrote:

I keep hearing that Bend is awesome, great for runners and outdoor enthusiasts. Anyone with experience wanna give me the pros and cons about the area?

NO. Please stay in California. There are already more than enough of you here.

running is better wrote:

No you should not move to Bend. Stay where you are and make your town great for running again.

That's what they say in Portland. It doesn't work. When you say that, people want to come here even more. And they have. It's getting harder and harder to drive anywhere in a reasonable time frame.

Cortland, NY is the Bend, OR of halfway between Binghamton and Syracuse.

running is better wrote:

No you should not move to Bend. Stay where you are and make your town great for running again.

This and the post from Whooty.

Any town that makes a list of 'best' 'small' 'outdoor' online or in a national publication is already too expensive, too big, to hip, and too filled up with rich transplants or second home owners, (or will be soon).

I visited Bend 15 years ago and recently and it is already there.

I have lived in similar trendy towns in the west that received similar accolades.

If you have the money, and enjoy hanging out with a bunch of other transplants and sometime residents, go ahead.

Or if you and your wife enjoy being running bums, where you just scrape by working part time and living in expensive rental units or living off those with money, go ahead.

The grass always looks greener on the other side, but give some serious thought to cultivating/improving things where you are now before moving.

You are looking to Letsrun for advice about moving somewhere? What kind of a "Man" are you?