It seems like I hear alot about Oregon and how nice it is to train there. I have never been there but is Oregon that nice of a place? I mean alot of good distance runners seem to be moving there now(dont know if thats just because Nike is there) but from what I have heard its similar to Washington and I guess I just picture alot of rain and clouds. Whats it really like there?
Very dreary and a poor economy.
It rains all the time here, even in the summer. Don't bother coming to the PNW.
SD LA SB has the best weather, the only place in the US you can train every day all year long in just a t-shirt and shorts.
No, it's not nice. Truly, an awful place to live. Really. It never stops raining. Year-round bad weather and nowhere to run. Don't come here, ever. Not even to visit.
-The Killer
June-September are amazing, might be the best weather in the country. For the rest of the time I advise you head south.
California is much nicer. Move there.
It's about 90% white and 10% Latino, so English is still spoken, most people still wash their hands after they take a shit, and it's still a relative bastion of civilization. But this will change soon, as the Latino cancer leaves CA and heads north.
Tough conditions=tough runners
You just answered your own question idiot.
is it really? wrote:
It seems like I hear alot about Oregon and how nice it is to train there. I have never been there but is Oregon that nice of a place? I mean alot of good distance runners seem to be moving there now(dont know if thats just because Nike is there) but from what I have heard its similar to Washington and I guess I just picture alot of rain and clouds. Whats it really like there?
english speaker wrote:
It's about 90% white and 10% Latino, so English is still spoken, most people still wash their hands after they take a shit, and it's still a relative bastion of civilization. But this will change soon, as the Latino cancer leaves CA and heads north.
Does it make you feel better to refer to Latinos as " cancer"? In fact, does it cause you personal pleasure or help your own discomforts to cause pain to others? I know life is hard, but how does it make your life easier to express contempt to an entire culture group?
History has shown people that harbor and express unfortunate thoughts, rhetoric and violence. This has always lead to a world that is ridiculously difficult for everyone.
If you can not help your thoughts, at least control your behavior and words. No one that cares about civility wants to hear it.
english speaker wrote:
It's about 90% white and 10% Latino, so English is still spoken, most people still wash their hands after they take a shit, and it's still a relative bastion of civilization. But this will change soon, as the Latino cancer leaves CA and heads north.
Yep that's Oregon. Lots of self-righteous, close-minded, racist, politicized, intolerant, bland, cold, clannish, clicquish white people.
I am orginally from Illinois (near Chicago, then went to undergrad in the middle of the state). I lived in Fort Collins, CO for 2 years. I moved to Portland at the end of the summer last year.
So I would say Oregon is really nice. The winter had a rare day were it was down right sh**, I'm talkin 38 degrees and downpour rain. But for the most part, I felt it was 3 days a week of getting spit on, 1 day of good rain, 2 days of patchy clouds and 1 day of sun during rough part of winter. I ran on the trails the entire winter as the temps were still in the 40's. The trails are amazing too, Forest Park is the best.
Colorado was awesome because it's really sunny, but it snows and gets pretty cold so you are confined to roads a lot. There are a lot of days were I had shorts on in Oregon during the winter.
Illinois, well, combine the worst of Oregon and Colorado in terms of no sun, snow, ice, coldness etc. So my threshold is higher for sh** weather than most NW'ers. Chicago makes you appreciate spring more.
Maryland is nice , I live in a community called HOMES OF COLOR which is half way between DC and Annapolis.
don't go if you have allergies.
What have you learned? wrote:
Does it make you feel better to refer to Latinos as " cancer"?
If you like a culture of stupidity and poverty, go for it.
It's nice, but don't tell anyone, we don't need any more people moving here
sUnDaY sAtCh- late wrote:Maryland is nice.
I don't think so. I was there for the NIN and just too much traffic and too many people. Would not want to live there.
sUnDaY sAtCh- late wrote:
Maryland is nice , I live in a community called HOMES OF COLOR which is half way between DC and Annapolis.
Is this you Satch?
You are a perfectly racist KKKhristian. Congratulations. I'm sure the Torres brothers and Alberto Salazar would love to make your acquaintance.