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musiclawyer

(2,335 posts) Mon Jul 8, 2013, 11:13 PM Jul 2013

My spouse wants to retire in Oregon

She has the say cause its mostly her money. Salem or McMinnville ?
She likes wine and she likes to walk regardless of weather ...I want at least a little music scene as I want to find people to play gigs again .... How far are these places from the PDX airport ?

Any thoughts ?

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My spouse wants to retire in Oregon (Original Post) musiclawyer Jul 2013 OP

Check out where the public transportation lines reach to on the west and south sides. Coyotl Jul 2013 #1

for us its either croatia, kriti or spain. or mayby all three loli phabay Jul 2013 #2

Salem is about 90 minutes from PDX airport, depending on traffic grasswire Jul 2013 #3

Lots of semi-rural towns around Portland with good access to the city Spike89 Jul 2013 #6

Check out the Bend or Sisters area. panader0 Jul 2013 #4

Nowhere near PDX. LWolf Jul 2013 #9

Wherever they shot "Sometimes a Great Notion" MrScorpio Jul 2013 #5

Oregon has a great traditional music scene mainer Jul 2013 #7

divorce her and take half her money PeppinoImpastato Jul 2013 #8

heh Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #10

McMinnville hands down. flying rabbit Jul 2013 #11

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

1. Check out where the public transportation lines reach to on the west and south sides.

Reply to musiclawyer (Original post)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 11:26 PM

Jul 2013

Check out Forest Grove and points west and northwest for rural settings with decent city access via Max or the Sunset Highway. Hillsboro airport too.

loli phabay

(5,580 posts)

2. for us its either croatia, kriti or spain. or mayby all three

Reply to Coyotl (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 11:35 PM

Jul 2013

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

3. Salem is about 90 minutes from PDX airport, depending on traffic

Reply to musiclawyer (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 01:45 AM

Jul 2013

And McMinnville is probably slightly less, depending on traffic.

Salem is slightly more conservative than McMinnville, which is more artsy fartsy with many transplants from other places. But McMinnville is definitely more "winey".

Have you considered Silverton?

What kind of music do you play? That might have a bearing on your destination. Portland itself has a huge music scene of all kinds of music.

Spike89

(1,569 posts)

6. Lots of semi-rural towns around Portland with good access to the city

Reply to grasswire (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 02:28 PM

Jul 2013

Salem is a little far out for regular commuting into the Portland music scene, but there are great small towns within a few minutes of Portland, especially around the East and South sides (Oregon City, Estacada, Gresham). Because PDX is on the East side of Portland, you can be semi-rural (or even full on rural) and still get to the airport pretty easily.

panader0

(25,816 posts)

4. Check out the Bend or Sisters area.

Reply to musiclawyer (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 10:22 AM

Jul 2013

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

9. Nowhere near PDX.

Reply to panader0 (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 05:12 PM

Jul 2013

I'm heading into Portland tomorrow to meet family coming into PDX. It's going to take me 3-4 hours to get there, depending on traffic and how fast I drive. I like where I live, but somebody wanting to stay connected to the music scene ought to stay west of the mountains.