• Living in Beaverton, Oregon: The Honest Pros and Cons of Living Here,Amanda Hagen

    Living in Beaverton, Oregon: The Honest Pros and Cons of Living Here

    Looking for the pros and cons of living in Beaverton, Oregon? Beaverton offers genuine advantages that include a strong job market anchored by Nike and Intel, exceptional parks through the Tualatin Hills district, and a food scene that rivals inner Portland. The tradeoffs are real too: Highway 217 t

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  • Best Areas to Live Near Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon,Amanda Hagen

    Best Areas to Live Near Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon

    The six neighborhoods Intel employees most commonly settle in — Orenco Station, Hillsboro proper, Beaverton, West Slope/Raleigh Hills, Forest Grove, and rural Washington County — all put you within 15 to 35 minutes of Intel's main Hillsboro campuses. The right choice depends less on shaving minutes

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  • Portland Weather: What's It Really Like to Live in Portland Year-Round?,Amanda Hagen

    Portland Weather: What's It Really Like to Live in Portland Year-Round?

    Portland gets about 144 sunny days a year, well below the national average of 205,  and sees some form of precipitation roughly 156 days annually. The rain itself is rarely dramatic; most of it arrives as drizzle or mist between November and March. Summers, by contrast, run genuinely dry and warm, w

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