Now that we've lived here for a while, we can safely say that we're thoroughly enjoying the weather. We love the rain and the greyness. A significant improvement over California. The few trips we have made to the Seattle area have been especially interesting, because I potentially like Seattle's
gestalt even more than Portland's gestalt. There's a certain quality to the lighting in Seattle area, a certain sharpness to it, that feels very familiar to me. In comparison Portland's people, air quality, lighting, and weather feel, unsurprisingly, like something halfway between California and Seattle. There's something
very San Fran Bay Area-ish about the repeated mantra of "Keeping Portland Weird" o_O
We look forward to making further trips to the Seattle area to see if the impressions hold
