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marble falls

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8. We visited earlier this year and loved it. The feral hippies kinda shocked this old hippy....

Reply to aikoaiko (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:07 AM

Dec 2015

so we'll be moving to Springfield, more of a blue collar hippy town. We were pretty impressed with Oregon, there ARE pockets of RW gun crazies, but having been in Texas for the last twenty years, I foresee very little problem living around them.

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What it like living in Eugene? [View all] aikoaiko Dec 2015 OP

I like it here. jalan48 Dec 2015 #1

Good to hear. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #3

It's not as liberal as you might hope, but pretty tolerant. If you're blue, stay south of the river Shrike47 Dec 2015 #2

Yeah, I'm worried I'll need to ask for so much money in order to pay mortgage that it aikoaiko Dec 2015 #6

Eclectic WheelWalker Dec 2015 #4

That's very nice. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #5

We thoroughly enjoy living in the Eugene/Springfield area. DreamGypsy Dec 2015 #7

Sounds like you the DreamGypsy has made a dream life. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #9

We visited earlier this year and loved it. The feral hippies kinda shocked this old hippy.... marble falls Dec 2015 #8

I have to look into Springfield more. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #10

Very lively craft food and beer scene, everybody gardens and I've never seen 10sqft... marble falls Dec 2015 #11

That reminds me that I should ask a question about beer, but I'll post it to the whole group. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #12

So I could use some help on the local craft beers of Eugene or Oregon more broadly aikoaiko Dec 2015 #13

On my way to Eugene. Stopover in PDX aikoaiko Dec 2015 #14

In Eugene now. Rainy. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #15

Eugene is a wonderful place filled with wonderful people. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #16

I love it up there PasadenaTrudy Jan 2016 #17

It is nice. The cost of living is a relative thing, though. aikoaiko Jan 2016 #18