Best neighborhoods to move to?

[alex1]

Unfortunately, my fiance wasn't impressed with the school.

At the minimum, we got to visit a truly nice city and all your advice helped us visit many parts of the city that we would have missed otherwise.

Portland surprised us in how friendly people are, how clean, safe and eco-friendly it truly is. It disappointed in terms of mass transit and sprawl containment. Mainly due to glowing press raising my expectations to unreal levels for a mid-sized American city.

We really enjoyed the Southeast and Alberta. The Alphabet neighborhood was nice as well. We weren't insanely impressed with the Pearl, but we would have definitely moved to a place called Asa due to the sweeping views of the city (west to southeast), awesome dog park blocks away, having Safeway across the street and the transit options out front. There were some nuggets (stores/restaurants) intertwined with all the national chains like PF Changs and other retailers.

I'm really bummed that nYc is our final choice. I've been down all day today. I just don't have the heart for New York City anymore.

In any regard, you all have a wonderful city to call home and everyone we met was so proud of Portland. It's wonderful to see that pride permeate throughout the whole place!