Chicago vs Portland [usa] Careers
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- pulsar_nl
Who can tell me more about living and career-opportunities in Chicago and/or Portland area?
- mg330
The women in Chicago are wonderful. If you're like me and have a fetish for the sort of naisly, whiney female Wisconsin accent, you will be in heaven!
As for jobs, Chicago is the third largest city in the US.
Portland is 28. So maybe the odds are better in Chicago.Winter can be rough here, but it's a great time if you're a fashionable fellow. Summer is really nice, doesn't get too hot, and so much to do - biking, summer festivals, walking around the city, etc.
I've never been to Portland, but I would figure the main difference is that Chicago is a fully self-sufficient city, you can live here, work here, shop here, and never go more than 5 miles from the heart of downtown. Chicago is, in a way, the only other major urban city after NYC were 2-3 million people live in very close proximity to downtown.
- mg330
Oh, and you didn't mean Portland, Maine, did you?
- paraselene0
last time i was in portland, the job market was really bad. i'm sure it's picked up by now, though. and the town is just plain ace. good size, amazing music scene, loads of wicked small mom n' pop companies, heaps of character. i miss it.
- paraselene0
portland's actually one of the only cities in the us of its size not to have so much of a suburb problem. everyone rides their bike everywhere. there's only a downtown, because of the growth boundary, so you're never more than 15 minutes from anywhere else. in that respect, it feels a lot bigger than it is, because the whole shebang is contained within a 5-mile radius. the biggest gripe i have with pdx is the gentrification plague. pdx does have a ghetto. it's called vancouver, wa.
- ********0
comparing Chicago and Portland is like comparing Earth to the Moon
- thenuge0
portland = awesome
job market = sucking ass
- mg330
With which city being the moon JazX?
- ********0
no doubt Portland
- mg330
I love Chicago. Moved from suburbs of Dallas/Ft Worth Texas in 2001 and best thing I've ever done.
Chicago is a great city, I don't know how to properly summarize what is so great about it. I guess it's just personal because I've found things here I hoped to find and wouldn't have found in Dallas - good job with wonderful people, people I started my band with, people I've played music with, my girlfriend, good friends.
Granted, I could have found all those things in Dallas, but it's just different here. Dallas sucks, and the mentality of most people there is just sick.
- pulsar_nl0
Mg33, I meant Portland, Oregon. Don't know if that's the same. As I am not an US citizen.
JazX, I know it's not such a good comparison, but still I was hoping to see which city has it's benefits in work and freetime.
- pulsar_nl0
creatively speaking I saw some good companies in Portland, mentioning Wieden & Kennedy, Nemo Design and some others. On the otherhand Chicago has Coudal, which is superb.
which companies did I forget and are worth mentioning in chicago or portland?
- pulsar_nl0
creatively speaking I saw some good companies in Portland, mentioning Wieden & Kennedy, Nemo Design and some others. On the otherhand Chicago has Coudal, which is superb.
which companies did I forget and are worth mentioning in chicago or portland?
- pulsar_nl0
oops, sorry, I don't know what happened, but seems a doublepost. (not meant as spam).
- ********0
no I was just being a smart-ass. I have no room to speak I'm still stuck in Pburgh
- paraselene0
is second story still located in portland (http://www.secondstory.com)? i think it must be. like i said, you're going to get a few good big companies (w+k) in the portland AREA, but the way forward would be to look for slightly smaller places (à la 2ndstory) in town. there was a big exodus of great companies from the bay area to portland in the late 90s and it was a great place to ride out the beginning of the end. i wouldn't be surprised if the bottom were still out of the market, though.
- tkmeister0
if you are gonna be doing a lot of outdoor stuff, then portland. windsurfing, snowboarding, mt biking... well, that's what my friends told me.
chicago vibe is still midwest, i never felt metropolitan vibe from that city. i may be wrong. it's a nice city though.
- pulsar_nl0
JazX, you're never too old to move or give your opinion, it's appreciated! As I don't know anything about both...
I was thinking of moving to the US, in specificaly Portland or Chicago. I have some friends in both worlds.
- Mimio0
Chicago is
- pulsar_nl0
mimio? what do you mean?