Why do we keep talking about more than one way to skin a cat? That's fucked up.

Go for it!

It's a good school, has tons of good hikes, has great student energy, good bars around. Highest recommendation.

I used to live in the PNW and now live near the Arctic Circle in Scandanavia. I would absolutely kill for Portland sunshine.

SAD can be an issue but I always go somewhere sunny for at least one week in January (the heart of winter) to get some vitamin D. If OP has a good job going south in winter (especially to the desert) is a good option. Supplements can help with SAD as well.

Eugene is a college town. UO is a big school and if you are in your younger-mid 20's it would be great. It's pretty close to Portland (90 minute drive on I-5). You can go south and see some gorgeous coastline as well.

There is a property crime problem, and wildfires suck, but it's good.

Bend Oregon is another option, but it is expensive. I partied there new years 2023/2024 and had the time of my life. I know a lot of people in the LGBTQIA+ community there. Good hiking and skiing.

Avoid anything east of the cascades other than Bend like the plague.

Hood River is an option too. Could look at White Salmon in WA. I'd avoid The Dalles.

No lol.

I have driven all over that state. Maybe on the 1 it's that slow. But I-5 and I-84? No chance.

I-5 will feel slower but I-84 is quick and gorgeous.

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I live in Europe and our cohort is almost exclusively from the middle east. Half from Iran.

Lots of them LOVE Trump. Some of them think I'm a lazy American who couldn't cut it in America 🙄

In my PhD program, a supermajority of the candidates come from the global south. It's beyond depressing how many are Trump supporters.

I was born/grew up in Oklahoma/West Texas, sometimes it feels like home when it comes to politics lol.

Wtf is it with libs and this shit.

Swear to God.

It's meant to make libs happy like the national guard giving donuts.

I got email blasted and I reported so much spam

The "death squads" really pissed me off. You are wanting money to fight death squads with YOUR track record? Lmao.

It's like prosperity gospel at this point for liberals wanting to believe in the us electoral system. Delusional and awful.

Okay I misunderstood you, I thought you were talking about the presidential election, not midterms.

That being said, there are very few competitive districts due to gerrymandering. I haven't done electoral analysis in a while (I have given up on US electoralism) but it looks like only 18 house seats are competitive. . Maybe a few lean D's as well to keep the house.

Senate would be a bit more of a challenge. The question I think is if they can get enough manpower and use enough violence to sway the 2026 midterms. I think they can, I think this will be a very violent election.

The military thing is interesting. I think Trump’s personal gestapo at this point is ice, and I doubt there are enough people in ice to shut down the election in every county, or even just the ones that are competitive.

He just needs to suppress the vote in urban areas in swing states. I'd be shitting myself in Atlanta or Philly.

It's doable.

Senators having a 6 year term and having no recall options was a horrible decision. Kristen Sinema and Fetterman are prime examples of this.

They keep voting in Susan Collins despite her god awful track record.

Did fucking chatGPT write this? (not you, Hakeem Jeffries)

I'm an American living abroad and in all honesty I think I would greatly struggle dating an American because of crazy relatives like this. I could not deal with American in-laws in my life; I left for a reason.

Went over to liberal gun owners. After Jan 6th they were acting all tough and now that the chips are down? Being total libs.

I was a research engineer at an FFDRC and left to Europe. I have known multiple who have including a very senior researcher at NASA JPL.

I know people here who decided to come here instead of the US over Trump. One had an offer to University of Oklahoma she declined, another declined an offer from Columbia.

The brain drain has started.

If there are two things the French are known for, it's being apologetic and having a massive budget surplus to give away

Okay that one was pretty good.