"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 19 May 2013 21:46:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Yes, there were a few years there when Oregon and Washington were
>> > hostile
>> > to Californians. The thing was then that the housing was so much
>> > cheaper
>> > there, so Californians started moving there buying up houses lots of
>> > them
>> > paying cash from the sale of their homes in Ca, driving up prices for
>> > residents, taking jobs etc. I believe it's evened out a bit now. I did
>> > come to CA from Oregon many years ago, and still want to move back, but
>> > the older I get the less energy I have for it. I always loved Oregon
>> > though.
>>
>> Oregon is beautiful!
>>
> It is. My mother moved to the halfway point between Corvallis and
> Newport on Hwy. 20. 50 acres surrounded by forest.

Love Beaverton, Newport and also Coos Bay. I know I have been through
Corvallis but don't remember much about it.