[davidw]

Oregon is 6th - not bad at all considering it's relatively new to tech, and doesn't have that large a population in any event.

[shas3]

> relatively new to tech

- Tektronix (now acquired), founded in Portland in 1946 - Intel, opened their largest center outside Santa Clara in 1974 + lots of companies that have been acquired, etc.

It has been called the Silicon Forest at least since 1981 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Forest

[davidw]

You can find some tech stuff anywhere, but relatively speaking, there wasn't too much in Oregon until more recently.

I grew up in Eugene.

[kyleblarson]

And on top of that Oregon is actually a desirable place to live as compared with MA or CA.

[davidw]

California has a bunch of great stuff going for it in terms of weather, a variety of landscapes, and so on, but between the NIMBYs and the inability to deal with density... yeah, it's got some serious problems too.

I visited Boston once in the summer. Nice place, but no way would I ever live there.

[Greenisus]

I have to disagree with you there, but only about the part where you say MA and CA are not desirable. Oregon is a wonderful place, but Massachusetts and California are also great. I'd be happy to live in any of them (I live in California).

[thrownaway2424]

I've heard that the bird sanctuaries are lovely this time of year.