# Housing info for PDX

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-info-for-pdx/591275>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 3, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-info-for-pdx/591275 "2011-08-03T03:47:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-info-for-pdx/591275/1 "2011-08-03T03:47:43Z")

</div>

Well it looks like I may be taking a new job and relocating to Portland Oregon. It’s not a done deal yet, but close.  
This means I will have to find a place to live. The job is near Airport Way and I 205.  
Any locals have any suggestions as to where I should start looking? I will be renting at first, cheap as I will still be maintaining a house here in LA until I get settled and bring the wife up.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-info-for-pdx/591275/2 "2011-08-03T06:15:59Z")

</div>

On the east side of the Portland metro area the rentals are cheaper in Fairview, Wood Village, and Gresham east of 82nd Ave(colloquially known as Felony Flats). [portland.craigslist.org](http://portland.craigslist.org) has a good rental section, you’ll find the prices there pretty comparable to anywhere else you’ll think of looking for rentals. North East Portland has spots that are gentrifying so some areas are nice, some… aren’t. The rail lines follow Burnside and I-205 and are impressive, we have an awesome mass transit system.

Compared to LA this may all be moot as housing is probably a bit more down there.