by danielle October 10, 2003
A state where everyone moves to to get away from other states that they don't like. Oregon is very schizophrenic in that it has all those hippies but also some of the most conservative people anywhere. All Oregonians, though, seem to share at least some things in common. One is a love of the outdoors. The other is a generally non violent nature. A third is a a lack of fascination with getting rich. And they don't care if you don't like the weather or think they are boring, or think they are "wannabee Seattle". They're just happy they moved here because things sucked where they were.
Oregon is still mostly unspoiled and beautiful, but it lacks any "old world" charm if you like that. Its not so different from California or Washington anymore, although the older natives still prefer to think of it as "special". Its greatest charm lies in the Willamette Valley, the coast, and the Columbia River Gorge. Its greatest disappointment lies in the over logged mountains that seldom get very tall or seem grand like real mountains should. Another disappoinment is the encroaching strip malls and developments that ring the Portand area and larger towns.
Oregon's weather can be divided into two "seasons" - warm and sunny, or cool and cloudy. From July to December, it progresses in an orderly fashion from the first to the second. From January to June, it doesn't. Although the November rains bother some, they are at least relatively warm and predicable.
The April-June rains on the other hand, are cold and unpredicable. By June, you are often living under conditions that are colder than almost anywhere else in the country, then suddenly it is 100 degrees almost overnight. And after hot July and August, beautiful and almost perfect September, the October rains are not as unwelcome as you might think.
Oregon is a state of intense contrast like the spring weather. Hot and cool. Liberal and conservative. Just don't move here if you a) don't like the outdoors, b) want to get rich or c) think that the state is filled with nothing but hicks and dirty hippies.
Oregon is still mostly unspoiled and beautiful, but it lacks any "old world" charm if you like that. Its not so different from California or Washington anymore, although the older natives still prefer to think of it as "special". Its greatest charm lies in the Willamette Valley, the coast, and the Columbia River Gorge. Its greatest disappointment lies in the over logged mountains that seldom get very tall or seem grand like real mountains should. Another disappoinment is the encroaching strip malls and developments that ring the Portand area and larger towns.
Oregon's weather can be divided into two "seasons" - warm and sunny, or cool and cloudy. From July to December, it progresses in an orderly fashion from the first to the second. From January to June, it doesn't. Although the November rains bother some, they are at least relatively warm and predicable.
The April-June rains on the other hand, are cold and unpredicable. By June, you are often living under conditions that are colder than almost anywhere else in the country, then suddenly it is 100 degrees almost overnight. And after hot July and August, beautiful and almost perfect September, the October rains are not as unwelcome as you might think.
Oregon is a state of intense contrast like the spring weather. Hot and cool. Liberal and conservative. Just don't move here if you a) don't like the outdoors, b) want to get rich or c) think that the state is filled with nothing but hicks and dirty hippies.
"..while up here in Oregon, they're going to have a lot of very tall trees" Bill Murrey's weather report in "Groundhog Day."
by aldri7 July 12, 2006
oregon is the best place in the world it is lush and green and unforgettable. first i have to say go beavers!(orange and black)
and i was born in oregon and grew up a little there and as soon as i turn 18 its out of the house and back to oregon for me!
As soon as you cross to oregon buy a tub of tilamok ice cream its the best ever! and oregon has the hugest trees so for all you tree hugers good luck but you will never be able to fit your arms around those trees! please reserve oregon and keep it green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oregon is always rainy and that means its time to sing because singing in the rain is the best! there is also lots of slugs!
and i was born in oregon and grew up a little there and as soon as i turn 18 its out of the house and back to oregon for me!
As soon as you cross to oregon buy a tub of tilamok ice cream its the best ever! and oregon has the hugest trees so for all you tree hugers good luck but you will never be able to fit your arms around those trees! please reserve oregon and keep it green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oregon is always rainy and that means its time to sing because singing in the rain is the best! there is also lots of slugs!
by kikikiwiki March 11, 2009
Best place ever. Every other state sucks. Its not raciest and not boring. Its fun. Its hot for 3 months of the year. Great things to do. The only place with year round snowbording in the united states. Great places to go swimming at, snowbording, skining, skating. Has the only underage gay night club on the west cost. Has 2 stupid football teams.
Tom: is that a black person?
Tim: Yes, but this is oregon we are not going to be raceist.
Tom: Okay i love black people.
Tim: Yes, but this is oregon we are not going to be raceist.
Tom: Okay i love black people.
by Tim106520 July 22, 2006
The center of the pacific northwest where were really dust dont give a damn about the rest of the country. We're not hippies we just hate bullshit. Yes, we have a drug problem, who doesnt, yes one of our govorners was in the KKK... get over it. Our speed limits are lower but we drive faster anyway. We dont care, leave us alone, you really arent welcome here.... by the way its pronounced ory-gun
I'm an Oregonian... Fuck California
by Stan Cates March 30, 2008
an on the fence state. it is not as homosexual as california and not as drug addicted as washington.
oregon is right in between
by fearthemoo January 04, 2011
State of the union where the people and the speed limits are all five miles an hour slower than the rest of the country.
by plasmacobalt April 08, 2006