I was born in Oregon, but family moved to Southern California when I was 5. So I grew up there and moved to Sacramento when I left the Army. Lived there for 15 years then moved the family to Oregon 30 years ago. The kids were all young and I wanted to raise them in the country. I have zero regrets. Even though we have crazy politics in Portland, southern Oregon is extremely Conservative. You just can’t beat the weather or beauty. I’m 1 1/2 hour from ocean to West or snow skiing to East.
My daughter lived in Corvallis for several years. Always enjoyed the drive up there. So beautiful. Better than flying into Portland. Don’t you live in Roseville? I use to stop there and walk around the little mall there, it had stores different than bigger malls.