Seattle or Portland?

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I'm a Drupal guy and my girlfriend is a Belly Dancer. We live in Idaho Falls, ID right now and find it... well... lacking culture and opportunity. We definitely want to stay in the Pacific Northwest, or find an area like it. What do you all recommend? Personal experiences similar will definitely be appreciated over opinions with no basis.

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Portland has been good to me, see this thread for inspiration: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=888065

The Portland economy is very bad right now. I recommend securing a job before you move here. There's a surplus of talent in this city, and not enough work available.

Thanks for the link! I'm alright with being "out of a job"... I telecommute with most of my clients anyway. It's just difficult for me being physically separated from a population conducive to creativity and filled with professionals who network and meet up on a regular basis. To give you an idea of where I'm coming from, I moved to Idaho over a year ago from the Chicagoland region and being within a 1-2 hour drive from multiple meetups and networking events... So it's really the networking scene I'm missing desparately and being able to really keep a finger on the pulse of what's up and coming and where the web technology is moving.

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