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Forum: USA
Mar 1st 2020, 11:12 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 6,420
Posted By MattOR

Re: UK to Australia and now US?

I lived in NC for close to year and found it pleasant enough. Hard to know what constitutes pros and cons as everything is personal but here's my take:

Pros - The climate pleasant as it rarely...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 24th 2020, 2:16 am
Replies: 31
Views: 7,061
Posted By MattOR

Re: Moving Back for the 2nd Time From USA to UK

If you leave the US but think you might return again then leave the 401k alone and let it mature, or roll it into an IRA. If you're moving back to the UK for good then I'd be tempted to cash it out...
Forum: USA
Nov 27th 2016, 5:00 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,171
Posted By MattOR

Re: San Diego or DC?

My folks certainly appreciate that direct flight but I never understood how you get a loaded 747 off that runway.

You sure can't beat that So Cal sun. It started raining here in September and...
Forum: USA
Nov 26th 2016, 8:01 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,171
Posted By MattOR

Re: San Diego or DC?

Yes and yes. For me San Diego is a no brainer but I need to think of my wife as well. Maybe I'm being selfish but I really do not want to live in DC. Just hoping someone can change my mind.
Forum: USA
Nov 26th 2016, 4:09 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,171
Posted By MattOR

San Diego or DC?

So after 20 years in Portland, Oregon my company is wrapping up its operations here and have asked me to move to their San Diego office. However, my wife wants to use this change in circumstances to...
Forum: USA
Jan 11th 2014, 6:01 am
Replies: 72
Views: 38,788
Posted By MattOR

Re: UK to Oregon -- anyone done it?

Moved to Portland with my USC wife 18 years ago. Aside from a couple of stints overseas and on the east coast we have been here most of that time and absolutely love it. Compared to the UK I have...
Forum: USA
Nov 20th 2011, 9:01 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,788
Posted By MattOR

Re: From Manchester to California? I need your help Expats!

Yes indeed marry her! I met my future wife at Glasgow Uni when she was studying abroad and we decided we couldn't live apart. After 2 years of trans-continental dating we realized the only option...
Forum: Rest of the World
Feb 10th 2009, 6:25 am
Replies: 42
Views: 20,277
Posted By MattOR

Re: Hate the US need to move, $125k, where to?

Go for it. No kids, no mortgage, what have you got to loose? Similar thing happened to my wife and I at about the same age. We were both in jobs we detested so after coming into an unexpected...
Forum: USA
Jul 2nd 2008, 6:18 am
Replies: 45
Views: 2,634
Posted By MattOR

Re: Going to the UK this summer...or not?

No. Thanks to Delta and a big booking screwup last xmas we have free tickets to Blighty. Otherwise, not a chance.
Forum: USA
Jun 29th 2008, 8:49 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 4,615
Posted By MattOR

Re: Did you really WANT to come to the US when you first came?

[QUOTE

Did you really want to come to the US when you came here?[/QUOTE]

It's been a while since I last posted on BE but I have been reflecting on this exact question recently so felt the need...
Forum: USA
Aug 25th 2007, 6:10 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 4,008
Posted By MattOR

Re: Newcastle to Portland

I lived in Seaside for nine months about ten years ago. It was miserable. There is practically nothing to do there except watch drunken teenagers tear around town in over-sized pickups. Probably...
Forum: USA
Aug 25th 2007, 5:46 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 4,008
Posted By MattOR

Re: Newcastle to Portland

Good choice. :thumbup:
Forum: USA
Aug 23rd 2007, 10:36 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 4,008
Posted By MattOR

Re: Newcastle to Portland

I second that.

Check out Astoria if you can. It's not actually on the coast but is about 4 miles inland on the Columbia River. This is a historic fishing and lumber town that languished for a...
Forum: USA
Aug 22nd 2007, 6:53 am
Replies: 45
Views: 2,548
Posted By MattOR

Re: How long is your commute to work ?

15 minute walk or 5 minutes by skateboard.
Forum: USA
Aug 21st 2007, 4:00 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 4,008
Posted By MattOR

Re: Newcastle to Portland

Ooops... Thanks.
Forum: USA
Aug 21st 2007, 4:31 am
Replies: 72
Views: 4,008
Posted By MattOR

Re: Newcastle to Portland

First off - welcome in advance to Portland.

The Alameda brew pub at 4675 NE Fremont has great food.
Gustav's at 50th and NE Sandy has a limited menu but is very good.
Il Piato at 2348 SE...
Forum: USA
Feb 6th 2007, 5:37 am
Replies: 4
Views: 667
Posted By MattOR

Re: seattle??????

I lived in the Holiday Inn Express by the Space Needle for six months last year. Comfortable and reasonably priced for Seattle. Bit of a walk from downtown but there's some nice bars and...
Forum: USA
Feb 7th 2006, 4:40 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,582
Posted By MattOR

Re: cost of living in Seattle

Don't listen to them. It only rains 364 days a year up here but it is often overcast the rest of the time.

Dunno how expensive your kid's school will be but 150k should be plenty adequate.
Forum: USA
Feb 7th 2006, 4:31 am
Replies: 270
Views: 9,719
Posted By MattOR

Re: Are you really a billy no mates?

I forgot about my cat. But then she hates me. Come to think of it, so does my dog...
Forum: USA
Feb 6th 2006, 4:16 am
Replies: 270
Views: 9,719
Posted By MattOR

Re: Are you really a billy no mates?

Does my dog count?
Forum: USA
Jan 26th 2006, 5:21 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 3,558
Posted By MattOR

Re: The worst airline you've ever flown with.

Royal Air Nepal gets my vote for the world's most craptastic airline. Flew with them from Kathmandu to Delhi a few years ago. Never again. Took all day to buy the ticket in Bombay as they would...
Forum: USA
Dec 11th 2005, 12:01 am
Replies: 44
Views: 1,317
Posted By MattOR

Re: Killing Kyoto

Data obtained from Antarctic ice cores show the long-term average atmospheric CO2 concentration to be around 230 parts per million (ppm) over the preceding 650,000 years, with minimum and maximum...
Forum: USA
Dec 10th 2005, 11:03 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 1,317
Posted By MattOR

Re: Killing Kyoto

Crichton uses (mostly) valid sources for his data but he is highly selective in its application. Through his characters he tries to assert that the earth is actually cooling by pointing out...
Forum: USA
Aug 26th 2005, 6:56 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 3,380
Posted By MattOR

Re: Which state?

Here I go again but it sounds like Portland, Oregon might fit your bill. Summers are warm but not too hot, winters are cool but rarely cold, the politics are very liberal, it's still reasonably...
Forum: USA
Jul 24th 2005, 6:23 am
Replies: 587
Views: 28,490
Posted By MattOR

Re: Things that disturb you about the US

The downstairs neighbours shagging like bunnies. :mad:

Other than that - Walmart. Sending thousands of manufacturing jobs overseas and boarding up countless small town high street businesses is...
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