Oregon Audiophiles...

Yes, "insane" would be putting it mildly. Fortunately for us we bought our house here about 12 years ago, otherwise I guess we'd still be in the midwest. This city has people scraping by on social security income, living in half million dollar small houses. But where else can they go, who could go to Arkansas after being in Portland?

The 3-bedroom tract house my parents bought in Cupertino California (now home to Apple and ebay) in 1959 for $12,000 has risen in value to.....a lot. The house across the street sold last year for $1.4 million. Too bad my dad sold ours in '66!

Gaston here.

bdp24 ...

Has the prices of home really gone up ... or has the value of money gone down?

To the Oregonians posting here: I lived in the Salem area for a year, then retreated back to California. Question: How do you keep your audio gear from rusting? 

I discovered why the state capital of Oregon is Salem. Its because people in Oregon don't drive their cars ... they salem.  

Salem being Oregon's capitol is like Sacramento being California's.