Wow... I guess back then they may have had farms in the city of Portland. Now days, not too sure where... maybe outside the city limits somewhere.

Portland is damp for around 9 months out of the year (part of fall, winter, and part of spring), on average. Since my wife and I have been here (1.5 years) it has been above normal in temp and drier than normal... they say it doesn't happen often... right. We moved here from Dallas. I was getting sick of the heat, flatness, and other things. I'm an avid mountain biker and love outside sports. You really only have a few months out of the year to do anything in Dallas (and many places in Texas) before the heat and humidity hit. In the Portland area I can do ANYTHING almost ALL year round. Want to ski/snowboard... Hood is 45 minutes. Bike? Forest Park (largest city park in the country) is downtown, Post Canyon (Gorge) is 45 minutes, and there are NUMEROUS places all OVER the area. Kayak? The Willamette and Columbia rivers are here. Wind surfing? People come from all over the US come to wind surf in the Gorge. The coast is only an hour away. Screw the rain... it's a mist most of the time, and never down-pours like it does in Texas. If you have low self-esteem or hate rain, don't move here. Other than that, I ride in the rain and love it! Hell, if they get 2 - 3 inches in a couple days it's a MONSOON!

There aren't many other places than Portland for me in the US (that I have found so far).