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anonymous

Resident ā€¢ 2005 - 2006

9/29/2006

First of all, for you conspiracy freaks, I'm not an employee. I worked at a tech firm in Old Town. I lived there for a year and only left because I got a new job in a different state. Walking distance to MAX train Old Town Station, nice park across the street, handy store and coffee shop, Subway sandwich shop up the street, if you take the Amtrak train it's right there. Walk to all the downtown and McCall park events, awesome roof decks, beautiful views and a great work out room.<br><br>Yes, it's on the other side of the tracks, so it's not like living in the suburbs, no kidding. There are homeless people in the area, but all the homeless folks I met were pretty OK, smelly, but not scary. If you've never seen the homeless before this won't work for you, but if you're a seasoned urban person it's very mellow. The staff are a bit tenant-weary, but you get that in a huge complex like this. They always fixed anything I needed fixed, and were as least as polite as required - not your best buddies, but they did their jobs.<br><br>Don't even think about parking, the City of Portland parking enforcement checks about every 20 minutes, so no form of cheating on the meters ever works. There is also absolutely no other form of parking anywhere within miles, so if you don't want to pay the $95.00 for a garage space you better not have a car. If you have lots of friends who visit you by car they will hate this place unless they only come on Sundays. If you drive to and from, you will get hung up waiting for a train at least two or three times a week, guaranteed. <br><br>It really depends who you are and what you're looking for. If you can deal with the parking and the trains, and you don't run in fear at the sight of someone less fortunate than yourself, and if you like the downtown scene, this place is a blast, really a great place to live.<br><br>If you're not that person, do not move here. You will be miserable and you'll blame your unhappiness on the THE complex instead of YOUR complex, and then you'll post a bunch of negative stuff here which might not even be true. <br>

    Review 77 out of 136

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