Eugene/Springfield, OR here..
Posted By: GhostMom on 2009-03-07
In Reply to: Here in Oregon - I just gotta be me
Similar stats to what you're reporting. DH and I are both laid off and the unemployment rate is, I think, 9% here. Many homes and businesses in our rural neighborhood are vacant and/or in foreclosure. Even the local hospitals are supposed to be instituting a hiring freeze and have pulled the plug on their training programs. My son is in Portland, 2 hours north, and doesn't see the bleakness there.
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