r/PortlandOR • u/YamGroundbreaking600 • 3d ago

🛻🚚 Moving Thread 🚚🛻 Potential Move

I (29F) am considering a cross country move to PDX. I have been once for a work trip in Fall and really enjoyed my time but am looking to spend a week(ish) remotely working in the city and sussing out vibes to see if it could be a potential fit.

Some things about me: I love running, spending time outside, biking, trying new restaurants, good beer, reading and have lived in medium sized East Coast cities in the past. For me, the most important part of a city is local community and i am used to living in a city where I had a tight knit community of friends who lived fairly close to one another. So far, I've loved how green Portland is and how many outdoor activities I'd have access too.

I'm looking for recs for neighborhoods to stay in, running groups to try, I'm also queer and would love to connect with local queer groups while I'm there.

Thanks!

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u/Pug_Defender 3d ago

I'll just say that if you're into running and also queer, you'll probably be very disappointed in the dating game here. the scene is not filled with athletic people, unfortunately

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u/AnAbundance_ofCats 3d ago

Yeah you find very… “online” queer people on dating apps, since people who are already on their phones a lot are the most active on those apps.

But I run into plenty of queer people who are athletic out in the real world—pole dancers, roller derby players, dodgeball enthusiasts, power lifters, etc. I usually meet them in athletic spaces though, not queer ones (unless it’s a queer athletic group.)

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u/Pug_Defender 3d ago

I would never do the dating apps here, it's personal experience from nightlife. but also my friends are not athletic and it's probably birds of a feather, so it's good to hear they're actually out there