Originally Posted by tenderhearts:
I'm also from the Portland metro area, Bend is very cold in winter and very hot in summer flat and kind of boring IMO, at least here it's in between, never too hot or too cold. I guess if you like both extremes, we just get LOTS of rain, rarely snow. I personally wouldn't want to live in Bend. I guess it depends on what you like.
If you're a skier or snow sports person Bend is awesome
. We like to visit the area in the early/late summer and do some camping and visiting family there, but I sure don't want to live there!