Easy Rider

Very interesting. Computer careers in Eugene. We have a newly built Hyundai disc manufacturing plant in West Eugene. (They've recently been in trouble for being reluctant to hire women and minorities.) Right downtown, in the old Bon Marche building (where I used to get kicked off the escalator on my way home from St. Mary's Lower School) is the Symantec company. Both of these are targets for the monthly riots put on by the local anarchists. Springfield, right next door, has the Sony plant. (The anarchists don't dare show their hooded faces in Springfield.)

The University of Oregon built a research park near the river, but it's having a difficult time getting tenants.

Parts of the city want to be friendly to high-tech companies. Actually the place is booming in spite of itself. Property values are skyrocketing, so get here soon.

You can go almost everywhere on the bike paths, this being the most bicycle-friendly city in North America.

Sam Bond's Garage - used to be a garage in the Whiteaker neighborhood. Now it's a tavern, and they have an open mike type of set-up on Sundays, especially for folk-irish-celtic music types. I would have to sneak in there wearing a disguise because there are people who hang around outside who want to kill me. You would be safe though, as long as you don't look like a yuppie or a cop.

There are dance companies, dance troupes, ballet, square dancers, and it's possible to major in Dance (or something like that) at the University of Oregon. There's the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, The Lord Leebrick Theater, and the Cuthbert Ampitheater (outdoor venue) all of which you should check out.

One hour west is the Pacific Ocean, now more crowded than Art remembers, but still magnificent. One hour east is the Cascade mountains, also magnificent all year long.

It rained all through the nineties, so I'm expecting sunshine during the otts.

We also have the finest police force in the entire nation!