Portland Made Forbes' Best Big Cities For Jobs List: 04/2009

Best Cities For Jobs 2009 (Least Worst!)

Portland, Vancouver/Beaverton: education and health service growing
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Raleigh City, NC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Seattle/Bellevue-Everett, Wash
Dallas/Plano/Irving-Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
 Austin-Round Rock, Texas

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/13/best-big-cities-jobs-opinions-columnists-employment_slide_2.html?thisspeed=25000

Portland Is The Seventh Healthiest City According to WebMD

Portland is the 7th healthiest city in America, according to WebMD[1].

[1]http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20090526/which-city-is-americas-fittest