i went from Michigan in 1992 to Portland and now its 2021...both places are low land and not necessarily the kinds of places smart peoples settled...any port in a storm as they say, our ancestors, if non native, could not choose about the lands they settled in as carefully...too busy cashing in land grabs from the natives and gov.......natives of 97217 did not spend all year here, from what I have read, and it makes sense,....Portland OR is a hella damp place, and it takes special adaptations not to be all moldy here....(30 years of trying...), love the algae on my car mirror but really it's a hard thing to manage....