The other option is to increase pay and benefits. James M. Lee Kapolei Crummy Northwest weather should deter relocations Portland and Seattle are luring our police to the Pacific Northwest with promises of better pay, cheaper housing and a lower cost of living. Trouble is, eight or nine months out of a given year, these scenes stand under a gray, gloomy cloud bank. In Portland, it often just drizzles and drizzles and drizzles. The trees are bare.
Flower gardens are a sickly brown.
In winter, it's dark when you go to work and dark when you come home. You've got to bundle and galosh the kids before you send them off to school. They have runny noses and coughs with frequency. That'll give you a thrill on a slick highway. The ocean is several hours away and a wet suit is mandatory to fight the frigid waters, even in the summer.