I'll give you that. Portland does have a lot of film talent, I'll give you that. What I've seen Portland lacks though is the infrastructure. There are plenty of post houses all over the place, sure. What I had issue with in Portland was the limited selection of locations of which to get gear from. There is essentially one. Also, Oregon's film office isn't very helpful or informative. Now, it's perfectly possible to get around these issues, but it wasn't for me. I'm more of the filmmaker, and less of the producer. I didn't have any producing friends, and that made everything more difficult for me. Props on the move though, I've made plenty of fun films around those parts. And it certainly is beautiful around there.
The variety of locations is certainly one thing I am missing down here though. All within an hour or two from Portland are deserts, beaches, snow scapes, forests, fields, and underground caverns. Me? Well, I've got palm trees.
And whoops, my bad. I didn't mean PLU (although I do have friends who attend) I meant PSU. I'll have him send me some of the articles you've written.