Bend

[tjscoot00]

I used to live in Bend about eight years ago. Just wondering what it has turned into now?

[rhubarb]

well, something like 50 restaurants closed at the beginning of the recession...construction ground to a crawl...not the Bend you remember, I am sure. Still plenty of life left, though.
I run my 58 Willys wagon between Eugene and Sisters/Bend about once a month when the roads are clear.

[terryj]

Bend is about 75,000 in population now, don't know what it was 8 years ago.

[Bronco_Guy]

Fond memories of skiing at Mt. Bachelor...not much skiing here in Georgia, except water skiing. How is the ski business?

[Whybu1]

My wife's aunt and uncle live just outside Bend. She had not visited them in years when we went there about 4 years ago. She said the city really grew outward. Prob not the way you remember it either.

[jeepcache]

parents live in culver, about 40 miles outside of bend. i like bend, has a nice feel to it, and its on the doorstep to bachlor...

[Pinkpwny]

I used to go to bachelor a lot because we had a house in sunriver but work has just gotten a hold of me but I remember snowboarding at bachelor and all my memories of it are exceptional

[Original]

Well Gent's, come on back to see for yourselves what Bend has become, California plates everywhere, and Gangsta's/tweekers all over the place, SAD.

[Scott]

With 13 breweries, it has to be a nice place to live!!

[randyisrad]

Suuuuuuper touristy.
It's like a rustic Disneyland