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Google Building Tech Center Near Portland

Posted by timothy on from the portland-sucks-tell-your-friends dept.

jdray writes "It seems that everyone's favorite search powerhouse, Google, is building a tech center in The Dalles, Oregon. About 45 minutes by interstate highway from Portland, The Dalles is a small, economically depressed city near the world-famous Columbia River Gorge. The $60,000 average annual salary of Google employees is about double the average for Wasco county. With all the outdoor sports (windsurfing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing) in the area, sports-minded geeks should be flocking to apply for a job at the new facility."

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  1. Hmm? by Faust7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    sports-minded geeks

    Who what now?

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  2. Re:eh? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did i spy geeks and sports in the same sentence?

    Not that we windows users don't enjoy living dangerously.

    Using Windows isn't sport, it's masochism.

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  3. Google moves to The Dalles by mctk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Locals wonder about "internet" phenomenon.

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  4. Re:$60,000 isn't that much by nybble_me · · Score: 4, Funny

    **AVERAGE** That means that 1/2 of their people make more than $60,000/year. I'm sure they have receptionists and janitors making way less.

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  5. Little-known irrelevant fact by Limburgher · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Dalles was a point along the oregon trail.

    CmdrTaco has cholera.

    Found 32 pounds of food.

    You broke a wagon tongue.

    Ah, those were the good old days.

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  6. Re:Welcome to GoogleRecruiting.com by tricops · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed. Some geeks nurse a desire, others desire a nurse.... everyone has their own wants and desires!

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