Google Building Tech Center Near Portland

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 19, 2005 @08:24AM 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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45 minutes?!? by Brian+Knotts · 2005-02-19 08:32 · Score: 4, Informative

If you drive 120 miles an hour, maybe. It's at mile marker 82 or so. Do the math.
Additional information for slashdotters by Brian+Knotts · 2005-02-19 08:39 · Score: 4, Informative

We're all conservative rednecks out here and it's always windy, and we get snowstorms and ice storms.
Re:Google building a new complex... by XorNand · 2005-02-19 08:54 · Score: 5, Informative

Probably not since that's what they call their existing complex.

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