I'm with you. I too have lived in Eugene/Springfield, twice in the last 8 years or so. If I had the money you bet your bottom dollar I'd be back there before the blink of an eye. You are so correct when you say
I love it there, the people, the environment, everything. I am in *HEART* with that place.
it is so different than many other places that I have lived & visited (believe me, that's a LOT of places) and the western part of Oregon tops them all! I get tingly all over just thinking about living there again. I honestly hope that someday I can afford to move back out there, and I will NEVER move again. I miss it so very very very very much.