Question for the northwesterners: why is Deschutes county (Bend, OR) growing so fast?
It's beautiful and a paradise. It is on the east side of the Cascades, so it is sunny with a more continental climate. It is home to the premier ski resort in the Cascades (Mt. Bachelor) and the large Sunriver Resort. The Deschutes River is famous for fishing and rafting. The 10,000+ ft. tall
Three Sisters volcanoues and
Mt. Bachelor tower off in the distance. Black Butte,
Newberry Crater, and
Pilot Butte (Bend's extinct volcano) show off the area's volcanism.
Sisters, Sunriver, and Bend are all popular vacation and retirement destinations. Quite a few former pro athletes live in the county.
I think Bend also experienced growth the same way Las Vegas and Phoenix did--it was a low-cost housing market of a certain size convenient to some wealthy, high-cost housing markets.
Not at all. Bend is isolated. It is on the east side of the Cascade Range. It also isn't that cheap. I am sure it did experience growth from Californians cashing out and fleeing California, but so did everywhere else out west.