Not Me: I want to live near the train, the light rail train. Isn’t Tigard trending toward the train.
Me: The train goes through Beaverton to Hillsboro.
Not Me: I’ve heard great things about Hillsboro.
Me: It goes to Gresham and Milwaukie, too.
Not Me: I don’t know why, but I like Tigard better than Hillsboro, or Gresham.
Me: Better than Portland?
Not Me: I could never live in Portland, at least not the Eastside. Too much like where I grew up.
Me: Portland reminds you of LA?
Not Me: I just don’t get why people would live there if they had the chance to move someplace like Tigard.
Me: We talked about this.
Not Me: Yes, we have.
Me: If we found a house before we found Tigard, our lives would have been different.
Not Me: Those houses were creepy. The one with the broken hot water heaters stuffed under the kitchen floor …
Me: … and we couldn’t figure out how they got there …
Not Me: … or why. Or the house with the reform school over the back fence.
Me: It wasn’t a reform school.
Not Me: Okay, halfway house for young offenders sounds so much better.
Me: Or the house the looked like a double wide trailer.
Not Me: You liked that one.
Me: I saw potential.
Not Me: In a mobile home.
Me: It had a foundation. If we hadn’t kept looking further out past Hillsdale, past Multnomah, past Metzger, we never would have found Tigard.
Not Me: And now it’s Tigard trending toward trains. Perfect. I love trains.
Me: Light rail. Why is the train called light rail?
Not Me: Because it’s not rapid transit, or commuter, and it’s not a bus.
Me: All the good names are gone, like Paris Metro, London Underground, New York Subway.
Not Me: You need a catchy name? How about the Tigard Train?
Me: You can do better than that.
Not Me: Tigard Express, Train to Tigard.
Me: It goes to Bridgeport if that helps.
Not Me: It’s Tigard trending for trains, not Bridgeport.
Me: Will you be riding the Tigard Comet when it’s up and running?
Not Me: With less traffic, 99 won’t be so packed.
Me: So you can get to the Park and Ride on time.
Not Me: And I’ll drop you off. How many years did you ride the bus?
Me: I like the bus. About six.
Not Me: So we’ve done our part.
Me: Ok, boomer.
Not Me: You’re the boomer.
About David Gillaspie
