If you are working in Hellsburrito then you are correct, you're in grim straits. The local newsweekly, Willamette Week, has a section devoted to rooms for rent/roommate situations. Check that shiznit out for the 411 on housing. Unless you want to live in the burbs you're in for a hellish commute.
Oh, and the crags are a lot further away.
The end is near, repent or burn in the eternal suburban fires.