Portland Ranks in Top 50 Major Cities for Excellent Quality of Life – Change How YOU Live

Piazza Villebois - Wilsonville, Oregon

A recent study of all the major cities around the world found Portland, Oregon to be No. 42 when it comes to exceptional quality of life. Mercer’s 2009 Quality of Living Ranking surveyed 215 cities and ranked them on a point-scoring index.

Vienna, Austria scored the highest and Baghdad, Iraq was the worst-ranking city of those studied. Mercer compiles the information for companies who must place workers in various parts of the world. Click here to read more about the quality of life survey.

This study further solidifies the decision more and more individuals are making to move to Oregon and the Portland metropolitan area, specifically. The Portland real estate market is ripe with opportunities for buyers looking for affordably priced homes in exceptional neighborhoods.

There is no neighborhood in the Portland area more exceptional that the award-winning master-planned Villebois community in Wilsonville.

Inspired by traditional European villages, Villebois, which is French for “village near the woods,” is a 500-acre community that offers something for everyone. At the heart of Villebois sits the Village Center. Condominiums and row homes are the first homes to grace the Village Center, which will eventually also host a stunning piazza, with splashing fountains, majestic old-growth trees and ground-level retail and commercial space.

Surrounding the Village Center are three distinct neighborhoods, each with exquisite attention to detail, like stacked stone walls, lush gardens, and stunning architecture. At completion, Villebois will feature diverse housing types, including apartments and condominiums, attached row and town homes, as well as single-family detached homes on lots of varying sizes. The entire community is connected by more than 130 acres of trails and open green spaces, including parks and nature preserves that join to trails that lead well beyond Villebois.

Villebois will truly change how you live.

For more information about Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com. For details about the Villebois neighborhood, visit www.ChangeHowYouLive.com.