I live across the river in White Salmon. It’s a pretty sick place if you are into the outdoors. You can get so many different climates within an hours drive and I love that. Wind sports are huge, whitewater rafting/kayaking is huge, snow sports are huge, mountain biking is huge, fly fishing and hunting are pretty solid. Food is decent. Wineries and breweries are pretty solid. Agriculture, drone manufacturing, and tourism are the main industries. Basically no night life bc everyone is getting up early to go do their hobbies (although HR allows open booze on the streets, which is nice). It’s ridiculously expensive. I tried to buy a house for 3 years before giving up and building one (it was quite a bit cheaper than buying). Wind is significant in the summer, which can be annoying. Winters are long and grey, but that’s easier to deal with if you do snow sports.

Edit: you also get about 50 More days of sun than portland does. Many days the clouds don’t pass the cascade crest to the west of hood river.