The dalles

Grace Tarnasky · Aug 9, 2026

A story I'll never forget from my first year

My first ever real estate transaction was with the fire marshal who helped save my mom's life. Every deal in this town has a thread that runs through the whole place.

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Grace Tarnasky · Aug 9, 2026

What I think about when people say there is nothing to do here

First Fridays, the Art Center, Brick City, a Sensory Santa event, and about a million holiday bazaars. The question is whether you are showing up for it.

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Grace Tarnasky · Aug 9, 2026

The Dalles is not one town

It is six or seven smaller ones stacked together, and which one you land in matters more than the square footage of your house.

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Grace Tarnasky · Aug 6, 2026

Moving to The Dalles: what I tell friends who ask

The honest version of the sales pitch, from someone whose family has been here more than fifty years.

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Grace Tarnasky · Aug 3, 2026

The Dalles or Hood River? An honest twenty-minute comparison

Twenty minutes apart on I-84 and two very different price tags. Where each town wins, from someone who works both.

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Grace Tarnasky · Jul 8, 2026

Five years of The Dalles prices, in plain English

From $344,831 to $397,965 in five years, with a spike, a dip, and two flat years in the middle. What the chart actually says about buying here now.

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