I've lived at Uptown since I moved to Oregon from California. I had to find a place that would take my large dog (Alaskan Malamute) and the property management company at the time (Affinity Management) was great! They sold the property over the summer and a new company (private owner incorporated) took over. It's very much a different strokes for different folks situation, because they have not been very nice to us and give us a hard time about every little thing. It's a great place to live locationally and they'll probably be nice to you if you don't have dogs and don't mind heavy construction and excessive emails. I'm truly not a fan of the landlords. They're not the most upstanding people and the worst landlords I've ever had to deal with (which isn't saying much actually).

I'm from out of state and wasn't familiar with the area of Oregon living when I chose to live here. I was nervous about the railroad tracks being so close to my apartment but it doesn't run at exceedingly outrageous hours. That being said, I'm a morning person. Uptown is located really near to Safeway, 365, Lake Theater, and Downtown Lake Oswego. When the snowstorm came I was really grateful for living here because I could walk anywhere my Prius wasn't able to drive. That being said, it's pretty expensive to live in LO. But you get what you pay for. This city is very beautiful, if a little monotone and conservative. There's a cool bar called Gemini that has free pool on Mondays and everything on the menu tastes good. I will most likely renew my lease here. Also, I own an Alaskan Malamute and they let me keep him here which is 90% the reason I chose to live at this particular apartment complex. We enjoy a lake walk every morning. Definitely an older building and they don't do that much to paint over the previous tenants damages. The walls are paaaaper thin. You hear a lot of things your neighbors do...like NSFW stuff. I'm low maintenance and don't use the heater much (I just put more clothes on) but I suppose heating might be an issue for some people. As well as noise for others. I will say though, that when my friend who lives nearby's power went out she came to my place. And a number of my friends borrow my laundry room.