Portland quick overview.
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2/20/2015
Portland is a great town, but real estate is very expensive.
Urban growth boundary prevents suburban sprawl, but there are some nice nearby towns if PDX is out of your price range.
Portland is split mainly East-West by the Willamette river and North-South by Burnside street creating four main areas: NE, NW, SE, and SW. Downtown Portland is in SW, but the rest of SW is not really in a gridded format but more windy with street layout. NW has a mix of grid and chaotic street layout as it's built into the hills of the city. SE and NE is highly urbanized and gridded.
Mass transportation options connect all these areas very well.
Keith | Portland, OR