Portland is an all around great city
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3/23/2009
Downtown Portland is so pleasant that many thousands of people choose to live there even tho they could easily afford a nice house in a premium suburb. Lots of outdoor cafes and culture of all sorts - the Saturday market offers a rich blend of culture and music, as does Pioneer Square, the Alphabet District, the Pearl District, and many other areas. Portland is within a very short drive to the Oregon Coast, Mount Hood and Rainier, the Columbia River Gorge, rainforests, deserts, and many other spectacular attractions. People here read more books than in most places. The area has many used and new bookstores, including the worlds largest. Portland is not very cliquish and not at all clannish, so it is more open to new people than many areas. People here love outdoor adventures and there are many opportunities for them. In the summer the city abounds with roses and has the worlds greatest rose garden. It is the best all around city in America, and I should know because I have lived all over and have spent time in almost every major US city (Houston and Sacramento not included).
Mark | Portland, OR