Portland can't possibly be for everybody, it's true. You are probably too responsible for Portland. ;)
My friend Dawn described Portland to me as a place where people move to because they want to be from somewhere better than they used to be from. And then they work hard to turn their chunk of it into that place they want to be part of, because on its own it's really just a nondescript west coast city with different kinds of strange people around. But that kind of, uh, home reno, isn't really everybody's cup of tea. If you want a place with its own character to kind of fit yourself into without having to smash the uncomfortable bits into the right shape--and I think this is a valid way to want to live--then I don't see Portland as really The Place To Be.
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My friend Dawn described Portland to me as a place where people move to because they want to be from somewhere better than they used to be from. And then they work hard to turn their chunk of it into that place they want to be part of, because on its own it's really just a nondescript west coast city with different kinds of strange people around. But that kind of, uh, home reno, isn't really everybody's cup of tea. If you want a place with its own character to kind of fit yourself into without having to smash the uncomfortable bits into the right shape--and I think this is a valid way to want to live--then I don't see Portland as really The Place To Be.