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Well, it's official: The West is weird. I should have included Salt Lake City in the poll. Now that's an odd place. I must say I'm surprised by Seattle's standing in the poll. I don't find it to be weird in the least, but perhaps it's still riding on its nineties rep, before Microsoft, Starbucks, and Amazon turned its downtown into a vertical office park.
Seattle strikes me as very corporate, which is generally the opposite of "weird."
Yeah I can't tell whether or not people are putting down cities by labeling the inhabitants 'weird'. I approached the thread as it being slightly more positive, if anything.
In it's defense, Austin used to be genuinely weird. Even 15 years ago Leslie was running for mayor and putting mini-skirts over his usual attire to be more professional (my husband saw him on the street in a garter belt and panties pre-election). He came in 2nd... I think the whole "Keep Austin Weird" thing came as long time locals saw the city losing it's uniqueness. It didn't work. Hipsters are weird but it's a weird manufactured uniform weird.
San Francisco has inherently weird people - the weirdest I've seen in any city by far. Walk around for a day and you feel like you're in an open air mental institution. It's part of what gives it its whimsical charm, though. (I mean that with no sarcasm).
Portland definitely has a lot of quirky folks and some weirdos, but it's nowhere near the twilight zone experience you can get in SF.
Seattle, in certain neighborhoods, has a good share of odd folks hanging around, but id put it below Portland.
Maybe it's because I lived there for a very long time but I just don't find Portland to be weird. I wonder if people are voting on it's reputation, what they see on TV or if they really see it that way up close and personal. To me, New Orleans and Las Vegas are weird.
Maybe it's because I lived there for a very long time but I just don't find Portland to be weird. I wonder if people are voting on it's reputation, what they see on TV or if they really see it that way up close and personal. To me, New Orleans and Las Vegas are weird.
I found Portlanders to be quite conventional and normal, aside from the "street people" there. Almost painfully normal. I mean for every quirky unicyclist you have like 80 money-loving politically correct yuppies there lol
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