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Moved to portland or from denver co and noticed some disturbing similarities and also glaring regional differences. They are both islands of liberal sanity in their respective states, but are the cities similar in your view? Here are some ratings i would give: nightlife- portland music scene- portland outdoor activities- denver museums - denver schools-denver bikeability - portland racial diversity- denver racial integration -portland economy-denver proximity to other cities- portland what do you think?
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I think Denver is a bit more moderate (particularly its suburbs) politically, and Boulder is more of a compatable liberal sibling to Portland. Although its not exactly clear on what your comparing here. Yes the two cities have there parallels and their differences, but as far as this thread is concerned what kind of comparisons are your trying to address? How liberal one city is over another? That would indisbutably be Portland. That's not to say Denver isn't liberal at all; it is, but not like Portland is.
I suppose in a way its an attempt to get imaginative opinions from people who have lived in both places. Denver suburbs are more moderate, even right wing, but the same could be said of portland's suburbs. This poll discusses denver and portland, two cities of equal size and relative demographics. Lists of top five liberal cities are common on this thread, why is it now repugnant to compare two cities that seem to the uninitiated to be so different from each other? I use the liberal agenda as a starting point for discussion, and yes boulder's politics and portlands are comparable, but boulder is also not a city in any real sense of the word, more of an economically conservative town with a good college. Pepsi and coke taste different, yet they are both still cola, and people have fiercly divided opinions on which is better. By the way- this is my first thread.
No way is portland's economy as good as Denver. Portland has one of the worst! I was born in Oregon, and now live in Colorado. I always thought Boulder-eugene were very similar as well!
Moved to portland or from denver co and noticed some disturbing similarities and also glaring regional differences. They are both islands of liberal sanity in their respective states, but are the cities similar in your view? Here are some ratings i would give: nightlife- portland music scene- portland outdoor activities- denver museums - denver schools-denver bikeability - portland racial diversity- denver racial integration -portland economy-denver proximity to other cities- portland what do you think?
You are underselling the outdoor activities available near Portland. There are all the mountain activities you have with Denver plus the ocean an hour away. Music scene and nightlife are debatable and come down to personal preference. Portland is definitely closer to other major cities than Denver is.
You are underselling the outdoor activities available near Portland. There are all the mountain activities you have with Denver plus the ocean an hour away. Music scene and nightlife are debatable and come down to personal preference. Portland is definitely closer to other major cities than Denver is.
Unless your going to live in another major city, i don't really consider that important (IMO).
Unless your going to live in another major city, i don't really consider that important (IMO).
What? All I was saying was that there were other major cities near Portland that you could take a weekend trip to, as opposed to Denver which is far more isolated. (Colorado Springs is not in the same league as Seattle and Vancouver).
What? All I was saying was that there were other major cities near Portland that you could take a weekend trip to, as opposed to Denver which is far more isolated. (Colorado Springs is not in the same league as Seattle and Vancouver).
All true, don't get me wrong, but its not like a person moves to Portland to be closer to Seattle of Vancouver. I wasn't going to say Colorado Springs though.
All true, don't get me wrong, but its not like the a person moves to Portland to be closer to Seattle of Vancouver. I wasn't going to say Colorado Springs though.
Well people might not move to Portland to be close to Seattle, but it's definetly an attractive feature of living here though. From where I live in Portland I can get to Seattle in about 2-2.5 hours without traffic. A lot of people in Portland take frequent weekend trips to Seattle or vactions in Vancouver. And there's a lot of stuff in Washington that's not far from Portland(most only 2-3 hours) like Mount Rainier or the San Juan Islands or the Olympic Peninsula. Just like people in Colorado drive to ski towns in the Rockies for the weekend--which is usually counted as a major plus for Denver.
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