Where's the Portland of the East Coast?

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by bler144

Both have trees and good restaurants, both interesting cities to visit, but that's about as far as I'd probably go for similarities.

DC has even worse traffic than Portland, is much more 'suburban' as a metro (11% of DC's metro population lives in the city, as opposed to about 28% of Portland), and of course the culture/politics are worlds apart.

You might be surprised by this then: Washington DC, Second Most Liberal City in the US - The Bull Elephant

[Mini-apple-less]

I'm not sure if that's a fair comparison since most of Portland itself has a suburban character even inside the city limits.

[amaiunmei]

As far as the spirit of Portland, OR, I think Burlington VT and Portland ME come the closest to that spirit.

As far as infrastructure is concerned, I think Pittsburgh is the closest thing you'll find to Portland OR.

[bluecarebear]

Pittsburgh has the crappy weather to qualify. It is by far the most overcast city in the east.