Where's the Portland of the East Coast? (best cities, 2013)
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I think that the closest you'll get is Pittsburgh. And that's not an east coast city.
Portland isn't actually a west coast city either. I mean, it's closer to the west coast, but it's a river city, and it takes around 1.5 hours to drive to a shore town from there.
One could argue the cities have a lot which is analogous actually. Both were blue collar river cities with strong union histories. Both are somewhat isolated from the larger metros in their region. The main difference is Portland started being "hip" some 20 years earlier and has been growing like gangbusters, but Pittsburgh has only started relatively recently.
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