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it sucks oregon city got rid of a old mansion but theres still houses from the 1840's. its grown a lot since then for just a suburb apart of a city.
I don't know if I would call Oregon City a suburb due to its age. I have always thought of it as a small town that is on the edge of the Portland metro.
I don't know if I would call Oregon City a suburb due to its age. I have always thought of it as a small town that is on the edge of the Portland metro.
See, that's the issue. What is a suburb? I'm not, repeat not, advocating getting into this again, but one person's "small town that is on the edge of a metro" is another person's suburb. And one person's "streetcar suburb in the city limits" is another one's "city neighborhood".
Oregon City is interesting in its age. It has a small, but significant old housing stock (pre-1939): 13%*. Not that much was built from 1940 to 1970, but afterwards with a lull in the 80s, a lot of housing was built every decade. My guess is the pre-1939 was the small town part when it was well outside the Portland metro. The edge of the metro started to reach Oregon City in the 70s and by the 90s it was in the highest growth ring of the Portland ring: further in was mostly built in.
*For the Boston area, that's quite new, most suburbs have more old housing that that.
Oregon City is interesting in its age. It has a small, but significant old housing stock (pre-1939): 13%*. Not that much was built from 1940 to 1970, but afterwards with a lull in the 80s, a lot of housing was built every decade. My guess is the pre-1939 was the small town part when it was well outside the Portland metro. The edge of the metro started to reach Oregon City in the 70s and by the 90s it was in the highest growth ring of the Portland ring: further in was mostly built in.
*For the Boston area, that's quite new, most suburbs have more old housing that that.
Sounds a lot like Louisville, CO, although Louisville really took off in the 80s/90s.
The area I'm in has contained suburbs since the mid-1800s. The first one I know of that was neither a train nor streetcar suburb was a mansion suburb (no "Mc").
My suburb of Cleveland Heights is loaded with mansions just a few blocks from where I live. There are huge homes in my neighborhood, Victorian and Tudor style. No split level ranches. Buses yes, streetcars or trains no.
My suburb of Cleveland Heights is loaded with mansions just a few blocks from where I live. There are huge homes in my neighborhood, Victorian and Tudor style. No split level ranches. Buses yes, streetcars or trains no.
Was this neighborhood built during the era of streetcars or mid 50s in the era of buses?
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