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Well too bad a million more people would rather in Philadelphia them Portland with less land area. So lets let the people speak, not one ignorant person on city data.
I want you Portland posters to post pictures of your BEST neighborhood, and I'll post mine, so you can clearly see the cities don't compare.. Philly has Portland type architecture in certain areas, and many many more styles al through the city, heck you guys have NO place better then society hill, or even chestnut hill. I don't wanna hear arguing, prove me wrong through pictures....
Portland and Philadelphia look different but Portland has beautiful neighborhoods. Along with its different terrain makes it beautiful in its on right. Have you ever been?
Portland is more of a "nice" city while Philadelphia is a true metropolis. If you prefer Portland it's likely due to the enviroment, lifestyle and/or socio-political bend of the population, not because it has more access.
Portland and Philadelphia look different but Portland has beautiful neighborhoods. Along with its different terrain makes it beautiful in its on right. Have you ever been?
Stop talking, and show me.
And no I don't wanna see hills and flowing Japanese gardens and so forth I wanna see the city, and the urban offerings.
Agree. Portland is definitely worth a trip. Knowing we wanted to leave Houston a few years back, we took exploratory trips to various cities around the country before deciding where to settle. On one of those vacations, we spent about two weeks in the PNW, including 3 or 4 days in Portland. While in the area, we also spent time along the coast, in the Willamette Valley wine country and a made the trip down to Crater Lake. If we were going to move to that region, we preferred Portland over Seattle because we found the city more cohesive and easier to navigate v the disjointed nature of Seattle's neighborhoods.
Ultimately, because we had more choices than Seattle and Portland, we landed in Philly. These are two very different cities. While we liked Portland, we were attracted to the densely developed and more bustling environment of Philadelphia. We also really liked the fact that city offers easy access to the other big NE cites as well as countryside we find more appealing to our tastes.
I find this match-up an odd comparison. I can't imagine anyone being truly torn between these two cities, as they feel so different to me. That said, there is one thing they share, IMO: they could each do a better job in making their riverfronts more appealing.
Philadelphia and Portland are two of the great hipster meccas of the United States. Hipsters move back and forth between Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Portland all the time.
You guys almost had a 1,500 footer as well. The American Commerce Center, the building that looked very similar to One World Trade Center in New York. I forgot why it never got built.
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