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Portland: Better city to visit
KC: Better city to live in
But that's just my opinion.
How so? I like Portland, but if you had 3-4 days to spend in each city, I personally think KC would have more to offer to a visitor. (now this is not including the amazing landscape that surrounds Portland which KC can't touch).
Austin has a smaller black population than D/FW or Houston but so does San Antonio, so that doesn't make it unwelcoming to African-Americans. I'm black and have family and friends there and visit often. Austin's way before Portland has always had a reputation for liberalism. Also, Austin is more diverse. Portland is 85% white and 6% black. and 7% Asian. Austin is 77% white nearly 9% black but also has a significant latino population.
Not trying to steer the thread in a different direction, hijack it, or to take this off topic. I just want to point out one big point that you left out of this post. Austin is only 48% non-Hispanic white, 35% Hispanic/Latino, 8% black, 6% Asian. Less than half of Austin's population is caucasian.
So it may feel more welcoming for minorities overall when over half of the total population is part of a minority. Just wanted to throw that out there real quick.
Both great cities, and so different in there own ways. One area where Portland is far ahead though is transportation. Loved how easy it was to get around there. KC imo has better big city amenities and Portland better recreation. If only it was possible to have Voodo and Q39 in the same day. Love both.
I admire a lot of the older architecture and history of Kansas City and it has some truly beautiful architecture, but I really strongly value walkable neighborhoods and the ability to get around without driving and Portland right now has that over Kansas City by a decent margin at this point so I’m going with Kansas City.
And before you respond, no, the Portland of 2019 isn't the Portland of the 1920s either. But just as the South continues to deal with the "Confederates in the Attic," so do we in the rest of the country still have to deal with our ghosts. The extreme whiteness of Oregon (and a few other states in the Northwest, most notably Idaho, which has become something of a white-nationalist haven) is a residual product of that past, just as Kansas City's non-trivial black population is in part the legacy of Missouri having been a slave state. (However, in contrast to the states of the former Confederacy, Missouri did not ultimately disenfranchise its blacks post-Reconstruction - which didn't apply to the state anyway since it never seceded from the Union.)
You're completely blowing this WAY out of proportion. To perpetually drum over the exception and not the rule, chase phantoms (in most cases), and have a hyper-obsession with race is what keeps those "ghosts" alive. We're supposed to learn from our past sins, rectify them, and move on. Otherwise, there's no point to redemption. So your preoccupation with very marginal, uninfluential fringe groups that conveniently fit your preconceived narrative does nothing but create the very contention that you proclaim to abhor.
A group I noticed you did not mention that is creating unprovoked havoc pretty much unabated in Oregon (specifically Portland) at the present time is Antifa. But we won't split that hair
I admire a lot of the older architecture and history of Kansas City and it has some truly beautiful architecture, but I really strongly value walkable neighborhoods and the ability to get around without driving and Portland right now has that over Kansas City by a decent margin at this point so I’m going with Kansas City.
(emphasis added)
Wait, what?
Seems that should have dictated a vote for Portland.
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