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Portland is beyond "it." It's overdone to the point of tacky. It's just all spoiled white people who want to be coddled around other PC, well-off white people who are outdoorsy and eat vegan just like them. You couldn't pay me enough to live in Portland or Seattle. The hipsters are totally overdone and over the top and overrun in those cities.
On top of that, Portland still suffers from a massive diversity and racism problem.
Portland is an "it-ness" super nova. It has everything a Millennial could possibly want: streetcars, light rail, yoga studios, organic groceries, hundreds of miles of bike lanes. It's the city that C-D urbanistas hate but secretly (or not so secretly) want their cities to be like. Who in their right mind wouldn't want more fair trade coffee, more microbreweries, more indie bands, more artists, etc?
Also, Portland has plenty of diversity. I believe it was near the top of my list for Asian fusion restaurants.
Portland is an "it-ness" super nova. It has everything a Millennial could possibly want: streetcars, light rail, yoga studios, organic groceries, hundreds of miles of bike lanes. It's the city that C-D urbanistas hate but secretly (or not so secretly) want their cities to be like. Who in their right mind wouldn't want more fair trade coffee, more microbreweries, more indie bands, more artists, etc?
Also, Portland has plenty of diversity. I believe it was near the top of my list for Asian fusion restaurants.
The usefulness of all these industries is questionable at best. When we enter a recession again and people don't have the disposable income to pay for organic dog hotels and repetitive beers, Portland will be no more. Giant bubble.
WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRAFT BEER revolution. 10 years ago, if you went into a bar, there was a fair chance they would just serve two types of beer: “light” and “foreign.” Mercifully, the era of bad beer is over. Beer is good pretty much everywhere, now. IPAs, DIPAs, Black IPAs Porters, Kolschs, Marzens, Browns, Reds, Sours — all right there on the menu of your local watering hole.
There’s really no bad place to be right now. But we’ve picked 10 cities that we think are truly stand-outs. There are obvious ones, yes — but we’ve tried to pay attention to less appreciated cities, as well.
Cincinnati
Chicago
Portland, Maine
Fort Collins
San Diego
Grand Rapids
Charlotte
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Bend
Portland is an "it-ness" super nova. It has everything a Millennial could possibly want: streetcars, light rail, yoga studios, organic groceries, hundreds of miles of bike lanes. It's the city that C-D urbanistas hate but secretly (or not so secretly) want their cities to be like. Who in their right mind wouldn't want more fair trade coffee, more microbreweries, more indie bands, more artists, etc?
Also, Portland has plenty of diversity. I believe it was near the top of my list for Asian fusion restaurants.
These kinds of things are increasingly to the point of "can you afford it?" There are few metros that are hip like this and tons of people wanting in, so prices skyrocket.
These kinds of things are increasingly to the point of "can you afford it?" There are few metros that are hip like this and tons of people wanting in, so prices skyrocket.
I wouldn't call Portland super diverse, especially by using its good scene. I know plenty of Asian Americans from San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Dallas who have moved there and complain about the lack of Asian food establishments.
You can get a Blazers ticket for less than you could a Pelicans ticket. And a pint of craft brew costs $3 less than it does in Boston.
This list includes Boise, Portland, Maine, and New Orleans, but not other cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, any Florida city, or the dozens of other larger cities. I'm not saying Portland is cheap, but what sort of weird, selective set is that?
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