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quality of life: Portland
nightlife: tied
scenery: Vancouver
daytime activities/events: tied
shopping/entertainment venues: tied
overall vibe: Portland
quality of life: Portland for middle class / Vancouver if your net worth is $3 million +
nightlife: Tied
scenery: Vancouver
daytime activities/events: Vancouver by far stretch
shopping/entertainment venues: Vancouver, both independent and global luxury chains (shopping in Van is not just restricted to downtown - Oakridge Mall, Richmond Centre, and the new airport outdoor shopping centre, along with the massive Metrotown with 500+ stores. All of these locations are connected by Skytrain Rapid Transit)
overall vibe: Slight edge to Vancouver
Metrotown Shopping Centre / Skytrain Rapid Transit:
Portland wins this one - you don't have to be a Chinese money launderer to afford a home, you don't have to wade through dozens of look-alike cookie cutter condos and you are literally in the middle of wine and rose country! Not to mention Portland has a unique identity and culture. Vancouver long ago sold its soul to the highest bidder.
I actually prefer Portland's "impossibly metered distribution of low-key bars on every block" nightlife to Vancouver's "2-3 mega-concentrated areas with clubs but not much in between" nightlife, although if you like glitz and glamour Vancouver is better.
Quality of Life and vibe are subjective although I think Vancouver has a broader range in both of these categories.
Scenery, shopping, and activities go to Vancouver.
Portland wins this one - you don't have to be a Chinese money launderer to afford a home, you don't have to wade through dozens of look-alike cookie cutter condos and you are literally in the middle of wine and rose country! Not to mention Portland has a unique identity and culture. Vancouver long ago sold its soul to the highest bidder.
It’s a small amount of real money launderers. That being said, I think the foreign owner tax assessment is long overdue. I think this is a basic policy that should be implemented in many places in the US and Canada
I really dislike Portland for so many reasons but it's generally a super overrated town. That fact that it would ever be seriously compared to Vancouver is kind of insulting to Vancouver.
I really dislike Portland for so many reasons but it's generally a super overrated town. That fact that it would ever be seriously compared to Vancouver is kind of insulting to Vancouver.
Why? The two havr such different strengths.
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