Will Portland start booming in the near future? (Eugene: taxes, bus)

[oldtintype]

Originally Posted by Leisesturm

Gibberish? I think not. But you are, of course, entitled to your opinion. Can you even comprehend standard English and Grammar anymore? Are you texting this from your iTouch or something? WTH?

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LOL! Yes, it's driving me crazy too.

[oldtintype]

Originally Posted by aaronkc

lol dude, if i wanted to come back to portland, i wud, im not tryin to impress anybod, there is noth wrong with returning to a place u liked more than your new place and i wudnt be scared to admit noth, many people go away and come back, be it a job, college, contract, army, etc, moving somewere to be close to someth but not there sounds idiotic so u must be jokin, like i said, portland got a lot going for it and im not hating on it at all, and there is noth wrong with living in portland, for some people its perfect, but as of now, it doesnt fit my needs, i don kno why u so upset that im considering seattle instead

You do realize you're actually WRITING SOMETHING you're not texting us, right?

[aaronkc]

Originally Posted by oldtintype

You do realize you're actually WRITING SOMETHING you're not texting us, right?

o foreal?

[pdwpdx]

Would you really want Portland to end up like Seattle? Even worse traffic, higher COL, widening income gap, more gentrification? The city's livability would suffer and people would become more stressed and rude. Smart growth policies and business regulation exist for a reason.

[oldtintype]

Originally Posted by aaronkc

o foreal?

I assume you're asking if I'm for real? Yes, I am.

[aaronkc]

Originally Posted by pdwpdx

Would you really want Portland to end up like Seattle? Even worse traffic, higher COL, widening income gap, more gentrification? The city's livability would suffer and people would become more stressed and rude. Smart growth policies and business regulation exist for a reason.

higher salaries too

[urbanlife78]

Originally Posted by pdwpdx

Would you really want Portland to end up like Seattle? Even worse traffic, higher COL, widening income gap, more gentrification? The city's livability would suffer and people would become more stressed and rude. Smart growth policies and business regulation exist for a reason.

I would never want to see Portland end up like Seattle because it would make no sense having two identical cities in the Northwest. The way I see Portland and Seattle is about the same way I see Boston and New York City, or Philly and New York City.

Seattle is the big metropolis in the Northwest and that is perfect, Portland is more Main St focused more about being a regionalist city, basically a city that is a produce of its local and regional surroundings.

[urbanlife78]

I would like to see Seattle better connected, like high speed rail between the cities to make it a real option to commute between the two regions even easier.

[jjpop]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

I would like to see Seattle better connected, like high speed rail between the cities to make it a real option to commute between the two regions even easier.

Wouldn't that be great? I just don't think the public has the stomach for a big, expensive infrastructure project though, regardless of how good it would be for the region's economic health.

[pdxMIKEpdx]

We can't even get a bridge built across the Columbia to Vancouver......