Has anyone seen this? (Portland: live, moving, trendy)

[griz134]

Portland Oregon Sucks

[philwithbeard]

Portland is emphatically not for everyone, at every time in their lives.

Some people love the city at one time in their lives, and still leave a few years later.

And a trendy place for one generation, may not be of any use to the next cultural movement.

Let the writer of that link have his opinion, but take it as just his opinion, not anything more important than that. He made the arguments as holding up Portland as a perfect place, it ain't. The question is, for each point he made, what other city would be, overall, better than Portland, overall. Yes, specific issues will be glaringly bad here in Portland, but is there a city that does not have glaringly bad points? I don't know of any.

Phil

[juggler]

I LOVE these kinds of articles. They help to scare off additional people from moving here. Portland is big enough already; there is no reason it needs to turn into Seattle.

[PDX_LAX]

That was a good laugh. Traffic at 2:00 AM? LOL

And the best was when he complained that he had to drive 45 minutes for good recreation. What other city in the country is as close to recreation as Portland? None. Well, Seattle maybe.

[LeftCoastee]

It also stated:

And while the summers can be dry and sunny, the sky lacks any real blue to it, instead being a constant shade of grey even on the nicest summer day. And it's not just me that noticed it, but a friend who moved from Montana said the exact same thing.

I've seen a lot of blue in the sky this summer. Maybe they were looking at the sky through a haze of "laid back" smoke.

[John Shaft]

Some points are blatantly false (see above posts) while some - such as the slow drivers - are right on the mark.

[ElGreco]

Originally Posted by John Shaft

Some points are blatantly false (see above posts) while some - such as the slow drivers - are right on the mark.

I spent vacations in Oregon (on the coast) and the first "surprise" was how drivers are polite. IMO it is the best "driving culture" in the USA for sure.

[Élan vital]

Originally Posted by LeftCoastee

It also stated:

And while the summers can be dry and sunny, the sky lacks any real blue to it, instead being a constant shade of grey even on the nicest summer day. And it's not just me that noticed it, but a friend who moved from Montana said the exact same thing.

I've seen a lot of blue in the sky this summer. Maybe they were looking at the sky through a haze of "laid back" smoke.

LOL @ the "laid back smoke" comment.
The sky here is a beautiful,clear blue and was most of the summer. A bit too sunshine for my taste; but I love the area.

Originally Posted by John Shaft

Some points are blatantly false (see above posts) while some - such as the slow drivers - are right on the mark.

maybe people don't always need to rush,rush,rush through life?

Originally Posted by lumiwa

I spent vacations in Oregon (on the coast) and the first "surprise" was how drivers are polite. IMO it is the best "driving culture" in the USA for sure.

I agree and I've been all over the U.S.
The drivers in this area seem very courteous. If I'm in such a hurry that I require rushing through traffic it will be because I'm in an ambulance

[NomadScribe]

"Where other cities will get their precipitaion in large bursts and have relatively nice weather the rest of the time, Portland is simply dreary the majority of the time."

beautiful blue sunny Autumn day in the Portland region as I write this, but.....

I've said it before, I'll say it again, I LOVE dreary grey days. I understand many don't but it's hilarious when people make shockingly obvious comments about Pacific Northwest weather.

It rains! It drizzles! It's grey!!!

Oh snap!! Really?!

[backdrifter]

That link is really amusing and really silly.