I'm glad to hear you guys say this too!
Having lived in NY & Boston, I understand "city life", but I'm hoping that portland has a bit warmer vibe than the east coast cities have. Though, maybe I'm "utopia-ing" the place a bit in my mind?

It is very nice and the cost of living is lower. It did feel very small but then LA is gigantic. I want to visit Portland again but someone I really dislike has moved up there and she hangs out with the same crowd

My first impressions:

- Watch Portlandia on Netflix. It's satire, but Carrie Brownstein is from Portland and nails a lot of the quirkiness of the city.
- The hipster is strong here. Lots of plaid flannel, lots of beards.
- The rain, oh god the rain. You learn to deal with it. People bike here in all weather.
- Nobody uses umbrellas. Umbrella = tourist. This place is a North Face ad.
- Fenders.
- Recycling
- Bring your own grocery bag to the grocery store. God, Portlandia nailed all of this stuff.
- Girls dress more grunge than girly. Not much makeup (if any). I guess it's a functional thing with the rain and all. They all wear boots.
- Lots of great coffee.
- Food carts are freaking amazing...and cheap...and amazing. There are some 1 block from my house in South East that stay open to 3AM.
- The city is busted up into quadrants: NW, NE, SW, SE

Don't forget the fifth quadrant. NoPo bro! :)

Sounds tight. Except the grunge thing. Don't even know what that is but it doesn't sound good lol.

the dream of the 90s

Ha!

Whenever I see a girl with a below-the-knee skirt with actual legs showing I'm like, "Dayum!...so hot"

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W7yWpRRilf...00/skirt+2.jpg

one thing tho:
BOOTS RULE

congrats, you get today's "This Made Kaz Feel Old" award. it consists of a heating pad, earplugs for going to shows, and a sign that says "get off my lawn".

Google pearl jam or nirvana concert and look at the people in the crowd

behold: grunge.

Seriously, my cardigan just frowned.

Each of my grey hairs is frowning at calv. So's my avatar.

Oh man, I grew up in Portland, and was the shining example of a grunge kid. Worshipped Kurt Cobain, had long headbangy bangs, smoked way too much pot. At least I didn't fall into the H crowd (it was pretty huge there at the time).

Today I discovered chipotle plantain soup. OMG, I want to eat this forever, the most heavenly combination of sweet and spicy.

Welcome to the PNW carleton :) I just noticed the other day that your location changed. So much of that list is true for western WA too. Some day we need to have a BFSSFG get-together for us Seattle/Portland folks.

Are any of you guys doing that huge Seattle to Portland ride in July? I'm probably coming up for it.

https://shop.cascade.org/content/events/stp

Oh crap, it's sold out already! Nevermind :(

This made me laugh pretty hard.

Besides the constant rain, welcome the The Mission, San Francisco. Our girls are a bit more hipster than grunge, though. Thriftstores are where it's at.

I'm sure there are people younger than me who know what that stuff is. I'm just really, really not into stuff like that.

I just did this, they look like normal dudes. I must admit though I'm, much much more used to this:

http://www.baycat.org/studentwork/fa...sideshow_2.jpg

thanks for all the info-mative post about PDX! I'm back in my happy-place about moving there:)

Doors open mang.

Thanks!

Yeah, let me know...although it'd be weird seeing internet people IRL.

leave 'um wide open all the way back to oakland.
my game behind the wheel, is one of the dopest!

a ticket ain't nothin, I get em all the time!
police try to hate but they can't stop my shine!

yo **** around and get your roof stomped out!

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so grunge. nice post calv.

:lol:

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hahaha! this thread brightened up my day.