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03-05-13 | 12:44 PM
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From: pee-dee-ecks
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?
03-05-13 | 12:47 PM
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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
03-05-13 | 12:56 PM
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- 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
03-05-13 | 12:58 PM
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Don't forget the fifth quadrant. NoPo bro! 
03-05-13 | 01:00 PM
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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
- 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
03-05-13 | 01:08 PM
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03-05-13 | 01:12 PM
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Ha!
Whenever I see a girl with a below-the-knee skirt with actual legs showing I'm like, "Dayum!...so hot"
03-05-13 | 01:47 PM
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one thing tho:
BOOTS RULE
BOOTS RULE
03-05-13 | 01:52 PM
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03-05-13 | 02:12 PM
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03-05-13 | 02:18 PM
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03-05-13 | 02:44 PM
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Each of my grey hairs is frowning at calv. So's my avatar.
03-05-13 | 03:09 PM
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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.
Today I discovered chipotle plantain soup. OMG, I want to eat this forever, the most heavenly combination of sweet and spicy.
03-05-13 | 03:23 PM
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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
- 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
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.
03-05-13 | 03:24 PM
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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
https://shop.cascade.org/content/events/stp
Oh crap, it's sold out already! Nevermind
Last edited by cali_axela; 03-05-13 at 03:26 PM. Reason: added link to event
03-05-13 | 03:55 PM
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This made me laugh pretty hard.
03-05-13 | 03:57 PM
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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
- 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
03-05-13 | 04:45 PM
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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:
Last edited by calv; 03-05-13 at 04:49 PM.
03-05-13 | 04:56 PM
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From: pee-dee-ecks
thanks for all the info-mative post about PDX! I'm back in my happy-place about moving there
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03-05-13 | 05:16 PM
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Yeah, let me know...although it'd be weird seeing internet people IRL.
03-05-13 | 05:46 PM
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so grunge. nice post calv.
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03-05-13 | 06:00 PM
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ay mayn dassa naas buick mayn
03-05-13 | 06:08 PM
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hahaha! this thread brightened up my day.