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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPortland, Ore. is what San Francisco, CA thinks that it is
If you want an authentic San Francisco style experience, go to Portland, Oregon.
Throd
(7,208 posts)lame54
(35,330 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Headed there next month from South Korea after having not visited for three years. Can't wait to spend some time catching up with what has been going on.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It's terrible. Don't come here--I mean, go there. It's boring. Rains all the time. No baseball team. No football team. Miles from a mountain. Miles from the ocean.
Yavin4
(35,450 posts)The Portland Theater. The flea market on Saturday. The food trucks.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Oh, you mean Saturday Market. Not exactly a flea market.
Yavin4
(35,450 posts)I really enjoyed it.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)Is there maybe room for just ONE more, and a dog?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)It's getting more and more expensive.
And the flippers are trying to destroy the neighborhoods by tearing down the homes and putting up high density monstrosities.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Where is the diversity? Where, for instance, does one get a decent burrito? Note: "Chipotle" is not the correct response.
Yavin4
(35,450 posts)A real authentic, huge bookstore.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)Portland is too big city for me San Francisco is way too crowded and urban. Both beautiful cities though, with lots to offer.