" two large, progressive (and... laid back, unpretentious, um, intentionally
unfashionable) cities."

......and damn if they ain't the whitest cities in  America too!

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Nope. White liberals are great for my property values.

Amusing and true, but was wearing a biker jacket WITHOUT PANTS a thing in the '90s? I don't remember that.

IFC is where Independent Film goes to die. Sellouts.

What a great way to put it: 'Portland is where young people go to retire.' it's SO true. Too bad it's mostly because most of these, "young people" lack drive, ambition, assets, and gravitate to the reputation it has earned as, "POTland." don't get me wrong,overall It's a fun progressive little city but If I lived there, I'd get annoyed with paying through the nose for income and real estate tax - so this group of young, "retirees" can mooch from couch to couch -never paying sales tax - sitting back and get baked all day. Seattle is WAY better.

It's kind of ironic because portland actually has a huge problem with homeless kids. I mean, they're not working, but I wouldn't call them retired either...