Portland, Oregon

[Ele'ill]

This is the official thread for people that use this forum and are in or have been in or around Portland, Oregon.

This is a thread to discuss local happenings- political, funny public library stories, things that pissed you off- etc..

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've only been to Portland once, during my sojourn across the United States (I drove there from Bozeman MT...there's some really cool terrain during that drive, especially in Idaho). I stayed with a acquaintence who I kinda-sorta knew, but he couldn't really hang out that much because he had work/school. I visited Black Rose Books, but they were closed. After that I just kind of wandered around for a while, bored and lonely, especially considering the fact that it was my 21st birthday, a day best spent killing brain cells and passing out in your own fluids, or at least so I'm told. I did manage to catch an awesome Jesus Lizard show in the Crystal Ballroom, though.

After that show, I wandered around the streets some more, eventually buying some hashish from a shady dude, and spent the rest of the night high. The next day I called the same guy and bought a bunch of weed, after which I skipped town, driving to Salt Lake City and leaving the world of Portland behind forever.

I remember being amazed at just how many hipsters there were in Portland.

[Adi Shankara]

Portland, in my opinion, is one of the worst cities in America.

[bcbm]

great public parks, cheap alcohol available at all times of the day basically, cheap weed, lots of good folks from the midwest. basically a perfect city if you get rid of the coasties.;)

[Ele'ill]

Portland, in my opinion, is one of the worst cities in America.

Why is that- and have you been?

[bcbm]

yamhill pub

[Il Medico]

great public parks, cheap alcohol available at all times of the day basically, cheap weed, lots of good folks from the midwest. basically a perfect city if you get rid of the coasties.;)
Landie Chauvinism!

[synthesis]

great public parks, cheap alcohol available at all times of the day basically, cheap weed, lots of good folks from the midwest. basically a perfect city if you get rid of the coasties.;)

Lebensraum, eh?

[Ele'ill]

82nd Ave

[fa2991]

Portland, in my opinion, is one of the worst cities in America.

:laugh:

[Adi Shankara]

Why is that- and have you been?

It's too expensive, rains almost every day, and is full of hipster doofuses.

[bcbm]

82nd Ave

i lived right off 82 in se good spot

[black magick hustla]

lol my friend lived in portland and he told me its horrible because midwester hipster scum go there and at first they look for art/bike jobs or something like that but of course they cant get that so they take all the shit jobs and now there is no work

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Midwestern hipster scum > west coast hipster scum
PS: you're blaming the workers but not the capitalists? /facepalm

[synthesis]

lol my friend lived in portland and he told me its horrible because midwester hipster scum go there and at first they look for art/bike jobs or something like that but of course they cant get that so they take all the shit jobs and now there is no work

+1000 points for you.

[synthesis]

west coast hipster scum

No such thing. West Coast hipsters are all expatriates, usually from the Midwest, and should go back where they came from.

[Ele'ill]

It's too expensive, rains almost every day, and is full of hipster doofuses.

It's relatively inexpensive- Oregon is the 4th or 5th sunniest state in the country- they get no rain in the late spring early summer and most of it in the fall and winter- every city has hipster doofuses-

I'm starting to think this hipster bullshit needs to be put to rest via another 'hipster-vegan-animal rights-environmentalism-' thread redux.

[Ele'ill]

i lived right off 82 in se good spot


That's right about where I live now. In the SE- near 82nd.

[black magick hustla]

im sorry mariel but any talk about portland is also a talk about midwestern hipster expats and bike schools

[Ele'ill]

im sorry mariel but any talk about portland is also a talk about midwestern hipster expats and bike schools


There are a lot of bike shops because the city is easily navigated by bicycle- the hipsters are here because there are hipster hangouts- which every city would love to have- as it's a money maker.

There are far more genuinely strange people living out here- of all ages- then there are hipsters. There are also a lot of hipsters.

It also depends on where you want to 'hang-out'. If you want to go hang-out at 'Rogue brewpub' down town on a friday or saturday night you might as well be a hipster yourself.


I'd rather be still living on the east coast. But it's because of it's beautiful autumn and frigid winters. I love that. They don't get thunderstorms out here either- every once in a while there's some clouds with a rumble but that's it. East is still home.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Well, speaking personally, I've been to a lot of cities all over the country, in almost every state in the union, and Portland definitely takes the cake in terms of how many hipsters roam the streets in broad daylight. Although they're probably less than the hipster population of NYC.

Although the city that I live in now has more than it's fair share...it very well be the hipster capital of the South.