Portland’s wacky and wonderful neighboring cities.
When New Seasons Market decided to open a location in Vancouver, it made us think fondly on all of Portland’s neighboring cities, towns and suburbs.
Why is Portland nicknamed Stumptown?
Ever wonder why Portland is nicknamed Stumptown? Hint: Stumptown Coffee didn’t come first.
Portland loves bicycles.
Portland loves bicycles… and it shows. A recent research report prepared for the Department of Transportation, Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large North American Cities, revealed that Portland hits first place among nine different cities in North America (U.S. and Canada).
It’s hard to be a brooding college student if you can’t smoke.
Recently, PCC banned smoking on its campuses. The problem? Attaining the image of a brooding emo kid deep in thought is easier to pull off with cigarettes
Newsflash: Portlandia does not accurately portray Portland.
You knew it. We knew it. Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein knew it. Portlandia is not an accurate portrayal of Portland. So, why was it that when a recent poll revealed that Portland residents care about topics like the economy, people were shocked?
Portland is unprepared for earthquakes… or flying monkeys.
Did you know that Pioneer Square Mall is not at all retrofitted against a rampage of rabid rhinoceros? Or how about Voodoo Donuts possibly collapsing at the prospect of not having the capacity to handle a convention of Oprah fans with a mad-on craving for No Name donuts? Whenever there’s a disaster somewhere in the world, there will inevitably be comparisons regarding the unpreparedness of other cities to that disaster. In this case, Portland is not prepared for a 9.0 magnitude earthquake like the one that hit Japan.
Hey AT&T, where’s Portland’s 4G??
One of the many great things about Portland is that it’s big enough (without being too big) and techie enough that we tend to be a test city for lots of new technologies. Unfortunately, AT&T doesn’t feel we’re ready for the next generation of cell speeds (4G/LTE).
“Beastie Boys Bandit?” Portland needs a superhero…
Remember how in the movie Ghostbusters, ghosts started appearing right before the Ghostbusters actually formed their team? In light of the recent string of really bizarre burglars, we’re starting to wonder if Portland’s going to get its own superhero soon.
Portland bridges falling down.
Portland’s not a good city for people with a fear of bridges; a total of eight crisscross the downtown area. With the devastating earthquake and aftershocks in Japan, officials have started taking another look at the state of our fine city’s bridges, and the results are not good.