As we have been trying to make abundantly clear lately, we *HEART* Portland. But sometimes, even if you like where you are, it’s interesting to see what your neighbor thinks of your place.

Julie Davidow at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has written an article on visiting Portland for our neighbors to the north. After a bumpy start (a Portland tour guide’s initial description of Chinatown as “home to meth addicts, late-night revelers and transients”), the article becomes more laudatory in tone, and culminates in a short list of Things To Do, Places To Eat, and Places To Stay. But well before that list of specifics, Ms. Davidow says:

“Restored 19th-century facades, a funky old pizza place and a walking path along the Willamette River add up to a fun, if slightly less-scrubbed Portland experience. This compact, walkable city is full of such urban delights. There’s a sense of civility here and a feeling that Portland residents know they have it good.”

Why yes. Yes we do. Thanks for noticing.

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