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November 20th, 2008, 10:06 AM
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Portland, Oregon USA
According to Money Magazine Portland is America's best big city.
Travel and Leisure Magazine ranked Portland the number one city for general safety. Condé Nast Traveler magazine has ranked Portland International Airport the best U.S airport for 2006, 2007, and 2008. Portland is also the most bike friendly city in the USA. I went to on a trip to Portland from West Palm Beach, FL during the first week of November 2008. I had a great time in Portland and it is by far the nicest city in the US that I've been to. I went to Portland with my dad to see the city and visit Portland State University. image hosted on flickr  Downtown West Palm Beach after take off. image hosted on flickr  Sunrise over Texas. image hosted on flickr  Downtown Houston. I connected in Houston. The airport is very nice but the city looked very depressing from above. image hosted on flickr  Dallas? or FT. Worth? image hosted on flickr  Beautiful Oregon clouds. image hosted on flickr  Fall colors! I never see the leaves change in Florida so it was really exciting to see a bunch of amber and red tree leaves. image hosted on flickr  Portland International Airport. The airport was really nice, and there was good food and shopping and most importantly it was functional and clean. I'm not surprised it is has been consistently rated as the top airport in the US. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  MAX train into the city. The public transportation in Portland is very good. I went on it during rush hour and it was packed. It was nice to see it being used. image hosted on flickr  Hotel room. My hotel was right downtown and I really liked the interior and exterior design. image hosted on flickr  View from the room. I took a long nap and went out at night to get water and Safeway and have Pizza. In Florida I shop and Publix and they are nice in the suburbs but the one I go to in downtown West Palm Beach is disgusting. It was nice being in a clean grocery store downtown for once. image hosted on flickr  PSU soccer game. image hosted on flickr  The hotel at night. Day 2, 3, and 4 will be posted later. 
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November 20th, 2008, 12:22 PM
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Good stuff so far...the Houston pic is very cool.
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November 20th, 2008, 04:26 PM
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Nice pics
Portland is very nice city 
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November 20th, 2008, 06:54 PM
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 There is another sign that has the state of Oregon lit up with a deer jumping through it and it says Made in Oregon. I want to take a picture of it when I'm back. image hosted on flickr  Downtown early sunday morning. image hosted on flickr  Pioneer Courthouse Square. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Willamette river. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Pioneer Place is a mall that takes up two blocks of the city and has a skybridge to connect the two sections. image hosted on flickr  View from the bridge. image hosted on flickr  It is basically an average higher end shopping center but it is unique because its downtown and has so many floors vs a traditional suburban mall that has one or two floors. image hosted on flickr  Pearl District. image hosted on flickr  Powell's Books. image hosted on flickr  Some old renovated factory. I had Baja Fresh for the first time in this building and it was delicious just like the rest of the food I ate while I was in Portland. image hosted on flickr  Whole Foods downtown. image hosted on flickr  Portland Streetcar. image hosted on flickr  Portland State University alumni center. image hosted on flickr  South Park Blocks and PSU buildings behind the trees. image hosted on flickr  I want to live there. image hosted on flickr  I-405 image hosted on flickr  Cute houses overlooking the city. image hosted on flickr  Pearl District. image hosted on flickr  Oregon Health & Science University center for health and healing. This area is called the South Waterfront and it is really nice but right now only a few buildings from the master plan are finished. I can see what they are trying to do here and it will be really nice and vibrant when it is done but right now there is this weird evacuated city of the future vibe. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Townhomes for sale! $800,000! The plants are planted in a ditch so that when it rains, meaning all the time, the water will flow there keeping the plants watered. A lot of the buildings in Portland have green roofs that have plants growing on them and they collect rainwater to fill the toilets. Most of the garbage cans were separated into paper, glass, and waste. All the stores don't give you a bag when you buy something, because they assume you don't want one. All the light rail lines resulted in the removal of 600 busses and is one of the most used light rail systems in the country taking many polluting cars off the road. This is what the area is going to look like when it is finished:  image hosted on flickr  Portland Streetcar station. image hosted on flickr  The inside of the train. image hosted on flickr 
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November 20th, 2008, 09:18 PM
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Yeah did they mention the meth epidemic, homelessness and general depression? It's a great city but hardly the best. Definitely one of the best of the west.
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November 20th, 2008, 09:51 PM
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 A lot of the people where I live are on drugs too so I didn't notice because it doesn't phase me anymore. There were a lot of homeless but compared to the other big cities I've been to the homeless were not scary. There weren't as many as in Miami. By depression do you mean high unemployment rate or that a lot of people are depressed because it is always cloudy and raining? |
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November 21st, 2008, 04:21 AM
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Portland is such a "model city." I've heard it said over and over again from everyone who has visited that urban planners nationwide should take a few notes from Portland because it is such an urban dream. I love the fall colors. I hope you move and go to school there, my biggest thing when choosing a university is: consider that most employers in that city will draw from local graduates. So it is always best to choose a college in a city that you could see yourself living in for a LONG time.
Love the pics, the only drawback is how small they are :-\
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November 21st, 2008, 04:36 AM
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Portland looks Great!! I really want to see it now
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November 21st, 2008, 09:10 AM
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Thanks for visiting!
You've inspired me to get my ass down there and take a few snapshots myself. Maybe I'll take that Max train you took a picture of since it's headed for my town anyway. Anyway, wonderful pics. I never get to say this often, but I've been to all the places you've visited and I also enjoyed it. Maybe you should go visit the OHSU upper campus. It has a wonderful view. Also, Portland Int'l Airport really is one of the best airports I've ever been to. Sometimes, we go there just to shop or eat. 
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November 21st, 2008, 11:23 PM
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Very nice!
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November 23rd, 2008, 02:29 AM
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Great photos! I love it when we get some good pics of downtown Portland. It looks fantastic. So what did you think of PSU?
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November 23rd, 2008, 10:55 AM
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image hosted on flickr
 Streetcar going through PSU's Public Affairs/Urban Planning center. image hosted on flickr  It is so much nicer to see Seattle on highway signs instead of disgusting Miami. image hosted on flickr  Cute. image hosted on flickr  Chinatown. image hosted on flickr  North park blocks. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Informative signs on every street. image hosted on flickr  Starbucks on the south park blocks. I took the MAX over to the Lloyd center and it was raining pretty badly. image hosted on flickr  Lloyd Center. image hosted on flickr  NE Holladay St. image hosted on flickr  My dad and I ate at this sushi place in the pearl and the sushi went around on a conveyor belt and you could take what what ever you like. IT WAS AMAZING. image hosted on flickr  Ben & Jerry's. I had peanut butter cookie ice cream or something and it was excellent. image hosted on flickr  Rain. image hosted on flickr  KOIN center and Wells Fargo were disappearing into the clouds. Day 4: I went on a tour of PSU, so I didn't really have time for pictures. I just took a few when I went to the sky bridge by myself. image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  There were so many election night parties going on. It was great to be in a city that cared about politics. When we were in the restaurant that night I refreshed CNN on my phone and it said Obama projected to win Ohio and just as I read that cheers erupted from all the restaurants in the area and you could hear the cheering through the walls of the restaurant. image hosted on flickr  "So long cowboy. Letters to a president: SEE YA SUCKA" image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Day 5: image hosted on flickr  image hosted on flickr  Portland water-fountain. image hosted on flickr  Portland Airport. image hosted on flickr  My flight to Houston George Bush International Airport. Washington State is in the background of this picture. image hosted on flickr  Typical Portland garbage cans. Thats it for the picture. I hope you all liked them. I am so glad I went to Portland. I had a great time there. The people were friendly, the food was really good, and there was a lot to do in the downtown area. I can't wait to go back. |
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November 23rd, 2008, 01:03 PM
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nice city.
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November 23rd, 2008, 01:35 PM
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Portland does look nice. Im interested in Portland because every time our state government (South Australia) proposes to further develop our tram system, they always base it on the successful Portland light rail system.
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November 23rd, 2008, 02:09 PM
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Cool photos
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November 23rd, 2008, 04:47 PM
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Awesome city, awesome shots. Thanks..
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November 23rd, 2008, 06:06 PM
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The city is really awesome! More than i expected
 Nice projects on the river too
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November 24th, 2008, 06:26 AM
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No wonder there were still leaves on the trees.
This was 2 weeks ago! Great pics nonetheless.
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November 30th, 2008, 04:59 AM
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Thank you all for the nice replies!
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