Comments on: In Portland, OR – Portlanders Choose Portland http://freeballinblog.com/road-writing/in-portland-or-portlanders-choose-portland/ Michael Mandlin is Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:27:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Samuel McCree http://freeballinblog.com/road-writing/in-portland-or-portlanders-choose-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Samuel McCree Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:41:04 +0000 http://freeballinblog.com/?p=563#comment-123 So I'm not a blazers fan. This has more to do with growing up in the south where football and baseball are king more then anything else. I liked your points on the PDX touristy vibe and I would agree Portland lacks a empire state building, ellis island, statue of liberty type attraction, but I would disagree with you on the fact that nothing is like that in the city. I too list Powells high on the list of things to do in portland, but only in combination with the food carts and voodoo doughnuts. What being about to drive to the mtn's and to the coast isn't enough. I think Portland's charm is that the best things to do here are easily accessible by a fee so you can pretend to enjoy yourself. All the great things to do here are local community based and often free. We have lots of parks, great crafts including a sweet museum, and enough awesome community events to make most cities feel a shame. When your in portland you are a portlander almost immediately if you want. In NYC you never really feel like you live there even when you do. I like the blog though keep it up. So I’m not a blazers fan. This has more to do with growing up in the south where football and baseball are king more then anything else. I liked your points on the PDX touristy vibe and I would agree Portland lacks a empire state building, ellis island, statue of liberty type attraction, but I would disagree with you on the fact that nothing is like that in the city. I too list Powells high on the list of things to do in portland, but only in combination with the food carts and voodoo doughnuts. What being about to drive to the mtn’s and to the coast isn’t enough. I think Portland’s charm is that the best things to do here are easily accessible by a fee so you can pretend to enjoy yourself. All the great things to do here are local community based and often free.

We have lots of parks, great crafts including a sweet museum, and enough awesome community events to make most cities feel a shame. When your in portland you are a portlander almost immediately if you want. In NYC you never really feel like you live there even when you do.

I like the blog though keep it up.

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