There was an article in a newspaper here in Israel, by a reporter that was visiting in San Francisco. He said it's still beautiful but has gotten way more expansive and that it's not the same place for young people, that it became a city for rich people and doesn't have the same colture and appeal it had in the 60s. He then said that to find vibrant colture and that buzz of SF in the 60s you'd have to look elsewhere and the city he mentioned: Portland, Oregon.
I'd say Portland is more like present day San Francisco than 60's SF. Portland isn't as expensive as SF, but the young people here are being priced out of the city fast, by people who can't afford to live in SF anymore. Any unique culture that Portland has left is fading away fast.
umm, Staying at the St Francis or drinks at the Top of the Mark were out of reach in the 60s too. I plan to anchor MarAzul in the Aquatic park though, and enjoy soon.
This. The house in North Portland that my parents bought as their first house in 1984 for a whopping $82,000, sold last year for $400+ k. How does this happen? The house was in shitty shape, but one block away from the bluff. I want to live in the city, but buying in the burbs is the only reasonable option. I don't want a fixer upper.
Live in a small apartment/condo in a cool area. Living in the burbs is a death sentence for the single male. Seriously, do you want to be going to hang out at Best Buy when your bored because that's the only thing to do?
http://www.realtor.com/realestatean...day-St-Apt-305_Portland_OR_97232_M12193-09557 Here ya go. Right in the middle of it all. And you don't have little annoying kids and dorky parents everywhere you turn.
I remember seeing a Simpsons episode when people from Portland came to live in Springfield. At first it was just one dude and later they flooded Springfield, they made Springfield 'weird' and even changed the weather, made it cloudy and rainy. But as they made Springfield hip and the press started talking about it as the new place-to-be they decided it's not cool anymore and left...
Oh yeah, I was joking. I still live in the Bay Area, though I also travel a lot to Seattle and San Diego so I spend a lot of time in those places. I just have a friend who's from Texas and said that Austin prides itself on being "weird."
Why do you need so much room bro? http://www.theminimalists.com/minimalism/ Less things = happiness. Throw away what you don't need.
I heard that Portland hipsters all burned their mouths because they drank Stumptown Coffee before it was cool.
sorry bros, Portland is boring as fuck. Its a place where a fucking Bruno Mars concert is a major cultural must-see event. Cool nature, some kooky stores, but they have those everywhere now. Its a good place to raise kids, its pretty safe everywhere, the air is clean. But cool and edgy and interesting? Not. SF has way more shit to do, more culture, Portland is a cracka azz city.
Hey Minstrel, I am trying to decide between four SF restaurants - all great Yelp reviews, all Top 100. Do you know Bay restaurant scene perchance? Pabu, Akiko, Boulevard, Kokkari
