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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
i found downtown Portland to be incredibly dull when i was there, compared to Seattle when we did a roadtrip. it just seemed to be endless concrete blandness and even the waterfront was boring. i will say however that they have some excellent micro-breweries, since drinking was the only interesting thing we found to do there
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True, downtown is really NOT the place to be, especially at night when it's completely dead. Downtown Boise has better nightlife than downtown Portland. During the day in the summer it can be more fun, but I wouldn't call it a destination. I hardly ever go downtown, except to transfer buses or on my way to Powell's. The sole reason for the waterfront's existence anymore seems to be to host huge festivals that no one who lives here ever goes to. The area just north of downtown (the "Pearl District") is our city's attempt to be Vancouver, and appeals to a certain segment, but I really don't enjoy it. The good stuff is scattered in clusters all around the neighborhoods - Hawthorne/Belmont in SE, Alberta in NE, North Mississippi, NW 21st and NW 23rd, and most recently East Burnside and the SE industrial district. But all are pretty close in and easy to get to.