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AP writer identifies Portland’s quirks

May 6, 2008 by Dave 10 Comments

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Prepare for even more visitors to our fairly weird city. Joseph B. Frazier has cataloged Portland’s popular kudos and quirks in an AP article that is making the rounds.

The article, entitled, The chi of Portland: High weirdness in Nirvana, touches on all the usual suspects: Voodoo Doughnuts, nudity and freedom of expression, drag queens, kitsch art, Powell’s, the Zoo Bombers, our politics, beer, roses, protests, Bud Clark, Henry Weinhard, Shanghai tunnels, Erickson’s Saloon, and The Rain.

The article is fairly comprehensive, but I noted a items missing from the list.

Coffee isn’t mentioned, nor are our vegans, hipsters or hippies, Pabst, or parks. Indie filmmaking doesn’t get a mention, nor does bicycling (outside of the Zoo Bombers).

I suppose some of these aren’t so weird, so they might fall outside of the purview of the article.

Any other Portland quirks that were missed?

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Comments

  1. Diane says

    May 6, 2008 at 7:49 am

    I’m glad he said “bring an umbrella” at the end. That helps us tell the tourists from the natives.

  2. gastronaut says

    May 6, 2008 at 9:12 am

    @Diane– Dave disagrees with you on that one

  3. Dave says

    May 6, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Diane – see gastronaut’s comment.

    gastronaut – thanks for pointing that out for Diane so I don’t have to rehash it 😉

  4. Diane says

    May 6, 2008 at 10:05 am

    Yes, I remember – Dave is the only native who thinks it’s reasonable to carry an umbrella.

  5. Brent says

    May 6, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    I agree with Diane.

  6. Bryan says

    May 6, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Another quirk: the $57 million aerial tram.

  7. Heather says

    May 6, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Dave also shivers when it gets to be less than 65 degrees. It’s better for everyone if he carries an umbrella.

  8. Dave says

    May 6, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    Bryan – That’s another good one. Just the tram itself, regardless of price, is a particularly Portland kinda thing.

    Heather – Thanks for coming to my defense . . . I think 😉

  9. VeganFabulous says

    May 6, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    Wow! Sounds like Joseph missed the essence of Portland!

  10. CPM says

    May 7, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Fantastic article…

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