[innovativethinking]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

If people want more density, there is nothing stopping anyone from heading up to Seattle where there is plenty of that to enjoy. So what if Portland isn't at 8000 people per sq mile, we are are 4500 and that is pretty dense in itself. I imagine we are on our way to hitting 5000, if not 6000 overall in the city.

Yes, Seattle has taller buildings in its downtown as well, again, who cares, if that is something people want, then move to Seattle and enjoy the really tall towers downtown. It is that simple. Not every city needs to look like Seattle or be as big as Seattle.

So can we stop this nonsense of comparing Portland to Seattle, they are completely different cities in the Northwest.

We're just wondering why this city is scared of tall buildings. I mean don't we get happy when anything over 30 story's get proposed? I'm sure there's a reason why we do