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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc
That's the town Portland, OR was named for. I refer of course to my little city which, like Portland, has that crunchy, outdoorsy, hippie vibe. In spades. One of our nicknames here is "Portland of the South" or "Portland of the East."
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Asheville, North Carolina? Ok. I'm not all familiar with anything in the Carolinas or Georgia. Good to know. "Portland of the East" is confusing if you're referring to anything other than Portland, Maine... a GREAT town btw. And, being unfamiliar with anything in that part of the South, I'd think of Athens, Georgia if I heard "Portland of the South." I've never been there, but I've heard it is similar to Austin but with a 'Georgia' feel. But then again, I've heard people call Austin the "Portland of the South," which is absurd because Austin and Portland couldn't be more dissimilar. Portland is unlike any other city in the US. And, if anything, it's MOST similar to San Francisco, but even that's a stretch.
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Originally Posted by Derek
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Very interesting. I'll have to pass this information onto my mom. She works at OHSU and was wondering why the roads up that hill were still snow covered the following morning. Though apparently it wasn't that bad in her 4 wheel drive SUV. Still, you'd think the city would make the streets up in the West Hills their priority.
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