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Post #9357 by woofmutt on Fri, Sep 27, 2002 1:14 AM

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Wow, I was just in Portland a couple weekends ago and now I wanna go back. I'd been meaning to write up a review of Portland in general, but thejab topped me here. Nonetheless I'll ramble on and add that Portland is an ideal weekend destination for any West Coasties. It is absolutely completely unlike Seattle so if you've been to the Jet City don't even think you've been to the City of Roses. One big difference is that Portland has obviously had foresight and vision for over a hundred years. The downtown area is one of the most walkable American cities I've been in. Historic buildings have been preserved, mass transit has been installed and continues to be improved on. Seattle should hang its head in shame.

Portland also has quite a bit (again, compared to Seattle) of large old neon signage fully intact which makes drives along the city's strips a must if you visit. A particularly excellent neon sign is in front of the Palms motel which is just a block from the Alibi. It's a huge sign consisting of two neon plams and a neon monkey climbing one of the palms...A neon monkey!!! Do you need any other reason to visit Portland?

Portland has a fully mature, very large Japanese garden and a classical walled Chinese garden which takes up a full city block. The Chinese garden is only a couple years old but you'd never know it. Portland's Chinatown, somewhat rundown and slightly vacant, has many excellent storefronts which have been largely unmolested since they were first built.

And there's no sales tax!