The City that Works

Claire · 02-17-2005, 03:31 PM

Weird. I live in Portland: The City That Drinks Coffee.

I gotta say, I love it here....even in some of the skazziest neighborhoods (where I tend to substitute), there isn't a ton of litter. Our area is immaculate. When the garbage trucks come, they make sure that the garbage cans are picked up, lids replaced, any junk that fell out of the cans is retrieved and thrown into the truck. I've NEVER seen a company so dedicated to making sure that every single little teeny tiny thing gets picked up. It's great! I spent ten years chasing down our cans, picking up grody corrody crap off the ground, watching the garbage truck RUN OVER our lid, etc. Ugh. Portland is great.

As much as people whine about Portland, the schools, whatever.....it's SO MUCH WORSE in the rest of Oregon. School funding, city services (what extremely FEW there are), parks (most towns don't have parks and rec programs anymore, period), etc. Portland is really the only place to live in the state of Oregon. Well, except maybe Eugene.

sleepyjeff · 02-17-2005, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Claire

Weird. I live in Portland: The City That Drinks Coffee.

Portland is really the only place to live in the state of Oregon. Well, except maybe Eugene.

....what about Drain, Oregon?

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 02-17-2005, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Claire

Weird. I live in Portland: The City That Drinks Coffee.

Heee. I really want to visit Oregon. Portand and Eugene. I've heard such wonderful things, even despite the unemployment issues, etc. Just sounds like a swell place to make a life.

02-17-2005, 03:31 PM	#1
Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	Weird. I live in Portland: The City That Drinks Coffee. I gotta say, I love it here....even in some of the skazziest neighborhoods (where I tend to substitute), there isn't a ton of litter. Our area is immaculate. When the garbage trucks come, they make sure that the garbage cans are picked up, lids replaced, any junk that fell out of the cans is retrieved and thrown into the truck. I've NEVER seen a company so dedicated to making sure that every single little teeny tiny thing gets picked up. It's great! I spent ten years chasing down our cans, picking up grody corrody crap off the ground, watching the garbage truck RUN OVER our lid, etc. Ugh. Portland is great. As much as people whine about Portland, the schools, whatever.....it's SO MUCH WORSE in the rest of Oregon. School funding, city services (what extremely FEW there are), parks (most towns don't have parks and rec programs anymore, period), etc. Portland is really the only place to live in the state of Oregon. Well, except maybe Eugene. __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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