ok, well what about Portland, Oregon?

As an old person who was born in Portland (I grew up near Hosford school) I find it interesting to see what young immigrants (aka "infillers") think of the place. I would never think of leaving this area. My roots are down deep into the mediocre detritus of this place.

Sorry, but I can't comment on the bar/nightlife scene, for obv reasons. Just mainly lurking here. Carry on.

Portlanders, please comment on this Slate article: Why Portland is America's indie rock Mecca.

Oh, maybe I should've revived this, but it's on ILM: PORTLAND becomes city for indie musicians!!

OK. I read it. It had almost nothing to say and said it at some length. He spends the entire article dropping names of musicians who live in Portland, most of whom moved here. He describes their cars, their clothes and their shopping habits. He notes that many of them don't play many gigs here. He keeps asking, rhetorically, what all this could mean?

Then, in the final paragraph he gets around to saying that, maybe, just possibly, they came here to live because it's a nice place to live in. Zounds! Not exactly the stuff of pure, crystalline insight, if you ask me.

"And, crucially, indie groups always have good experiences here, because the city produces very enthusiastic rock crowds."

I don't think this dude has ever been to an indie rock show in Portland.

Feature in Sunday NY Times real-estate section on PDX sez that studios and 1-BRs there are less than 2/3 the rental of same in mid-Brooklyn. Look for new influx of Gothamites in 6-18 months.

I would move there, totally.

people who moved to brooklyn attempting to become scenesters and then ran out of money count as "Gothamites?"

I still think about moving there sometimes. I'm sure by the time I actually could it will be too late.

i would go to powells once a week.

haha yes it seems likely that portland will be eradicated within the next five years xpost

Tom, there are nabes in Bklyn not served by the L train (like my US-flag-flying one where I'm living under a fucking Romper Room)

Too late as in "no longer affordable"

what's a gothamite?

oh man i remember Romper Room. it had that lady that made the little kids look into the mirror, and the mirror looked into their souls. . .???

xp

Batman, Bloomberg, Chloe Sevigny

a catamite but for goths

http://gothamist.com/

there is no direct flight from here to there

let's all move to portland. as kingfish demonstrates it's a great place if you're into incoherent cosplay for the major holidays

i'm in. except no cosplay thx

strongo used to live there.

jeremy kingfish von incoherent cosplay

what's a gothamite?

http://uncoolkids.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/88231827_59eec45d6b_o.jpg

i've only been incoherent once.

hahahaha

btw I'm just saying because yr halloween outing looked more fun than anybody else's

i used to live there. yall aren't missing that much

Where do you live now? Do you like it?

Seattle?

i hear there arent very many jobs there. anyone know if that is true?

i don't like it in seattle either

(i'm having a weird day. disregard me)

Portland seems like somewhere I would move if I was some kind of freelancer or worked from home. It's the dream, I suppose.

yup^^^^

Do they have a cinematheque or contemporary art museum?

horking from wome

Are they screening Blade Runner: The Final Cut there?

WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PORTLAND OK.

http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&near=portland&dq=blade+runner+portland&sort=1&mid=a95e86d6df3058e3&sa=X&oi=showtimes&ct=movie-link&cd=1

hooray portland!

they have the NW Film Center, and some art houses:

http://www.nwfilm.org/

The art museum ain't much.

yeah lotsa theaters cinema 21, clinton st and then all the fabled $3 theaters that serve beer and show 2nd run hits and the more popular arthouse fare. american eden come here now

There are jobs here. Post yer resume on craigslist and you will get decent responses(how i've found at least 3 jobs here).

I really enjoy it here. I'm very happy I got the fuck out of michigan and made it out here.

We still need to see Blade Runner. I'm trying to drag people along with me tonight or tomorrow.

I like the gays there and in Seattle, I wonder if they wd like me

Also, this isn't exactly a non-drinking town. Beer & wine is everywhere, and this is good.

I just really like the weather, which means I should probably move back to London.

Also food, beer, coffee, thrift stores.

xp!

yeah the bars in Portland are awesome! and plentiful

The $3 beer theaters should be a national treasure. That's how we got to see They Live last month.

At least one of them is reportedly haunted.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PORTLAND, OREGON