"My homecity, Portland!" a Portland Travel Page by yallpeoples

Out of all the cities I have lived in, I can truly say that Portland is the greatest. It is safe, clean, affordable, has a great quality of life and the surrounding nature is kick a**! I should elaborate on this. Portland like any city has its ups and downs, but I think PDX has more ups than downs. I think that out of all the big cities to live in today, we are one of the best if not the best. The only thing that keeps me from saying it's the best is the weather because it can be drizzly and gray for six months of the year. I think people here are friendly, socially conscious, nature loving and young at heart. Being young at heart doesn't mean having plastic surgery to look like you're 30 when you are 50. It is about attitude and we have the youth within. As a city we seem to be geared towards progress and organization. We are also a clean city. Even the bad neighborhoods are clean. I have seen the rough edges of other big cities in other states and you really appreciate Portland when you come back home. My only complaint is that all of the greatness Oregon has to offer hasn't afforded me the creativity that I long for. I am an artist. I don't just paint, but I draw, dance, sing, write poems and do other artsy things. I am hoping that in time I'll be creative again.

Picture courtesy of t_seemann at webshots.com.