| Portland, Oregon. It's sometimes a
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| | Festival in June. 2 huge parades,
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| misunderstood place. Yes, it's true it
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| | dragonboat races, fireworks, and the
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| rains. But not as much as people might
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| | crowning of the Rose Festival queen all
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| imagine. Here are a few things that make
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| | takes place during this period. Several
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| Portland, simply, Portland.1. Portland is
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| | large ships from the Coast Guard and the
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| a great walking city. City blocks are
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| | Navy come to shore for tours.21. The
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| 200 feet, half the length of those of
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| | Columbia River Gorge, minutes from
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| many other cities.2. Portland has great
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| | Portland, is considered the best place in
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| beer. There are more breweries in
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| | the world for windsurfing.22. Nike's
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| Portland than any other city in the
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| | world headquarters is located in
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| world.3. Portland's air is cleaner than a
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| | Beaverton, minutes from Portland.23.
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| lot of other major cities.4. Portland has
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| | There is no sales tax in Portland. A
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| plenty of beautiful, natural scenery.
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| | matter fact, there is no sales tax in
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| It's very green with lots of trees.5.
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| | Oregon.24. Portland is the first city in
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| (Bad) Coastal region is said to be due
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| | the US to remove a freeway, Harbor Drive,
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| with earthquake (tsunami) like activity.
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| | which was later replaced by Waterfront
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| Are we prepared?6. Portland was almost
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| | Park.25. At 546 feet, the Wells Fargo
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| named Boston. A coin toss decided the
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| | Center is the tallest building in
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| name.7. Portland is the largest city in
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| | Portland. Height restrictions were
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| Oregon.8. (Bad) Perception that it rains
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| | placed after construction in 1972. The
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| here all the time. Really, it rains more
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| | public did not want the view of Mt. Hood
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| in places like Atlanta, Houston,
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| | blocked by tall buildings.26. The Flying
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| Indianapolis, and Seattle.9. The
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| | Boat known as the Spruce Goose is located
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| International Rose Test Garden, located
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| | at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in
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| in Portland, is the oldest rose test
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| | McMinnville near Portland.27. The
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| garden in the US.10. Portland has a World
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| | submarine that featured in the movie Hunt
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| Famous Symphony. The Oregon Symphony was
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| | for Red October is housed at OMSI in
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| the first orchestra in the Western United
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| | Portland.28. In 1888, for Skidmore
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| States.11. Portland has the nation's
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| | Fountains grand opening, Oregon brewer
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| largest outdoor and crafts market, The
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| | Henry Weinhard offered to pump beer from
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| Portland Saturday Market.12.The Benson
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| | his brewery to the fountain via fire
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| Bubblers are drinking fountains located
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| | hoses. This never happened because city
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| at several locations downtown. They came
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| | officials feared that residents would
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| about long ago because there was nothing
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| | help themselves and poke holes into the
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| else to drink in Portland but beer during
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| | city's only set of fire hoses.29. The
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| the workday at one time. Beer sales at
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| | tunnels known as The Shanghai Tunnels are
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| saloons dropped considerably when they
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| | located under Old Town Chinatown in
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| were installed. Seriously.13. Portland
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| | Northwest Portland. These tunnels
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| has one of the most authentic Japanese
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| | connected to basements of bars and
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| Gardens outside of Japan.14. With 5000
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| | hotels. Way back then, bar and hotel
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| acres, Forest Park is the nation's
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| | customers were drugged and incapacitated
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| largest urban wilderness. In all,
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| | from the very same bars and hotels that
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| Portland has 37,000 acres of parkland
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| | served them. The tunnels were a means to
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| with 150 miles of trails.15. Dr. Marten's
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| | smuggle unsuspecting individuals for sale
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| retail store, the only one in the
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| | as slaves to ships docked at the
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| country, is located in Portland.16.
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| | waterfront.30. Oregon State Hospital, an
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| Recently PDX was rated one of the best
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| | insane asylum, was built in SE Portland
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| airports in the country.17. You can't
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| | in 1862. The street it was built on was
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| pump your own gas in Portland, in Oregon
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| | named Asylum Street. People protested
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| in fact. It's illegal.18. Here are some
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| | the name. So the street was later
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| interesting names that reference
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| | renamed after one of the hospital's
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| Portland: Bridgetown, Stumptown, City of
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| | administrators. Asylum Street was later
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| Roses, PDX, P-Town, and Puddletown.19.
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| | renamed Hawthorne Street, a very popular
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| Portlandia is the second largest copper
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| | and thriving district today.Ariel
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| statue in the US. It's located on the
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| | operates a Portland Oregon travel website
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| Portland building downtown. The largest
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| | - Did you like this article on "The
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| copper statue is the Statue of
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| | 30 Things About Portland?" Check out the
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| Liberty.20. Portland celebrates the Rose
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| | 101 list here.
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