# So tell me about Portland, OR

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-portland-or/364221>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-portland-or/364221 "2006-07-12T19:35:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-portland-or/364221/81 "2006-07-14T23:51:03Z")

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Whoops, I really meant to say top **five** in the above post, not top ten. Sorry 'bout that.

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**Author:** ![Leibowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Leibowitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leibowitz)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-portland-or/364221/82 "2006-07-15T03:55:11Z")

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[QUOTE=YaWanna]  
Hey, you ever ask yourself why Seattle is featured in so many TV shows & movies, but you hardly ever hear a word about Portland, except in the occasionally abysmal Madonna flick?  
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Really, all you need to know to keep yourself driving on up I-5 is that Portland was the locale for that classic of 70s t.v. culture _Hello, Larry_. That’s right, this is where Col. Henry Blake went after Korea. It’s not good. You’ll like Seattle better. Trust me.

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**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-portland-or/364221/83 "2006-07-15T04:29:57Z")

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Okay… gotta come up with something that makes Seattle seem infinitely worse than everything they’ve said about Portland…

You don’t want to come to Seattle. Everybody LOVES George Bush here. Seriously.

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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-portland-or/364221/84 "2006-07-16T08:04:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Leibowitz]  
Really, all you need to know to keep yourself driving on up I-5 is that Portland was the locale for that classic of 70s t.v. culture _Hello, Larry_. That’s right, this is where Col. Henry Blake went after Korea. It’s not good. You’ll like Seattle better. Trust me.  
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I always wondered why I was required to chant “Praise Larry Alder” between 4-5 am every morning.

I guess that also explains why KLOW is our **only** local radio station.

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