# Two Portlands enter. One Portland leaves.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 4, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691 "2003-06-04T21:01:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Ginger\_Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ginger_Ale)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/41 "2003-06-05T15:59:40Z")
Oregon… mostly because I’ve lived an hours drive away for most of my life. 😉
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/42 "2003-06-05T16:00:50Z")
Oregon - it’s got the most important airport.
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### Author:  [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/43 "2003-06-05T17:28:46Z")
Oregon. I went there last summer and I really liked the place. My sister lives there and I hope to move there one day as well. I didn’t even know there was a Portland, Maine until **Punha** mentioned it.
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### Author:  [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/44 "2003-06-05T17:32:39Z")
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> _Originally posted by Ferrous_
> Don’t get me started on f\*\*\*ing Powell’s.
I like Powell’s – I probably visit every other time we’re in the city – but I am looking forward in your Pit rant. Perhaps it helps that I mostly browse and never ask for help.
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> _Originally posted by jackelope_
> And by the way, Interrobang!? is a really great username.
Hey, thanks! Your postcard has been a favorite of mine on every trip throught eh southwest.
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> _Originally posted by Smashed Ice Cream_
> I think I haven’t seen anyone over 50 since moving here.
My mom was commenting just last week that Seattle’s a really young city. Of course, we were downtown on a Friday night just as the dinner/socializing hours were starting, so there were extra young and trendy people hanging around.
I do know a couple in their 70s who just moved to Portland, though, so there’s at least 2 over 50 somewhere in the city.
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### Author:  [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/45 "2003-06-05T19:54:00Z")
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> \*Originally posted by mhendo \*
> Not surprising, as the first place that i lived in North America was Vancouver, B.C., and i’ve travelled quite a bit in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
So, which Vancouver is your default, BC or WA? 🙂
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/46 "2003-06-05T20:33:41Z")
Oregon.
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### Author:  [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/47 "2003-06-05T21:33:56Z")
Oregon. I’m from the Midwest, so both are approximately the same distance away. Though I’ve been to the one in Oregon, and my uncle used to live there.
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### Author:  [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/48 "2003-06-05T23:42:46Z")
Well, I’d have to say Oregon, if only because I live just 90 minutes away.
Sorry about **ferrous** ’s problems with Powell’s. I was there Monday when I went to the airport to pick up my son from college.
Had a great time, picked up good books at really decent prices. I’ve never had a bad experience there, and I’ve shopped there for nearly 20 years.
On the other hand, I know what I want and hardly ever have to consult with staff other than to have them point me in the direction of a topic, so can’t really say about attitude.
Used to be a Blazer fan back in the day of Walton-Twardzidk-Steele-Neal, etc. but since the team dumped the concept of character some years ago and became the Jailblazers, my loyalty has dwindled to the near-invisible.
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### Author:  [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/49 "2003-06-05T23:48:19Z")
Well, I’d have to say Oregon, if only because I live just 90 minutes away.
Sorry about **ferrous** ’s problems with Powell’s. I was there Monday when I went to the airport to pick up my son from college.
Had a great time, picked up good books at really decent prices. I’ve never had a bad experience there, and I’ve shopped there for nearly 20 years.
On the other hand, I know what I want and hardly ever have to consult with staff other than to have them point me in the direction of a topic, so can’t really say about attitude.
Used to be a Blazer fan back in the day of Walton-Twardzidk-Steele-Neal, etc. but since the team dumped the concept of character some years ago and became the Jailblazers, my loyalty has dwindled to the near-invisible.
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### Author:  [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-portlands-enter-one-portland-leaves/179691/50 "2003-06-06T01:56:43Z")
I think of Oregon. Never been to either one.
Seriously, though–my _suburb_ has twice the population of Portland, ME, and I bet you’ve never heard of it. 🙂
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