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• Twenty years ago, "Stumptown" was nothing more than a very large - tinear 05:06:52 06/12/07 (8)
  In Reply to: RE: Maybe Portland is the new Peoria . . . squeaky clean. * posted by mr grits on June 11, 2007 at 17:45:33

  timbertown, very blue collar and very tough. A NW version of ol' Pittsburgh. A wrong look or word taken wrong and you could be on the receiving end of a beer bottle or bar stool.
  It still has grit but it's become hipper and richer, too. Grunge and post-psychedelic bands helped change the image.
  It's a city with the feel of a bunch of small towns thrown together. The buzz is out that it's "hot."
  I imagine the story upon which "Brooks" is based takes place there. I think producers that mention locations should be shot if they fake it. This example, as I mentioned earlier, is especially egregious.
  
  

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  • RE: Twenty years ago, "Stumptown" was nothing more than a very large - Rod H. 19:25:46 06/13/07 (6)
    In Reply to: RE: Twenty years ago, "Stumptown" was nothing more than a very large posted by tinear on June 12, 2007 at 05:06:52

    Interesting. I lived in Portland almost 44 years before moving to a small rural Oregon town 10 years ago. Never thought of Portland as being like you describe it. Most of my time there was either inner or suburban SE, or down town. Was always able to avoid trouble. Maybe I was just lucky.
    
    Rod
    
    

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    • Agree. I live in Bend, OR, have been in Portland - powermatic 22:36:57 06/13/07 (5)
      In Reply to: RE: Twenty years ago, "Stumptown" was nothing more than a very large posted by Rod H. on June 13, 2007 at 19:25:46

      hundreds of times. Never felt threatened, in fact, it's one of the greatest small cities in the country. Great mixture of hip/timber, and, as an aside, some superb used record stores. People who speak ill of Portland are a)losers or b)losers.
      
      vaya con dios
      
      

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      • I think you and the other guy misread my post. In '75, when I had - tinear 15:50:51 06/15/07 (4)
        In Reply to: RE: Agree. I live in Bend, OR, have been in Portland posted by powermatic on June 13, 2007 at 22:36:57

        gone through after college, it was a fairly ugly town, dominated by industry. McCall and others cleaned it up. It now is one of the best small cities in America.
        Bend is cool. I lived in Portland for a year before I lived in Sisters for the same length of time. I love that coffee shop... hell, I saw it's now gone, "Cup of Magic." Great food, damn good coffee.
        I hope Deschutes Brewery still has "Obsidian Stout...." (nitro, of course)
        
        

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        • RE: I think you and the other guy misread my post. In '75, when I had - powermatic 21:42:29 06/17/07 (0)
          In Reply to: RE: I think you and the other guy misread my post. In '75, when I had posted by tinear on June 15, 2007 at 15:50:51

          Sorry. No insult intended-just trying to be a Proud Denizen of my Adopted State.

          You're right, Portland in the 70's was a far different place than it is now. It had the Rose Garden (the floral Rose Garden)....and that's about it. Seems, at times, progress (money) can bring a change for the good.
          
          

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        • If you think Portland has changed..... - Rod H. 21:38:30 06/15/07 (2)
          In Reply to: RE: I think you and the other guy misread my post. In '75, when I had posted by tinear on June 15, 2007 at 15:50:51

          you wouldn't even recognize Bend!
          
          Rod
          
          

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          • Too bad, I liked it like it was. I know Sisters has gone crazy with - tinear 06:25:55 06/17/07 (1)
            In Reply to: RE: If you think Portland has changed..... posted by Rod H. on June 15, 2007 at 21:38:30

            subdivisions: the huge one west of town with the gorgeous views of the Sisters never should have been allowed. Now, others have sprung up, too, in order to boost population so that the schools built can have some occupancy. I was the leader of the opposition to the bonds for those schools because the figures didn't support building much larger schools. I suspected the planning and construction guys (inseparable) had something up their collective sleeves.
            
            
            

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            • RE: Too bad, I liked it like it was. I know Sisters has gone crazy with - powermatic 21:37:40 06/17/07 (0)
              In Reply to: RE: Too bad, I liked it like it was. I know Sisters has gone crazy with posted by tinear on June 17, 2007 at 06:25:55

              Plus...the Sisters Town Leaders (Reed brothers, Hoyt, et al) wanted their own H.S. football team.
              
              (I'm being half facetious....but only half. (-:
              
              

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  • I didn't stay for the location credits . . . that will usually tell the story. * - mr grits 07:02:02 06/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Twenty years ago, "Stumptown" was nothing more than a very large posted by tinear on June 12, 2007 at 05:06:52

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