History UsefulNotes / Portland

Portland is divided into five quadrants: North, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. North and South are divided by Burnside Street (and addresses along Burnside are merely given the designation of "East" or "West"), while East and West are divided by the Willamette River. North Portland, finally, is basically a peninsula that juts off from Northeast Portland going into the Willamette. Downtown Portland is made up of central Southwest and Northwest Portland, while the "cool" hipstery areas are largely found in Southeast and Northeast (and are where a lot of the neighborhoods accused of having gentrified are located). There is an unofficial sixth quadrant occasionally referred to as "East Portland" or "East County" that starts roughly at 82nd Avenue and runs Eastward until it runs into Gresham, which has a reputation of being significantly poorer, under-served by city and county resources, and less white than the rest of the city, with a heavy Asian and Slavic influence. African-American Portlanders have traditionally been concentrated in North Portland (it used to be that they were "redlined" out of living in any other part of the city, though this is no longer the reason) although gentrification has pushed more and more black Portlanders Eastwards.

'''Portland, OR''' (not to be confused with Portland, UsefulNotes/{{Maine}}) is UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}'s largest city and a major city of UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the [[FlowerMotifs City of Roses/the Rose City]], Stumptown[[note]]Derived from the Oregon Trail era, when many trees were cut down to allow for the city's expansion, leaving stumps behind. Reportedly, early residents would actually jump from stump to stump to avoid walking in the muddy, unpaved streets.[[/note]], Portlandia, PDX[[note]]Due to the abbreviation for the local international airport[[/note]], Rip City[[note]](mostly associated with the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers) [[/note]] and "the place where young people go to retire". The residents are often stereotyped as {{hipster}}s, {{Granola Girl}}s, {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s, left-wing MoralGuardians, or any combination of the above. It is, however, not ''quite'' as bizarre as ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' would have you believe. Portlanders are serious about their beer, bicycles, books (Powell's Books is the largest independent new and used book store in the world), and food carts.

'''Portland, OR''' (not to be confused with Portland, UsefulNotes/{{Maine}}) is UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}'s largest city and a major city of UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the [[FlowerMotifs City of Roses/the Rose City]], Stumptown[[note]]Derived from the Oregon Trail era, when many trees were cut down to allow for the city's expansion, leaving stumps behind. Reportedly, early residents would actually jump from stump to stump to avoid walking in the muddy, unpaved streets.[[/note]], Portlandia, PDX[[note]]Due to the abbreviation for the local international airport[[/note]], Rip City[[note]](mostly associated with the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers) [[/note]] and "the place where young people go to retire". The residents are often stereotyped as {{hipster}}s, {{Granola Girl}}s, {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s, left-wing MoralGuardians, or any combination of the above. It is, however, not ''quite'' as bizarre as ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' would have you believe. Portlanders are serious about their beer, bicycles, books (Powell's Books is the largest used book store in the world), and food carts.

'''Portland, OR''' (not to be confused with Portland, ME) is UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}'s largest city and a major city of UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the [[FlowerMotifs City of Roses/the Rose City]], Stumptown[[note]]Derived from the Oregon Trail era, when many trees were cut down to allow for the city's expansion, leaving stumps behind. Reportedly, early residents would actually jump from stump to stump to avoid walking in the muddy, unpaved streets.[[/note]], Portlandia, PDX[[note]]Due to the abbreviation for the local international airport[[/note]], Rip City[[note]](mostly associated with the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers) [[/note]] and "the place where young people go to retire". The residents are often stereotyped as {{hipster}}s, {{Granola Girl}}s, {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s, left-wing MoralGuardians, or any combination of the above. It is, however, not ''quite'' as bizarre as ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' would have you believe. Portlanders are serious about their beer, bicycles, books (Powell's Books is the largest used book store in the world), and food carts.

* ''Film/{{Elephant}}'' chronicles a school shooting at a high school in the Portland suburbs.

* ''Series/{{TheLibrarians2014}}'' being made by the same people as ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' is also filmed in Portland, but is actually set there from the beginning, with the Annex's entrance being under the St. Johns Bridge

* ''Film/FreeWilly''

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* ''Film/FreeWilly''

* ''Series/{{Grimm}}''
* ''Series/PerfectCouples''

* ''Series/{{Backstrom}}''

'''Portland, OR''' (not to be confused with Portland, ME) is UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}'s largest city and a major city of UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the [[FlowerMotifs City of Roses]], Stumptown[[note]]Derived from the Oregon Trail era, when many trees were cut down to allow for the city's expansion, leaving stumps behind. Reportedly, early residents would actually jump from stump to stump to avoid walking in the muddy, unpaved streets.[[/note]], Portlandia, PDX[[note]]Due to the abbreviation for the local international airport[[/note]], Rip City[[note]](mostly associated with the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers) [[/note]] and "the place where young people go to retire". The residents are often stereotyped as {{hipster}}s, {{Granola Girl}}s, {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s, left-wing MoralGuardians, or any combination of the above. It is, however, not ''quite'' as bizarre as ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' would have you believe. Portlanders are serious about their beer, bicycles, books (Powell's Books is the largest used book store in the world), and food carts.

* In ''ComicBookTattoo'', a collection of short stories based on the music of Music/ToriAmos, the story for "Take to the Sky" is based in Portland's black community.
* Portland was the main setting of ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'' during the Marvel era, apparently being the closest city to Mount St. Hilary.
* Portland is the main setting for ''{{ComicBook/Stumptown}}'', as evidenced by the name of the main investigation agency.

* ''BlueLikeJazz'', a semi-autobiographical work by Don Miller.

* The VideoGame/{{Polybius}} urban legend is centered around the titular arcade game, supposedly given a limited release in the Portland suburbs in 1981. Noted for its [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame alleged ill effects on players]] and supposedly being covered up by TheMenInBlack.

'''Portland, OR''' (not to be confused with Portland, ME) is UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}'s largest city and a major city of UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the [[FlowerMotifs City of Roses]], Stumptown[[note]]Derived from the Oregon Trail era, when many trees were cut down to allow for the city's expansion, leaving stumps behind. Reportedly, early residents would actually jump from stump to stump to avoid walking in the muddy, unpaved streets.[[/note]], Portlandia, PDX[[note]]Due to the abbreviation for the local international airport[[/note]], Rip City[[note]](mostly associated with the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers) [[/note]] and "the place where young people go to retire". The residents are often stereotyped as {{hipster}}s, {{Granola Girl}}s, or {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s. It is, however, not ''quite'' as bizarre as ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' would have you believe. Portlanders are serious about their beer, bicycles, books (Powell's Books is the largest used book store in the world), and food carts.

* ''[[Film/Reds1981 Reds]]'' starts off in Portland, it being the hometown of John Reed. Like most of the movie, these scenes were actually filmed in England.

* ''[[Film/Reds1981 Reds]]'' starts off in Portland, it being the hometown of John Reed.

* ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'', a ([[SnarkBait sometimes]]) AffectionateParody of the city's association with hipsters.

'''Portland, OR''' (not to be confused with Portland, ME) is UsefulNotes/{{Oregon}}'s largest city and a major city of UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the [[FlowerMotifs City of Roses]], Stumptown, Portlandia, PDX[[note]]Due to the abbreviation for the local international airport[[/note]], Rip City[[note]](mostly associated with the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers) [[/note]] and "the place where young people go to retire". The residents are often stereotyped as {{hipster}}s, {{Granola Girl}}s, or {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s. It is, however, not ''quite'' as bizarre as ''Series/{{Portlandia}}'' would have you believe. Portlanders are serious about their beer, bicycles, books (Powell's Books is the largest used book store in the world), and food carts.

* Creator/MattGroening