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Originally Posted by AviationGuy
The core definitely is. I wonder why there aren't more highrises, though.
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If you've ever been to Portland, you'd realize that it's just not a 'high-rise' kind of place. Within that 'core' area between the river and the west hills is the most cosmopolitan you'll get, and even then it's very fine grain and intimate with street cars on every other street. The condos you see there are all of the low-rise sort, if even that. In Portland, you get a very strong sense that the city as a whole is decidedly non-highrise/non-cosmopolitan. And really, once you get past the warehouses on the east side of the river,
most of the city is quaint, single family home neighborhoods with garden yards and chicken coops, very earth-first.
williamsanddame.com
Here's a good aerial of the entire city, not just the central core.
upload.wikimedia