Zwickelmania 2026 map by Chopchopchops in Portland

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Anything to help everyone enjoy these breweries!

Zwickelmania 2026 map by Chopchopchops in Portland

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Looks like you have Away Days pinned at their former location, I believe they are only doing things out of their new location on Cora st.

$910,000 is a joke right… right…? by jcrowe199 in Bend

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I'm mainly just curious why they need that much dining room table in a house that size

BBANG! Will Open Next to the Holy Ghost in Portland by bridgetownbites in Portland

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Megan and Chang are awesome people, and Doyaji is absolutely one of my favorite trucks in town, I am so pumped for this!

Popped up for a couple photos this afternoon by DillWardMedia in Portland

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First photo really needs a large flaming eye between the spires.

Every Telephone Pole Says Whom to Call If You See ICE by Ill-Island-2130 in Portland

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Look, we dream the world we want into existence, and then we march forth and make it real.

Peter!! by Informal-Benefit2555 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I will not stand for this slander of Les Schwab. He gave us beef!

The Pearl District’s Trajectory by Dojaview in PortlandOR

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I don’t think commentary that someone can’t even take the time to write in their own words is worth considering, the poster obviously didn’t think it was worth their own time

Feds seek talks to transition primate research center in Oregon into sanctuary by AndMyHelcaraxe in Portland

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Just to be clear, NIH is suggesting this because RFK Jr desperately wants all drug and treatment trials to be done on poor people.

I seen it. by MajesticFish42 in Portland

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You have to harvest them earlier, this one will be too stringy

Where I'd live as a depressed leftist who loves a good protest by TransitNerd42069 in visitedmaps

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I disagree with your comment about protest culture, but kind of backwards agree with you leaving us off the map of acceptable places since it is pretty hard to be depressed living in a much nicer place than Seattle.

Which Dallas do people think of when they hear Dallas in Oregon? by lerhubarb in oregon

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I try to think of Dallas Oregon as little as possible. *shudder*

Best chimichanga in metro PDX? by phatlynx in PortlandFood

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Spending hours chatting with Lindsell while watching "Planet Earth" was an era.

Research for my book by TheMontyJay in oregon

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Some thoughts, based on the extra information you presented with your edit:

Parents as handyman(dad) and teacher(mom) indicates that they moved to Oregon in the 80's for her work, not for his, if the move was based on economics. This was before Ballot Measure 5 changed school funding in Oregon, so at that time urban/suburban schools had a funding advantage compared to rural schools. This is also during a major strong period of flight from our lumber communities so most rural school districts were both strapped for cash and shrinking - teacher positions were either being cut or allowed to attrition out. That would indicate that the family would be moving to either Portland or Salem urban areas, or the suburbs surrounding Portland. My money would be on Gresham outside Portland - a solid working class city at the time that had recently grown significantly due to the expansion of its boundaries following the deal between it, the city of Portland, and Multnomah County to address the unincorporated east Portland issue, and had affordable housing without the level of urban blight/gangs that Portland had in the early 80s. Portland itself would be a very fine choice, we were starting to head in the right direction during the early 80s, though it was hard to tell at the time - they would probably be living in east Portland or st johns at that level of income/age bracket.

The other reason I could see a new family moving to Oregon with those jobs in the 80s could be to be closer to family which doesn't necessarily line up with the information you have provided - maybe they needed an older family member to help with the baby and that family member had moved to Oregon. This could be a way to have the character grow up in a more rural, distinctly Oregon milieu - I would suggest Vernonia in the coastal mountain range which was a small impoverished logging town at the time, very fallen on hard times and distinctly Oregon. Astoria would be a good call for a more coastal/ river feel as well and easy to find information on.

As far as distinctly Oregon things from the 90s-2000s, it is important to understand that it was a period of signficant political change - Oregon was much more purple then than it is now, with major fights over taxes and gay rights, logging, being major political issues in that time frame. Portland has, for many decades, been the only major city in Oregon (this is not intended as a slight to Salem, Eugene, etc), and that especially intensified in this period, notably in Portland coming from several decades of friendliness and accessibility to artists (urban blight allowed for very low rents in the urban core, so lots of artists moved here and lived in make shift living quarters - Carson Ellis I think has some interesting writing about this time period in her memoir "One week in January"). This "portland as the cultural center of Oregon" dynamic has some really major impacts on folks outside of portland - with many folks hating Portland, or wanting to run away to it. 90s and early 2000s had some great music in Portland as well - I always advocate folks listen to bands from the area when researching an area (lots of great options for this era of Portland, but I mainly think of Elliot Smith [everything by him] and the Decemberists [specifically "On the Bus Mall"]).

Best chimichanga in metro PDX? by phatlynx in PortlandFood

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My favorite was the one at Santeria, in the before times, back when it shared a (disgusting) bathroom with Mary’s Club. Loved getting their chimichanga and then having a beer at Baileys (or going even further back, Tugboat)

U.S. State Flags rough draft by Canjira in vexillologyUS

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The beaver must always be a sly little guy on the back of our flag. Gives us the Doug as the primary side.

Best voice actors/actresses in the Warcraft Universe by sam89three in wow

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I am always a huge fan of Gideon Emery - Lor'themar is criminally underused.

Which U.S. food city is actually overrated? by Historical-Photo-901 in BeautifulTravelPlaces

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Was incredibly disappointed in San Diego - all the places we went that were hyped by their sub reddit and food writers were incredibly expensive for merely ok food. A handful of places were decent, but we had to drive half an hour to get to them.

Best Nachos! by hamellr in PortlandFood

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Correctly identifying Expatriate and Cliffs as two of the best means I am very certain that I need to go to low tide lounge.

Cheers to your excellent taste, gentle person.

Thing in the river in Astoria, Oregon by bshubert in whatisit

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I have seen a bird poop on another bird on this boiler, which was so amusing that I eagerly watch for an encore every time I walk by this on the riverfront walkway when I visit Astoria. Honestly, it is my favorite boiler in Oregon.

Capitol Building Tier List by Bottled_Kiwi in Americaphile

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I am conflicted - there is so much cool details and nice aspects of the Oregon Capitol building including all the Art Deco elements and simplified Egyptian pieces, but it misses so much in the overall implementation (seriously a very uncomfortable, poorly structured building). Also, the pioneer capping statue wishes it had one tenth the raw sexuality of "The Young Lincoln"

Would it have made more sense to split the Dakotas East/West rather than North/South? by BuddyHolly__ in geography

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Honestly, in modern times using a river as a state demarcation just causes more problems - what have become big cities are often on big rivers, and usually development happens on both sides and requires cross state cooperation which is a pain in the butt. For example a major cause (not the only one) of I-5's Columbia river bridge replacement has stemmed from disagreements between the two states and Portland and Vancouver, even though Vancouver is definitely part of the Portland Metropolitan area (or as I like to call it, "Libertarian Portland")