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Originally Posted by freebeard
It's more convenient to Portland International Raceway and the [IIRC] horse arena than downtown Potland.
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I'd visit a bar in Portland and people would ask where I traveled from, and I'd tell them Vancouver. They imagined me a great traveler to have gone so far, into another country.
Friends would refuse to journey so far, into another state, 10 minutes away. I was "closer" to everything in Portland than most everyone living in Portland, unless it was rush hour (which lasts 5 hours).
We lived 20 minutes from my wife's school at OHSU, so it was a 90 minute drive. That was unacceptable so we rented an apartment on "the hill".
Anyhow, Vancouver has all the positives of Portland and none of the negatives. Miss living there where so many wondrous hikes and scenes that are a mere 25 minute drive away.