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Portland City Information
Portland, Oregon is located in the beautiful Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. As of
July 2009, it has an estimated population of 582,130, making it the 30th largest city in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most
biggest city, and the third most largest city in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Approximately 2.2 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area , the 23rd biggest metro area in the United States as of July 2006.
Portland started as a spot known as "the clearing," which was on the banks of the Willamette about halfway between Oregon City and Fort
Vancouver. Portland experiences a very temperate climate that is usually described as Oceanic or Marine west coast, with mild, damp winters
and relatively dry, warm summers.
Portland Economy
Portland's metro area population growth has outpaced the national average during the last decade, with current estimates showing an 80%
chance of population growth in excess of 60% over the next 50 years.
Computer components manufacturer Intel is the Portland area's largest employer, providing jobs for more than 14,000 residents, with
several campuses to the west of central Portland in the city of Hillsboro. The metro area is home to more than 1,200 technology companies.
This high density of technology companies has led to the nickname Silicon Forest being used to describe Portland, a reference to the
abundance of trees in the region. Portland is home to the regional headquarters for Adidas. The metro area serves as the headquarters for
the Columbia Sportswear corporation, Yakima Products and Nike, Inc.. Beaverton, Oregon's Nike, Inc. and Portland's Precision Castparts Corp.
are the only two Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Oregon. The steel industry's history in Portland predates World War II. By the
1950s, the steel industry became the city's number one industry for employment. The steel industry still thrives in the region, with
Schnitzer Steel Industries, a prominent steel company, shipping a record 1.15 billion tons of scrap metal to Asia during 2003. The aluminum
industry expanded in the Portland area during the later half of the 20th century. This was primarily due to the comparatively low cost
electricity in the region, courtesy of the many dams on local rivers.
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Portland Culture and Living
Portland is home to many educational museums. They include: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), which includes many hands on
activities for adults and children. OMSI consists of five main halls, most of which, consist of smaller laboratories: Earth Science Hall,
Life Science Hall, Turbine Hall, Science Playground, and Featured Exhibit Hall. The Featured Exhibit Hall has a new exhibit every few
months. The laboratories are Chemistry, Physics, Technology, Life, Paleontology, and Watershed.
The Portland Art Museum owns the city's largest art collection and presents a variety of touring exhibitions each year and with the
recent addition of the Modern and Contemporary Art wing it became one of the United States' twentyfive largest museums.
Portland Neighborhoods
Like all American cities, Portland has a wide variety of neighborhoods that help make up the unique character of the city. These
neighborhoods include, Alameda, Arbor Lodge, Ardenwald Johnson Creek, Argay, Arlington Heights, Arnold Creek, Ashcreek, Beaumont Wilshire,
Boise, Brentwood Darlington, Bridgeton, Bridlemile, Brooklyn, Buckman, Cathedral Park, Centennial, Collins View, Concordia, Creston
Kenilworth, Crestwood, Cully, Downtown, East Columbia, Eastmoreland, Eliot, Far Southwest, Forest Park, Foster Powell, Glenfair, Goose
Hollow, Grant Park, Hayden Island, Hayhurst, Hazelwood, Healy Heights, Hillsdale, Hillside, Hollywood, Homestead, Hosford Abernethy,
Humboldt, Irvington, Kenton, Kerns, King, Laurelhurst, Lents, Linnton, Lloyd District, Madison South, Maplewood Markham, Marshall Park, Mill
Park, Montavilla, Mt. Scott Arleta, Mt. Tabor, Multnomah, North Tabor, Northwest District, Northwest Heights, Northwest Industrial, Old Town
Chinatown, Overlook, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights, Pearl District, Piedmont, Pleasant Valley, Portsmouth, Powellhurst Gilbert, Reed,
Richmond, Rose City Park, Roseway, Russell, Sabin, St. Johns, Sellwood Moreland, South Burlingame, South Portland, South Tabor, Southwest
Hills, Sullivan's Gulch, Sumner, Sunderland, Sunnyside, Sylvan Highlands, University Park, Vernon, West Portland Park, Wilkes, Woodland
Park, Woodlawn and Woodstock. Be sure to use rentbits to find perfect apartments for rent and houses for rent in all of Portland's charming
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Portland Colleges and Universities
Portland is served by six public school districts and many private schools. Portland Public Schools is the largest school district. There
are also many colleges and universities the largest being Portland Community College, Portland State University, and Oregon Health
and Science University. The city is also home to such private universities as the University of Portland, Reed College, and Lewis and Clark
College.
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Portland Public Transportation
Some Portlanders use mass transit for their daily commute. In 2008, 12.6 percent of all commutes in Portland were on public transit.
TriMet operates most of the region's buses and the MAX (short for Metropolitan Area Express) light rail system, which connects the city and
suburbs. Westside Express Service, or WES, opened in February 2009 as commuter rail for Portland's western suburbs, linking Beaverton and
Wilsonville. The Portland Streetcar operates from the south waterfront, through Portland State University and north to nearby homes and
shopping districts. Within the Free Rail Zone, a designated geographic area centered in downtown, rides on TriMet's MAX and streetcar
systems are free. Fifth and Sixth avenues within downtown comprise the Portland Transit Mall, two streets devoted primarily to bus and light
rail traffic with limited automobile access. Intense public transit development continues as two light rail lines are under construction, as
well as a new downtown transit mall linking several transit options. TriMet also provides real-time tracking of buses and trains with its
TransitTracker and even makes the data available to software developers so they can create customized tools of their own.
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Portland's main airport is Portland International Airport, located about 20 minutes by car (40 minutes by MAX) northeast of downtown.
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Beaverton
Boring
Clackamas
Cornelius
Damascus
Fairview
Forest Grove
Gladstone
Gresham
Happy Valley
Hillsboro
Lake Oswego
Newberg
Oregon City
Portland
Sandy
Scappoose
Sherwood
Troutdale
Tualatin
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