can we log LHR if just transiting or gender fluid for the day, or do we need full surgery?
Portland? Awful dump of a place I thought, was there for work couple years back. Crack pipes and rows of homeless await you.
You could say that about tons of US cities
Western seaboard because of the climate has it out in the open a lot more.
yes Portland
In terms of US cities its not the worst, very easy to get around with the MAX and decent bars, pubs, cafes in a close centerā¦ Ive been to some utterly horrific places in the states like LA, Phoenix, San Jose, Fremont, Dallas, etc and tbh Portland is very much OK
TBH in terms of things to do and see in Oregon Portland would be far down the list
Only issue is the rainy season has started in the PNW now and my God that can be depressing
I was in all of them bar phoenix and would take them over Portland. Surprised youd have Dallas so far down the list, used enjoy going there.
Sorry, fuck Fremont. Kip
oh jesus i cant stand the place
Portandās advantage is that it is a city center and you can actually walk around the place.
Ah look im not a city person anyway, Oregon is phenomenal in the Summer, within an hour you can head off east down the Colombia River (think its I95) and the scenery the other side of the mountains is beauftifulā¦ now for a weekās work i wont be at much of that but if the Blazers or Timber are playing its a nice walk over from the hotel , etcā¦
ah i like it tbh
Phoenix is probably the worst place i have ever been in
I couldnāt get over how bad it was in San Francisco and also Angeles
Itās appalling and serious indictment of society in the US.
Iām reading Phil Knights book at the moment. He loves Portland, so he does.
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Portland is a fine spot.
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In fairness how many US cities are worth visiting and arenāt some cookie cutter job with smaller skyscrapers? Boston, NY, Washington, Savannah, Miami, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego and Chicago. At a push. Thereās a vast swathe there in the middle that Iād have no interest whatsoever in visiting
Did you like Miami ? A mental spot but as far a downtowns go it isnāt nice ā¦
Never been there. Assumed it would be a decent place to visit.
Nashville is a brilliant place to visit. Wasnāt even into c&w music and absolutely loved it. Would go there before ever going back to Vegas.
Iād add Sanoma/Tahoe to your list too tho not cities as such, more towns
Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio all great places to visit as very much have their own styles.
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i thought the same on LA
its just a huge motorway with the awful suburban things at each exit
christ its despicable
Iād had the same.opinion of LA when I lived in San Fran. Changed to liking LA more as SF lost its soul and LA at least had the beaches.
Neither place somewhere Iād like to spend much time in tho
Austin ok but Houston??
jesus thatās an incredible dump, poverty everywhere - the wife ( well then we were engaged- a very short enagement btw as she was into closing the deal ASAP) had to do some gig in Rice University there about 10 years ago, we were staying with x2 of her friends (affluent) , they had a great house but the surrounding area, the traffic, the city center, the awful weather - fucking hell
Houston was only place i ever saw an american footballl match , i went to see Rice play the South Atlantic Univ i think they were called from Floridaā¦ i wouldnt go back
Austin and Denver are great spots to visit.
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Denver is a great spot actually. Spent a Paddyās Day there, had a ball. Got seriously dear with a lot from California heading there.