PORTLAND OREGON'S LARGEST CITY EMBRACES HIGH-DENSITY LIVING

摘要

Portland is a strange land-a place where curbside compost is picked up more frequently than garbage, where the first new bridge over the Willamette River in 40 years doesn't allow private cars, and where the mayor would like to build tiny houses for the homeless on public property. Portland's ongoing collective quest for self-improvement has made it the quirky cousin to the flashier Seattle and San Francisco. "It's much more easygoing," says Eric Cress, who fled the Bay Area in 2006 to develop real estate here. "Portland is a lifestyle city-the way San Francisco was about 25 years ago." Cress is not the only one who has embraced the mellow Portlandia culture. The city's population is growing fast, and, with it, an insatiable demand for new housing. Visitors passing through almost any part of Southeast Portland will inevitably see new apartment complexes, either brand-new or in the works.