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Tag Archives: creative class
Analysis: Scrutinizing Portland’s Arts Economy
Portland may live up to its marketed image as an artisan paradise with funky jobs and a cheap quality of life for post-collegiates who embrace the stereotype of living La Boheme. But it has much more ground to travel for those who aspire to a mature, sustaining way of life.
“There are plenty of hand-to-mouth jobs in Portland for 25 year-old creative types,” says Johnson, who has two degrees from Stanford University. “But what if you want to have children and own a house?” Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Livability, Neighbors, Placemaking, Portland: City or Scene?, Uncategorized
Tagged artisans, arts professionals, cheap quality of life, City Hall, creative class, creative types, Daniel Pink, DeAnn Walker, Joe Cortright, La Boheme, Leonardo da Vinci, Linda K. Johnson, OregonLive, Portland Oregon, Portland's Arts Economy, recession, Richard Florida, Stephen Hayes
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Portland Creatives Find New Ways to Work Together
Portland, Oregon—the misty evergreen Shangri-La for the young, the creative, and the progressive—has an interesting problem. Its miles of bike lanes, its rock-bottom rents, its deep vats of craft brews are all far too good. Yes, Portland has actually made itself too attractive. According to one study that compared May of 2009 with May of 2008, Oregon’s unemployment has grown faster than any other state in the country, 3 percent. For large metropolitan areas in the country, Portland has one of the highest unemployment rates, which topped out at about 11.8 percent—even higher than Detroit. To blame, some economists believe, are the large numbers of designers and artists who have been moving there without jobs, dubbed the dubious “young creatives.”
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Posted in Culture, Livability, Placemaking, Portland: City or Scene?, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged Alissa Walker, Austin, bike lanes, Charlotte, craft beers, creative class, cultural opportunities, diversity, DIY, Good.is, handmade bikes, large metropolitan areas, local community, micro-roasters, neighborhoods, Pearl District, Portland creatives, Portland Oregon, progressive, seattle, Shangri-la, Steve McCallion, unemployment, young creatives, youth magnet cities, Ziba Design
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Portland: Overrated?
Is Portland overrated? I’ve tried pitching the following words to the New York Times and the LA Times as an op-ed column, over the last few weeks. Needless to say, neither of them wanted it—they’re too busy running “Ra Ra Portland” pieces. And why not, when it sells advertising?
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Posted in Culture, Livability, Portland: City or Scene?, Rants, Uncategorized
Tagged Bohemian street life, California, creative class, green rooftops, hipsters, Matt White, media-induced smugness, Modest Mouse, native Portlanders, New York, Oregon, overrated, passive aggression, portland, Portland Mercury, Sam Adams, Sustainability, tech boom, The Shins, xenophobia
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Seattle, Vancouver, and Portland by Rail, Bus, Streetcar, and Foot: Part Three
Portland, like its famed streetcar, is an interesting case. It boasts many of the pieces found in successful cities and some that no other American cities can match. The streetcar. Light rail. Cycle tracks. Skateboard tracks. An aerial tram. Traffic calming. No major downtown arterials. Local music. Local art. Local beer. Great food. Environmental awareness. A history of proactive and progressive decision making. Historic urban fabric. Food trucks. Park blocks. It’s walkable. It’s bikable. There is much to like in Portland, and the hype is not all smoke and mirrors.
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Posted in Auto Independence, Culture, Dispatches, Josh Grigsby, Livability, Portland: City or Scene?, Rants, transit, Transportation, Uncategorized, walkable
Tagged 21st Ave, 23rd Ave, Ace Hotel, aerial tram, Alberta, ambient noise, bicycle, bikable, bus, Canada, City of Roses, city or scene, community hub, creative class, creative economy, cycle track, Disney World, Division, Downtown Portland, economic drivers, environmental awareness, fareless square, food trucks, foot power, Hawthorne, hipster, historic urban fabric, homogeneity, Hostelling International, hostels, Japanese gardens, Kennedy School, Living Room Theatre, local art, local beer, local music, lofts, Main Street USA, major employers, MAX light rail, McMenamins, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, Old Town, pacific northwest, Park Blocks, Pearl District, portland, Portland Northwest Hostel, Portland State University, Portlandizing, Powell's City of Books, progressive, rail, seattle, skateboard track, Southeast Portland, streetcar, Stump City, suburban neighborhoods, traffic calming, transit, two hundred foot blocks, urban condition, urban core, urban planning, vancouver, walkable, walking, Washington Park, well-educated waitstaff, Willamette River
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