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Old Wed Aug 06, 2014, 06:43pm
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Portland has a reputation for being weird. I could give you examples but you really have to be here a while to experience it. "Keep Portland Weird" is probably the most popular bumper sticker and there's a side of a large building with that painted on it. Not only that, but almost everyone here is proud of being thought of as weird - at least as compared to everyone else.

I just wanted to share this. Yesterday, my daughter Jennifer called me to say she saw a bumper sticker that was "typical of Portland". It said "SUPPORT BACTERIA. THAT'S THE ONLY CULTURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE".

Yep, that's Portland all right.
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Old Wed Aug 06, 2014, 09:59pm
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Ooo I love Maine!
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Old Thu Aug 07, 2014, 08:01am
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Ooo I love Maine!
We had a new employee fly to the wrong Portland on his first training assignment.
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We had a new employee fly to the wrong Portland on his first training assignment.
Heh, nothing like a cross-country mistake to really sell your capabilities.

Austin has the same slogan. Walking down Sixth Street, they strike me was a wannabe Berkeley.
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Old Thu Aug 28, 2014, 01:29pm
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Portland has a reputation for being weird. I could give you examples but you really have to be here a while to experience it. "Keep Portland Weird" is probably the most popular bumper sticker and there's a side of a large building with that painted on it. Not only that, but almost everyone here is proud of being thought of as weird - at least as compared to everyone else.
Unless I'm mistaken isn't that building home to VooDoo Doughnuts?
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