About Portland

You don't have to live in Portland long to become as unabashed a lover of Portland as the natives. Some recent accolades for the City of Roses.

Travel + Leisure magazine readers say Portland is one of America's favorite cities, ranking high in areas like transportation, cleanliness, and quality of life.

In 2005, Sperling's selected the Portland metro area as the 12th Best Place to Live.

Do you enjoy the great outdoors and a city that keeps its green spaces green? Portland appeared in the top ten list of Outside Magazine's 18 New American Dream Towns.

What makes a city bicycle-friendly? Well, Bicycling Magazine once again called Portland the best city for bicycling in North America and a recent New York Times article discusses the myriad of biking businesses popping up in the city.

Portland placed #9 on the list of most literate cities in America in a study at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater.

Environmental awareness is part of life in Portland. That awareness and an active citizen population earned us the title #1 green city in a recent study by SustainLane, an online resource for sustainability.

In June 2005, Reader's Digest ranked Portland America's cleanest city.

Find out more about what it's like to live in Portland. Check out our Portland and Oregon links page.