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BankSimple moves to Portland
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Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#92From anecdotal experience, it does seem like Portland is drawing a lot of talented folks. It is definitely a "bike to work, complain at city hall and drink obscure beer" crowd, but is that such a bad thing?
"bike to work, complain at city hall and drink obscure beer"
Sounds great to me.
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#93As someone from Portland, Maine, I always get a little miffed when people don't specify that this is Portland, Oregon. Yeah, Portland, Oregon's metro area is about 4x the size of that of Maine's largest city, but it's not like it's an order of magnitude or anything. Maybe I'm just jealous that there's more going on there than here. :(
It's like somebody in Moscow, Idaho getting upset that people don't refer to it as Moscow, Russia. Face it, Portland, Oregon is the real Portland.
Woah, someone actually knows Moscow, Idaho exists. +1, sir.
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a life-long Portlander, and absolutely love the place. I'm glad that you and your wife have been having a good time thus far- it can indeed be a great place to live and work. It sounds like you guys have been getting to experience a lot of my favorite things about the region, which is great to hear- many newcomers don't get out as much as you guys are. That said, however, Pakourama raises some valid points, and I…
Thanks, appreciate the thoughtful reply. Didn't mean to paint it as perfect or dismiss the city's problems, just trying to balance out the very negative posts that started in this thread with a positive perspective. My wife works in health care and brought with her good experience, so things have worked out well. Before we made the move, we read many negative posts on city-data.com forums about the downsides, so I am…
Ah, yes, health care- the "other white meat" of stable job fields. :-)
And I'm glad you decided to check the place out in spite of negative posts!
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#95The Pearl District in Portland is nice and all but I'll never understand why you would want an office there, especially if you aren't a business that requires a trendy, hip image. A web-based business with no front door is going to pay a TON per square foot just to be downtown. Is it the address they are after? The need to impress investors? It's already expensive enough to run a business, why burden yourself and you…
We asked our employees here, and even the ones who live on the East Side enjoy working in the Pearl. Plus, we like that there are other startups in this neighborhood, PIE (the incubator), etc. etc.
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#96Portland is basically where San Francisco was at 20 years ago. In terms of a tech hub, the only thing missing is a stronger university presence.
This is not true. There is a history of technology entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley going back (at least) 60 years. There are a great many pieces of human infrastructure that exist in SF that do not exist in Portland from the largest collection of technology VCs & Angels in the world, to lawyers that understand corporate structure and stock options, to bankers that understand IPOs, and of course thousands and thous…
Even though I guess I'm supposed to be the one sticking up for Portland in these comments, I have to agree with this. I don't think Portland or any other city is likely to be the next Silicon Valley. I also don't think that's a bad thing for some types of businesses.
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#97Portland is a great town.... but seriously gastro-pubs are silly, get some real restaurants people.
I'm kind of a foodie, and our project manager is definitely a foodie. He runs this site that lists some great places to eat and drink if you're only in a city for a couple days. Here are his picks for Portland: http://noms.in/portland
I've seen very few places here that categorize themselves as gastropubs. There are a lot of breweries in Portland, and some of them have their own restaurants/pubs. But's that's a relatively small percentage of the diverse dining options here.
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
the portland area has some amazing restaurants, such as: Beast, Pok Pok, Nostrana, Le Pigeon, and Gruner. Those are all beard nominees. Not one of them is a gastropub. Have you not been to any of the above? If not, I'd suggest you get to "some real restaurants"
Beard nominees are expensive. All up scale restaurants are "real restaurants". But beneath them (while still well above fast food) are mid level restaurants. In Portland this market niche seems almost entirely dedicated to "gastro" pubs. The very fact that they are called "gastro pubs" suggest people are aware there is something lacking in mid and low end (but not fast food) restaurants.
But that's not what you said. You stated "but seriously gastro-pubs are silly, get some real restaurants people". I provided several excellent counterexamples.
You then state "All up scale restaurants are "real restaurants"". That's poor logic. Portland has real restaurants. Some of them are expensive.
You then state mid level restaurants in portland are almost entirely dedicated to gastro pubs. Do you want me to debunk that as well? Very well, I'd suggest you look at:
del inti (italian) gilda's (italian) doc (italian) a cena (italian) de carli (technically beaverton)
st. jack vindalho meriwether's oba etc.
Portland has a vibrant restaurant scene full of "real restaurants". It's not just high end. If you want more than gastropubs, seek out more than gastropubs.
To be fair, I wasn't that much a fan of the gastropubs in portland. A couple were ok (ned ludd and the victory were the only two i remember), but i've never been a big fan of gastropubs anyways....
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#99From anecdotal experience, it does seem like Portland is drawing a lot of talented folks. It is definitely a "bike to work, complain at city hall and drink obscure beer" crowd, but is that such a bad thing?
"bike to work, complain at city hall and drink obscure beer" Sounds great to me .
Indeed. It appeals to the hacker ethic. And the Green ethic. But not to the SUV and Strip Mall ethic. Or the Zenga (sp?) tie ethic.
Re: BankSimple moves to Portland
#100Portland is a great town.... but seriously gastro-pubs are silly, get some real restaurants people.
I'm kind of a foodie, and our project manager is definitely a foodie. He runs this site that lists some great places to eat and drink if you're only in a city for a couple days. Here are his picks for Portland: http://noms.in/portland I've seen very few places here that categorize themselves as gastropubs. There are a lot of breweries in Portland, and some of them have their own restaurants/pubs. But's that's a relat…
As a fellow foodie, but in Boston, tell your project manager his site is right on for the area. All really great suggestions.