What’s Your Favorite Portland Suburb?

Our favorite looks this week

(Sam Gehrke)
(Sam Gehrke)

"Tualatin. I went to high school in PDX, but I remember hating it at the time. All of my friends were in Tualatin. I have really good memories of listening to Arcade Fire and driving through the streets. They have a very good movie theater, and the town is really underappreciated in comparison to Lake Oswego."

(Sam Gehrke)

"St. Johns, definitely."

(Sam Gehrke)

"Sellwood. I have a friend that lives there and the downtown zone is pretty awesome. I always love going over there to hang out."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I'd have to go with the area between Tualatin and Sherwood. I'm staying there with some friends right now on a Christmas Tree farm and it's pretty chill."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I don't know if I have one. I moved to the city to escape the suburbs in the first place. I do like, though, that the metropolis here shifts so seamlessly between metropolis and suburb."

(Sam Gehrke)

"We'd both have to agree on Milwaukie. There was this amazing ice cream place there called Lews Dairy Freeze. It's not there anymore, but we both have great memories of that place."

(Sam Gehrke)

"Probably Beaverton because it has THE best Korean food."

(Sam Gehrke)

"Cully. I've lived there for four years, and it's been really fun to watch it grow and change."

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