We Asked Seattleites to Describe Portland in Two Words

Our favorite looks this week from the streets of Seattle.

(Sam Gehrke)
By Sam Gehrke

"Really weird."

"Spontaneously fun."

"Hella green."

"Positive answer: good food. Slightly negative answer: just OK."

"No tax."

"Very quiet, at least compared to Seattle."

"Gentrified lumberjacks."

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Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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