We Asked Portlanders and Seattleites to Describe Their Neighboring City in Two Words

Our favorite Portland and Seattle looks this week.

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By Sam Gehrke

Seattleites describe Portland as:

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"More weird."

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"Cleaner Seattle."

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"Seattle Jr."

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"Trail Blazers."

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"Great food."

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"Good food."

Portlanders describe Seattle as:

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(Left) "Too crowded." (Middle) "Big city." (Right) "Really expensive."

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"Rainy days."

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"Slightly miserable."

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"Dope and steep."

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(Left) "Grunge rock." (Right) "Dark mountains."

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"Good coffee."

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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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