It's loose because it is open minded, artistic, sort of rustic, and independent. It is tight in the way it is gridded out, clean, almost curated. The people have been so nice. But you have to ask. Everyone leaves you alone.
To me it is more similar to Chicago than to San Francisco. In its gridded out structure, in its manicured parks, in its independent yet blue collar attitude I find cultural parallels. Chicago has one thing to learn from Portland: embrace the bicycle.
Less distortion, more harmony, less work to resolve it all, so I feel peaceful here. Does the meaning come from the difference? Do I learn more when I confront what is more different, like in San Francisco?
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