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Portland, Oregon - Welcome to the Rose City

Recently chosen as “America’s Cleanest City” by Readers Digest, Portland is a vibrant metropolis that still thinks of itself as a small town. The largest city in Oregon and the second largest in the Pacific Northwest, Portland rests at the junction of the Columbia and Willamette rivers between the beautiful Coast Range on the west and the spectacular Cascade Range on the east.

In 1806, Lewis and Clark discovered the land that would later become the city of Portland. The city itself was incorporated in 1851. The Portland metropolitan area, now comprising 94 neighborhoods, boasts an ethnically and socially diverse population of almost 2 million.

From the bustling excitement of downtown and the chic restaurants and boutiques of the Pearl District to the view real estate of Overlook and the hiking trails of Mt. Tabor, there is a neighborhood, and a home for sale, for everyone in Portland.

From downtown Portland, you are 90 minutes from the breathtaking Oregon coast, an hour and a half from Mt. Hood’s world-famous skiing, and mere minutes from the fertile vineyards of the Willamette Valley. With mountain ranges on either side of the metro area, Portland is protected from weather extremes year round. Summers are warm and dry, while winters are typically mild with only occasional snow. During spring, numerous community and private gardens demonstrate why Portland is called the “Rose City.”

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