Pop & Hiss

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Category: '90s nostalgia

'Portlandia': Where the dream of the '90s lives on...

So, a friend visited L.A. over the holidays and he'd just moved to Portland, Ore., two weeks ago from New York, where he'd been living for the last three years. He showed me pictures of his multi-bedroom house that he's renting for a song. He told me of his illustrious job at a fancy advertising company. And he told me about some cool bar called the Woods that used to be a former funeral parlor.

This is probably the sixth or so good friend in recent years that I've lost to Portland. The truth is that the sweet little city that loves roses and rain has turned into a hipster mecca, an empire of crafty stores and crafty beers and bicycles everywhere and oh, cheap record stores and bars. There might be only one job for every seven hipsters, but that's hardly a reason to worry. According to this music video/trailer for the upcoming show from "Saturday Night Live" comedian Fred Armisen and former blogger/Sleater-Kinney rocker Carrie Brownstein, Portland is where young people go to retire!

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