How green is Portland?
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[April 18th, 2007] OK, so Portland is the most sustainable city in the country. While that's a reason to celebrate, it's a safe bet a majority of Portland residents take credit without really thinking about what it means to be green.
For fun, we took a look at some of the categories, and collected data to see how we stack up against our northerly neighbor Seattle, New York City and, for fun, Houston, often thought to be the gas-guzzlin'est place on the planet.
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This article dovetails nicely with Sam Adams' comments about how Portland tends to believe its own hype. First, it's a lie that "Portland supports transit - at the ballot box, at least." Light rail ...
Go ahead, give yourself the municipal reach-around for all this sustainability and sprawl control...it'll be a few more years before Houston sprawls enough to engulf Portland, too.
Thanks for the feedback John, but please consider the following. First, public transit is more than light rail. Light rail has indeed been supported by voters in Portland with measures passing in 199...
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