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Vancouver You eschew the granola-chewing hipsterism of Stumptown...
Welcome to Vancouver!
Just across the Columbia River (and the state line), Vancouver, Wash. (read more), is the sort of place youd live when professionally obligated to be near Portland, but more culturallyor economicallyinclined to the right of the suburban and political spectrum. Like so many of its suburban cohorts, Vancouver is a relief for the harried Portland employee, so long as were talking real estate (although, it being Washington state, you will be smacked with sales tax).
Suss it out at: The year-round Vancouver Farmers Market (555 W 8th St., 360-737-8298, vancouverfarmersmarket.com), the first-ever Burgerville (7401 E Mill Plain Blvd., 360-694-4971).