Get to Know Lake Oswego

Lake Oswego is a lush, posh city built around its eponymous lake and serves as an upscale, suburban alternative to nearby Portland. Though only eight miles away from Portland — or about a 15- to 20-minute drive — Lake Oswego is a well-defined town in its own right, with a bustling, walkable downtown and 27 residential neighborhoods. The city is dense with trees and greenery, with more than 460 acres of parks and five forested trails for walking and running that loop around the city, totaling almost 24 miles. Interestingly, Oswego Lake is not a public lake and access to its waters is restricted to waterfront property owners and residents who belong to a lake easement, which are available in several lake-adjacent neighborhoods. There is, however, a swim park on the lake that is open during the summer to all Lake Oswego residents, complete with diving platforms and certified lifeguards.

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Living in Portland, OR

Portland is a city that’s almost close to perfect, an astonishingly beautiful and lush destination that has an incredibly well-defined sense of self. Portland residents are a welcoming bunch and pride themselves on their community spirit, with each neighborhood serving as its own little local village. Sure, Portland’s fondness for analog culture in a digital world might be frequently satirized, but the vintage clothing–clad, kombucha- and craft-beer-drinking denizens of the Rose City are sitting pretty, knowing that they’ve been ahead of the curve in cool for decades. And though Portland has many (many!) record stores, bookstores, and farmers markets (all with the benefit of no sales tax on any purchase), the area does boast its own well-known tech corridor, the Silicon Forest. Portland also has a strong advertising agency scene, where creatives compete for Nike and Adidas accounts, as both rival shoe companies are headquartered in the region.