Get o Know Milwaukie

Milwaukie is an oft-overlooked gem of a suburb, its quiet charms hidden by its unassuming location off of Highway 99E. One of Milwaukie’s advantages is the availability of waterfront single-family houses located directly on the Willamette River, which are almost impossible to find in Portland proper, due to the city’s zoning laws and layout. Farther inland in Milwaukie, you’ll find cute bungalows and smaller historic homes dating from every decade of the 20th century. There’s a little bit of new construction here, but most of the housing here comprises solid, well-built houses on leafy, spacious lots. This being Oregon, Milwaukie has, of course, an excellent seasonal farmers market, a well-loved beer store named Beer Store Milwaukie, and the Trolley Trail, a six-mile bike and pedestrian trail that connects Milwaukie to Gladstone. Milwaukie is a stop on the MAX Light Rail and the ride on the Orange Line takes approximately 20 minutes into downtown.

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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.