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January 25, 2012 9:11 pm
velocicrafter: stfusexists: perennial-taco: stfusexists: kelsium: indierawk: Via BuzzFeed. #truth Dudes, Ithaca and Ann Arbor have all of those things and actually affordable rent.  Yeah, but Portland and Brooklyn also have “near cooler places”, like the entire east coast and Seattle. Ithaca is sadly lacking on that front.  What does ‘affordable’ mean? Because I find it really hard to believe that Portland actually has affordable rent. Then again, I’ve never been there. This is just speculation. I lived in a 2 bedroom that was like $875 a month split between three people. Pretty affordable for a city.  I’m just gonna say that this infographic had to have been made by a white person. I can’t imagine anyone else would not noticed/mentioned the HUGE difference in ethnic diversity between the two places. also, BK has the Brooklyn Museum, which is pretty awesome in its own right, not to mention that BK has proximity to Manhattan, with many more museums & cultural events. Portland…doesn’t. There are a couple of decent museums here, but San Francisco & Seattle (the next closest cities to Portland) are much further than Manhattan is form Brooklyn. Whatever, NYC »> PDX my cousin lives in brooklyn. apparently his apartment is near the place they filmed ‘crooklyn’ and that place is just so gr9.

velocicrafter:

stfusexists:

perennial-taco:

stfusexists:

kelsium:

indierawk:

Via BuzzFeed. #truth

Dudes, Ithaca and Ann Arbor have all of those things and actually affordable rent. 

Yeah, but Portland and Brooklyn also have “near cooler places”, like the entire east coast and Seattle. Ithaca is sadly lacking on that front. 

What does ‘affordable’ mean? Because I find it really hard to believe that Portland actually has affordable rent. Then again, I’ve never been there. This is just speculation.

I lived in a 2 bedroom that was like $875 a month split between three people. Pretty affordable for a city. 

I’m just gonna say that this infographic had to have been made by a white person. I can’t imagine anyone else would not noticed/mentioned the HUGE difference in ethnic diversity between the two places.

also, BK has the Brooklyn Museum, which is pretty awesome in its own right, not to mention that BK has proximity to Manhattan, with many more museums & cultural events. Portland…doesn’t. There are a couple of decent museums here, but San Francisco & Seattle (the next closest cities to Portland) are much further than Manhattan is form Brooklyn.

Whatever, NYC »> PDX

my cousin lives in brooklyn. apparently his apartment is near the place they filmed ‘crooklyn’ and that place is just so gr9.