Almost Quote by Art Alexakis

I loved growing up in Portland because I'm not from L.A. or New York or Chicago or some cool city... It was a very…

— Amine

We came to Portland because there was a good alternative public school. Friends who lived there told me about it, and my son loved…

— Katherine Dunn

To me, Portland, there's a lot of things to do out there especially if you have a growing family.

— Rasheed Wallace

I lived in L.A. for a year when I was four - my dad was doing a sabbatical at UCLA - so it always…

— KT Tunstall

I hung out in Northeast Portland, I hung out in Beaverton. I knew a lot of people on every demographic. For me out there,…

— Rasheed Wallace

Portland has influenced me in that it is very much where I feel most "at home" in the world. I grew up there. My…

— Kasey Anderson

Once my family grew bigger I loved Portland more.

— Rasheed Wallace

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

— Katherine Dunn

Obviously I've loved my time here in Portland.

— Robin Lopez

I grew up in L.A. I actually grew up in the Valley, which was a pretty amazing place to grow up because everybody has…

— Banks

Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live.

— Leni Zumas

I moved to Portland because Modest Mouse is there. I didn't necessarily mean to live there permanently, but I've got a really good feeling…

— Johnny Marr