Top Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon

When I first sat down to write this article on the best neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon, I thought it was going to be a snap. I've lived in Portland for over forty years and made a good portion of my living buying, selling, and managing real estate in "The City Of Roses". However as I really tried to put my thumb on those neighborhoods that I would consider to be the best, I found that things have changed here over the last couple of years to the extent that I was had pressed to identify a neighborhood that I would consider less than good. I know that might sound strange, but there are very good reasons why Portland, Oregon has been consistently voted as America's most livable city in the United States, and why it has recently been voted as being the "Greenest" city in the United States in terms of the consistent environmentally thoughtful approach it takes when it comes to issues such as construction, transportation, waste management and other vitally important matters that affect the everyday life of a resident.

Another reason why it is hard to pinpoint the best neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon, has to do with the incredible amount of re-gentrification that has occurred throughout the city during the last few years and specifically during the amazing real estate boom that we have been fortunate enough to experience. Neighborhoods in northwest Portland, and on the inner southeast side of the Willamette River, warehouse districts just a few years ago, have had vibrant new life breathed into them by developers with vision and a love for the Pacific Northwest. This has created fantastic new enclaves of small, locally owned businesses interspersed with innovative residential conversions, and, as a result, a host of new or redefined micro communities within the larger burrows that make up the greater Portland Metropolitan area.