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Least Bitchy City Blog
Not much beats the optimistic Portland's Future Awesome (urbanhonking.com/portland/). It excitedly anticipates TriMet expansions ("Man, that MAX car looks like it came from the future!" gushed site creator Mike Merrill, gleeful as a little boy) and new legislation ("Now 30 Cents More Awesome" reads the title of Merrill's minimum-wage update). Merrill, 30, explains, "The site is mainly a response to the grumpy old men bloggers (see bojack.org) complaining about the city spending money. I am proud to live in such an exciting city." Merrill's sunnier-than-thou pages will make you forget Portland's often cloudy disposition.
Willamette Week's Best of Portland.
