A new version of the same old question

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What am I going to miss, when (if) I move to Portland from Boston? Bonus points for not saying anything about cold or snow or sports since I hate those things.

(cross-posted to Damnportlanders)

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I've never been to Portland, so I don't know what it has to offer. But having left the Boston area 9 years ago, I still, with every breath I take, desperately miss:

-- Independent book stores (like that wicked neat sci-fi book store in Harvard Square)
-- Independent coffee houses (like that one in Porter square with the bright colored somewhat smelly couches)
-- Sundays on the Charles when they close off the street and turn it into a park where you can skate and stuff
-- The art museum, the museum of natural history, all the rest
-- Independent music stores (is Disk Diggers still there? I loved that place. There used to be an insanely cute guy with long black hair who worked there. I would go in and buy CDs just to gaze upon him LOL :-)

I live in FL now, and the only benefits to being here are the weather and having found the love of my life. I guess it's a fair trade. :-)

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BTW -- The main reason I've followed your blog for a while is the pix you post. It probably sounds nuts, but I love the pix you post from inside your house that show the moldings and the hardwood floors. We don't have wood floors in FL, and I miss the sound that it makes when you walk across them. I will also mix the outdoor pix you post of the doors, and the streets, it gives me the warm fuzzys to know that as much as stuff has changed, somethings are still as I left them.

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Thanks, I really appreciate it, and I appreciate your list of things you miss. I basically wanted to know what to appreciate before leaving it, and I liked your list a lot. Fortunately Portland is a lot like Boston (the best thereof) when it comes to coffee, books, music. Not as much for Big University/Culture things (museums).

I like that you notice the little details of the house! I'm a big fan of mundane details--they are very important. I don't post more pictures of my house because it is so dirty :D.