[scottmandue]

I presume this is a comic piece so I will give my tongue in cheek comical response:

10. Crowded? Pfft! I'm from Los Angeles!
9. VooDoo donuts was always over hyped, many Portlanders think it is a joke, it has been and now even more so a tourist trap (like there is no place else to get a donut in Portland?)
8. Yes it is probably the birthplace of hipsters, I would rather be surrounded by hipsters than homeless people. (see #10)
7. Powell's, seemed overpriced when I visited years ago... that is what Amazon is for.
6. Pioneer square, cool place but don't need to go there
5. Breakfast, you can wait in long lines for breakfast here too... if you have to go to the latest hip/cool breakfast joint you saw on food network, I'm sure they have Denny's in Portland. I mean how much can you do with eggs, bacon, and hash browns?
4. Hipsters fad is dying... and this is bad how?
3. Pubic transit, have to admit that sucks, I love riding the light rail when I'm there.
2. Public resistance, fewer public protests? (see #4)
1. Cost of living (see #1)

Disclaimer: I have been to VooDoo donut, I was there on a rainy day mid-morning middle of the week and there were only three or four people in line so I figured what the heck. Yes, they are good but come on, it is fried dough and sugar... what is not to like? Besides other donut shops have caught on and are copying their crazy donuts.
Also been to Powell's, very cool place, hope they can hang on.
Pioneer square is cool too but don't see any reason I need to go there, so many cool parks in Portland to hang out if you want to be outdoors.

Note: My wife and I did the long distant thing for three years when she lived Beaverton (suburb of Portand). I would fly into Portland early Friday while she was at work,catch the train into town and have my own private pub crawl (the stop at VooDoo, I got off the train at Kell's for breakfast and Irish coffee and then headed up to Stumptown passing Voodoo).

I know this is a comic piece because they left out the real #1 reason not to move to Portland (and the only thing keeping us from doing it) THE WEATHER!