Five Things Portland
Can Learn
From
Kentucky
in Five Minutes
Jeff Hardison
10-Year Portlander, Native Kentuckian
Twitter: jshardison

Make no mistake, I love
me some Portland.

Portland is the world’s
urban planning darling.

1.
Kentucky and
Oregon ain’t
that different!
2. 3.
1.

1. If you don’t agree
with someone, it’s
okay to tell them.

Kentuckians who spoke
their mind...
to your face.

“All I did was stand up
for what I believed.”
- Muhammad Ali

Does this give you license to
heckle me from your seat?
Uncle Clint says no.

2. Invent something,
give it a local name,
and sell it to the world.

3. Thou shalt love
tolerate thy neighbor.

Simply ridiculous.

“[Louisville is] one of the most
thoroughly integrated urban
school systems in the nation.”
- The New York Times (7/24/06)

Let’s bus ‘em, FTW.

4. Get behind the
small guys.

At least you have one
pro-sports team.

“Slint’s music infected the bloodstream
of underground rock with as much
potency as did the Velvet Underground's
20 years earlier.”
- Dave Segal, The Stranger.

5. Know when to hold
them; know when to
fold them; know when
to walk away; know
when to run.