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I am a student at PNCA and have lived and worked in portland my entire life.  I have experienced the issue of culture shock when going around the rest of the country. People often ask me in my travels where I'm from and they are delighted to hear about the unique culture of portland.  When ever I come back to portland I am always relieved what an extremely progressive community it is.  I have been all around the untited states and I feel that portland is the most forward thinking place I could live as far as our arts community, social issues, an our environmental standpoint. Ill always com back to portland because of this.

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