Portland is number one
- Portland, Oregon is ranked number one in many areas, besides being the number 1 Portland (hat tip to Maine!)
What is this list missing?
Sustainability
- Portland ranked greenest U.S. city (2010, 2008)
- Portland number one sustainable city (2008)
- ...and number one in public transit (2011)
- Portland number one in bicycle commuting among 30 largest U.S. cities (2009)
- Portland number one cleanest city and most underrated city (2009)
Unhappiness
- Portland has highest proportion of homeless people in the nation (mid-2009)
- Portland is America's unhappiest city, partially because it ranks high in suicides and unemployment (2010)
Food
- Portland is "best" for happy hour, with a measured 5.5 happy hours per square mile (2010)
- America's most vegetarian-friendly city (2006, 2nd to Washington DC in 2010)
- America's best beer city (2011)
- Most breweries of any city in the world (over 40 in 2011)
- Portland number one in food cart service (2010)
- top ranking in farmers' markets (2010)
Sex and Fireworks
- Portland ranked "most patriotic" by Men's Health Magazine (2010) (really?)
- largest legal sex industry per capita,[1] and most strip clubs per capita[2]
- Portland #1 most promiscuous city in the U.S. (2011)
- Most registered sex offenders per capita (2013)