This fun, livable city is easy to navigate, and the public transportation is very efficient. Portland is divided into quadrants—northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast—split east-west by the Willamette River and north-south by Burnside St. There are at least four modes of public transportation that locals and visitors use to get around.

Portland is considered the No. 1 "Greenest City in America" by both SustainLane (Oct. '08), a website that ranks the most sustainable cities in America, and Popular Science magazine (Feb. '08). But that's far from the end of the story!

Portland offers a host of things to see and do after the sun goes down.

With 38 microbreweries in the Metro area, Portland is the beer capital of the world.