Is it specifically "pork" or is it "bacon (comma) irony?"

Admittedly they're largely interchangeable, but that article appears to be from Time magazine.

Yeah, good luck getting in on that "ground floor," Josh...

Apropos of food...ladies, if someone convinces you to wear an ear-of-corn costume, have some self-respect and don't shuck on the first date.

"...pine trees 1,000 ft. tall..."

OK, who fed him the psilocybin mushroom omelette?

@sqp: They are interchangeable now, but Newsweek will soon pick up a nice patina of sleaze and opportunism now that Tina Brown is the editor.

The article is complimentary, yet it fills me with indignation. In fact, it pissed me off even as it said nice things about this place. Why?

Portland: Home of the Other White Meat (ie Hipsters)

is portland really a meat-loving town? it doesn't strike me as such, but perhaps i'm eating at the wrong places.

Joe, I share that, and I've done some thinking on it. I think the anger comes from the realization that each time a piece like this gets published, two dozen unemployed thirty-year-old Californians with liberal arts degrees go, "Oh, wow! That's where I should live!"

There are very few (if any) pine trees in Portland. They grow in a dry climate, and they are NOT 1000 feet tall. Sheesh.

Right, ujfoyt. In fact, one of the wonders of driving through the Cascades is hitting the spot where the firs turn to pines!

@ujfoyt: In fairness, I think the author was making a noble but failed attempt at humorous hyperbole. He also, though, wouldn't know Douglas Fir if it fell on his head...which might actually be humorous. "The gray, hazy mists! The sudden delicate waterfalls!" CONK!