Portland, Oregon

Today I landed in Portland, Oregon. After some initial scouting of the airport I decided that it is not a big city. Riding the MAX light train seemed to agree with my assessment. Checking my observations with Wikipedia has Portland as an area at more than 2 million inhabitants, and the city as USofAs 29th biggest. Well it is big enough but people around the nation has their picture clear about Portland and Oregon: it is considered a back water, but a nice one. They say that this is the place for young people to retire in. The weather is supposed to be like that of Seattle and we have had some rain today so that seem to be correct, just out of observation.
The houses of down town Portland are shorter than skyscrapers and the whole town has a bit of a laid back mood this far. Tomorrow will give me more input. Time to sleep.