Line Out - Comments on Slate Wonders, Why Do So Many Indie Rockers Live in Portland? http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i "Why is Portland America's Indie Rock Mecca?" (Slate) Portland Median Home Price = $280,000 Seattle Median Home Price = $500,000 Hmmmm....... Copyright 2008 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:38:15 -0800 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:33:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by giant lactating breasts Portland may have cheaper housing and indie rockers, but we've got Eric Grandy! Wait...I wish we had cheaper housing. Oh well.....

]]> giant lactating breasts http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i#c803604 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i#c803604 Media Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:51:21 -0800 Comment by Mr_Friendly The Oregonian ran a similar article last Sunday, minus the factual errors (Malkmus has lived in Portland well over 10 years now, Matt Ward moved away last year, and Johnny Marr does not live there but did rent a place while recording the MM album).

What these articles fail to mention is how these musicians are buying up cheap houses in formerly ghetto neighborhoods in NE and SE Portland. Five years from now these same folks will probably bemoan the gentrification of their neighborhood when the last of the black folks have to move to make way for another Thai restaurant or recording studio.

]]> Mr_Friendly http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i#c803678 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i#c803678 Media Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:53:20 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba Buying property is so indie! Renting is for goths, then.

]]> tomasyalba http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i#c803735 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/09/slate_wonders_why_is_portland_americas_i#c803735 Media Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:33:57 -0800