Thread: What two cities do you find most similar in nearly every respect?
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Old Posted Aug 19, 2019, 5:05 PM
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It's not really that Asheville is the Portland of the east so much as it is that Portland is the Asheville of the west.

Crunchy hippie granola? Check

Very liberal? Check

Almost entirely white? Check

Mountainous terrain covered from top to bottom with trees? Check

Were-possums? Check
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