All the hot girls wear glasses. - Mary Carmen

I really need to go there some time. - Mary Carmen

YES YOU DO. - holly #ravingfangirl

Are you gonna take me on a tour? Show me how the dream of the 90s is still alive. - Mary Carmen

hell yeah. - holly #ravingfangirl

As a former Modesto resident, I will ever-so-carefully avoid making any remark about Stockton. - Walt Crawford

Walt why? it's not like we honestly like living here. - Scott. Cat Herder.

Walt, someday if you're lucky, you might suffer from Stockton Syndrome. - Micah

ZING! Walt, you couldn't have hated the Central Valley too much. You ended up in Livermore. - kendrak

The direction this thread took totally confuses me. - Mary Carmen

Indeed. Back to Portlandia. PORTLANDIA! - Micah

*Somebody* must like living in Stockton. Kendra, I never said I hated the Central Valley (I don't). Just not all that fond of Stockton. [Then again, Livermore is no more the Central Valley than Berkeley is Half Moon Bay.] - Walt Crawford

I miss Portland. Did not spend enough time there. - Royce's favorite Anna

More of you need to visit. We can eat at food carts and drink beer. :) - holly #ravingfangirl from iPhone

I want the giant vegan donut from Voodoo again. Also Walt, there was no need to bring Stockton into the mix of a thread about Portland. Also, this is probably my bias and ignorance of living in Berkeley for soon to be 12 years, but Livermore (and similar far out parts of Alameda County) seems more like Stockton/Modesto than it does Berkeley/Oakland. *shrug* What does Half Moon Bay even have to do with it? I'm confused. Oh well... BACK TO PORTLAND! - kendrak

omg yes i want voodoo donuts and pinball NOW. - jambina

(you know, I don't hate living in Stockton. It's not portland or Philly or queens, but it is not a cesspool. People are very friendly. Housing is affordable. I love my job. And the valley is lovely.) - Mary Carmen from iPhone

And it's the home of Nick and Nate Diaz. - Steele Lawman

I apologize for the threadjack (and, MC, I'm referring to old Central Valley city rivalries--if I lived in Stockton, I'd probably like it just fine). Portland's a lovely town (my mother was from Oregon). - Walt Crawford

lol, Walt, it was just confusing because I was talking about the show Portlandia and not at all talking about the actual city. - Mary Carmen

Ah. And I was not even aware there was such a show. Limited Basic Cable FTL, I guess. - Walt Crawford