10. Pioneer Square in downtown Portland
9. The weather, and not just because I was there the two months it doesn't rain
8. Powell's City of Books (of course I can still check them out online!)
7. Trader Joe's
6. Liberalism that can take itself for granted, most of the time, that is
5. Trees--big leafy ones with outstretched canopies
4. Portland State University (where the motto is, "Let Knowledge Serve the City"
3. good public transportation
2. Portland's proximity to the Pacific Ocean
1. my friends (of course!)