re: What is Portland’s major contribution to the US economy?

And hipsters, lots and lots of hipsters.

Some really great music comes from Portland, esp. the Dandy Warhols and The Shivas.

Stumptown Coffee - Best coffee in America

You got a condition?? Laughing like that is a sign of deeper issues.. Plus the handful of craft brews I've had outside of the most mainstream Rogue Brewery from that area has been nothing to write home about..

To be completely honest, Wisc micros have been slinging better selections I've found than anyone one..

All bullshite aside.. For those 2 tards that didnt understand my comment I was referring to Gnarly and they're hard beat.. But taste is subjective and its my opinion..

Portland seemed like an okay city when I visited about 15 years ago. It was like a city that was placed next to a river in the middle of a forest, with many of the trees remaining. Very green, literally and figuratively. Walked around the city, which was clean at the time, and I didn’t have to worry about my safety.
As for Oregon itself, besides the aforementioned details in previous posts, very interesting indeed. You couldn’t, literally, pump your own gas due to laws/mandates by state legislature. I got a speeding ticket going 5 mph over on the interstate, even though I was warned not to speed at all. Troopers didn’t play! I did receive the ticket en route to the Tillamook dairy farm, which was cool, but the best was seeing Haystack rock, made famous by the movie Goonies. Drove by Mt Hood and hiked Multnomah Falls. Did I mention the Duck cheerleading squad?
It’s a shame that the left has ruined that beautiful coast.

I can't believe only one of you has mentioned Intel.
You know that Xeon processor running chicken's servers? That is not a hamster and it was probably manufactured at Ronler Acres in Hillsboro (PDX suburb).