What Defines a neighborhood? What makes a place feel “lived in”? I love maps, data, Portland, research, design, real estate, and numbers. A month or so ago, I fell down a rabbit hole of research. I was thinking about Portland neighborhoods and what makes a neighborhood feel lived in, what defines a neighborhood both from a just a “feel” and from a more tangible perspective. Turns out there are 95 neighborhoods in Portland. There are also different areas that we think of as neighborhoods that are actually districts,  business alliances or tourist-friendly “districts”, that often overlap sections of several neighborhoods. One Read more...