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Downtown and the adjacent Pearl District are the most convenient first-trip base, walkable, central, and connected by the free-flowing MAX and streetcar, with Powell's, the waterfront, and good hotels right there.
Across the river, the eastside (around Burnside, Hawthorne, and Division) is where Portland's food-and-drink soul lives, carts, breweries, and indie shops.
The leafy Alphabet District around NW 23rd Avenue is charming and residential, tree-lined streets, boutiques, and cafes, an easy streetcar ride from downtown.
It costs nothing, and it's Portland at its most beautiful.
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