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\"Mental<\/a>
Middle-aged white female, resident for 9 years, director of an architecture organization. Drew the peninsula outline first. Suggestion: fewer hotel constructions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Young<\/a>
Young white male, resident for 6 years, working in marketing for a research NGO. Drew the water line first. Suggestion: bring back the trolley line!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mental<\/a>
Middle-aged white woman, resident for 2 years, self-employed in real estate design. First drew big streets. Suggestion: better maintain green spaces between houses and sidewalk on Congress st. (Is this public space?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Young white male, resident for 9 years, works at OTV. Drew peninsula outline first. Suggestion: offer public municipal broadband for internet and TV at rates that aren’t marked up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Arabica<\/a><\/p>\n

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The caf\u00e9 ethnography was\u00a0 skewed towards those who appeared to be middle- and upper-class white Portland residents. Males and females seemed to be relatively equally present. There was a noticeable tendency towards older customers, who seemed to be more likely to sit and talk for several hours at a time, while younger customers tended to come in and out more regularly. There were some students studying at tables near the walls, but scarcity of outlets may have discouraged them from coming and\/or staying long.<\/p>\n

My mental map participants were similarly skewed towards white participants who appeared relatively privileged. It was difficult to find a diverse group of participants who were willing to participate; I got turned down by people I asked who appeared to be working-class, either because they seemed busy, mistrusting, or did not speak English. I was able to get mental maps from only two people outside; the other two I had to get from a caf\u00e9 where (as noted in the ethnography) my selection of people was more limited. Still, the four maps differ in interesting ways: each of the four mental maps\u00a0 strongly reflected individual preferences through their inclusion of particular bars, restaurants, running trails and hang-out spots. The two younger participants both drew outlines of Portland very much in accordance with Google Maps, suggesting their geographical image may have been shaped by their relationship with their smart phone.<\/p>\n

The four recommendations given by participants suggest Portland needs better public transportation, more effective ways of integrating tourism into its economic plan without upsetting or alienating long-time residents, and cheaper ways to access internet and TV broadband. Both the implementation of better mass transit and the creation of a public, non-marked up option for broadband seem like great, straightforward ideas for a smarter, more inclusive city. Juggling the interests of long-time residents on one hand, and the economic needs of a growing, tourism-dependent city on the other, appears to be a more complex task with less clear solutions. Still, this tension is important to keep in mind while making decisions about Portland’s development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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