Just when you thought Portland couldn’t possibly topple Seattle at something, along comes the 2008 SustainLane awards to prove you wrong. Portland is the nation’s #1 green city apparently and we’re simply beaming with pride. Seattle placed a close third (behind San Francisco) and that alone begs the question – how the fuck are they rating these things to begin with?
If you’ve ever been on I-5 in Seattle during rush hour traffic you’ll know what I mean. It’s not uncommon for gas-hogging SUV’s to crawl along the 40+ mile stretch of Seattle metro freeway system ALL GODDAMN DAY. Wow, talk about diminishing our enthusiasm. If Portland is #1 and Seattle is #3 and both cities have godawful traffic congestion and pollution problems – what does this say about the rest of the country?
So Portlanders, before you go around wearing yet another badge of do-gooder pride just consider this: it’s not that you’re really doing a bang up job saving the earth here, it’s that the rest of the country is bashing the planet over the head with a frickin’ baseball bat.
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