I’ve been a few times. It’s okay. Got an older town core about the size of a county seat that kind of reminds me of towns in eastern Pennsylvania where I grew up, only not run down. Not particularly booming, though.

Some industry and transportation infrastructure near the port, other than that fairly suburban. Washington doesn’t do Oregon’s thing of restricting development towards urban density with growth boundaries so it’s a lot more spread out Anywhere U.S.A.

Oregon doesn’t have a sales tax so there’s a bit less retail as that preferentially locates across the river, but they have a sizable income tax so Vancouver’s got some appeal for executive commuter types.

There were a few months there where recreational marijuana stores were open in Washington but not yet Oregon, that’s probably the most attention Portland paid Vancouver in a while tbh.