I\u2019ve been a few times. It\u2019s 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\u2019t do Oregon\u2019s thing of restricting development towards urban density with growth boundaries so it\u2019s a lot more spread out Anywhere U.S.A.
Oregon doesn\u2019t have a sales tax so there\u2019s a bit less retail as that preferentially locates across the river, but they have a sizable income tax so Vancouver\u2019s 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\u2019s probably the most attention Portland paid Vancouver in a while tbh.
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