Portland-Bore, sell me on your city!

[T234]

Might be looking for a change in locale very soon.

1. Are there plenty of MILFs in Portland?

2. How easy is it to get a medical mj card?

3. Is there blues bars?

Anything else you think I should know would be good too.

[Mr. Gundam]

BEER.
FOOD TRUCKS.
BEER.

[CatsCatsCats]

Yes lots. You need an applicable and recent medical history, if you have that it's really easy. There's all kinds of music here. Lots and lots of strip clubs, great local food scene, people are nice here. Be based in Portland and you're within an hoursish drive of the coast, mountains, rivers, lakes, high desert, huge forests, we've got it all. And hey, Vancouver is a short hop across the river once the pot stores open.

I'm good friends with the guy behind the Cascadia Ragtime Rendezvous Jugband Jubilee who I'm sure could point you in the direction of some blues clubs.

[nudemacusers]

the dream of the 90s is alive in portland

[Mr. Gundam]

And hey, Vancouver is a short hop across the river once the pot stores open.

That is if Vancouver gets any of the pot shops. The state is limiting the total number to around 500, and there seriously crazy restrictions on where you can and can't build them

[CatsCatsCats]

Well, fine, La Center isn't far

[Mr. Gundam]

Well, fine, La Center isn't far

It's insane, the rules are way more restrictive than those for medical dispensaries. There is one small stretch in Seattle where they can have pot shops (23rd and Union) while the rest of the city is off limits.

[CatsCatsCats]

Huh. I thought I read an article mentioning like 30 or so in Seattle. Either way, there's bound to be one driving distance from Portland. 500 is still a lot, way more liquor stores than all of Oregon. Like, double.

[Mr. Gundam]

There are medical shops all over the city, but the restrictions around distance from parks and school is much more strict for the retail stores.

edit:
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Vancouver-puts-moratorium-on-marijuana-shops-4839243.php
No retail shops in Vancouver until June 2014 at the earliest.

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/25/under-i-502-pot-stores-banned-almost-everywhere-in-seattle&view=comments

[CatsCatsCats]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2013/09/04/state-rules-seattle-gets-21-marijuana-retail-stores-er-pot-shops/

This more recent article says 21 stores in Seattle

[CatsCatsCats]

And yeah, June 2014 is next summer, isn't that when just about all of them are targeted for?

[Human Snorenado]

I actually researched opening a retail pot shop in Seattle as my small business project back in spring semester, and yeah, there were lots of crazy regulations they were coming up with that limited where they could be located.

[Mr. Gundam]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2013/09/04/state-rules-seattle-gets-21-marijuana-retail-stores-er-pot-shops/

This more recent article says 21 stores in Seattle

The Stranger article mentions that the city will have 21 shops, just that they'll be clustered together in one small part of the city.

And yeah, June 2014 is next summer, isn't that when just about all of them are targeted for?

You can't even apply for a retail license until then in Vancouver. The Tri-Cities also voted for a moratorium delaying start up of shops.

[CatsCatsCats]

And anyway that's just Vancouver! The article the stub article you linked to links too also says "The liquor control board, which considered population when allocating stores, approved another half-dozen shops for unincorporated Clark County, and one store apiece for Camas, Washougal and Battle Ground. " you're totally gonna be able to pop up there

[Mr. Gundam]

And anyway that's just Vancouver! The article the stub article you linked to links too also says "The liquor control board, which considered population when allocating stores, approved another half-dozen shops for unincorporated Clark County, and one store apiece for Camas, Washougal and Battle Ground. " you're totally gonna be able to pop up there

Oh definitely. It's just crazy how different the rules are for medical vs. flat-out retail. I've got ~7 medical pot shops within walking distance of my house, but the retail regulations wouldn't allow any.

[CatsCatsCats]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2013/09/04/state-rules-seattle-gets-21-marijuana-retail-stores-er-pot-shops/

This more recent article says 21 stores in Seattle

The Stranger article mentions that the city will have 21 shops, just that they'll be clustered together in one small part of the city.

And yeah, June 2014 is next summer, isn't that when just about all of them are targeted for?

You can't even apply for a retail license until then in Vancouver. The Tri-Cities also voted for a moratorium delaying start up of shops.

:O Pot Quarter

[Mr. Gundam]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana/2013/09/04/state-rules-seattle-gets-21-marijuana-retail-stores-er-pot-shops/

This more recent article says 21 stores in Seattle

The Stranger article mentions that the city will have 21 shops, just that they'll be clustered together in one small part of the city.

And yeah, June 2014 is next summer, isn't that when just about all of them are targeted for?

You can't even apply for a retail license until then in Vancouver. The Tri-Cities also voted for a moratorium delaying start up of shops.

:O Pot Quarter

In a part of the city that has been infamous for violence and transience. The community has been working hard on improving things, but there is now a fear that a massive concentration of all the pot shops in one little area won't help things.

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah looks like it has to do with them not rustling too many federal feathers since fed law doles out harsher penalties for drug selling in those zones. It's going to be pretty crazy to somehow get it accessible enough (and heap enough) to curb a black market turning grey.

Edit: well the pot shops will attract tourism and money, might actually be good for the area.