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title: Walking
date: 2023-12-15T21:15:00-08:00
author: Ben Seigel
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![](https://welcometoportland.net/files/general/_t1600/stJohnsBridgeHero.jpg?v=1767625908)# Walking

St. Johns Bridge, courtesy Eric Cothern

  

 Transportation > Walking 

 

Many parts of Portland qualify for the 15 minute city concept. That is, a neighborhood or region of the city where nearly everything you need access to in a given day is within a 15 minute walk, bike ride, or bus ride. In my neighborhood (Boise), I can access the following within 15 minutes, much of it easily on foot:

- Several grocery stores, from regular to bougee\*
- Pharmacy
- Numerous coffee shops (duh)
- Urgent care clinic
- Restaurants and food carts
- Post office
- Parks
- UPS Store
- Gym/yoga/pilates/stretch place ($$!)
- Community center
- Vegan ice cream (it's actually quite good!)

\* (Bourgeois): *Whole Paycheck* or *New Seasons*.

Thought not as dense as New York City, parts of Portland pack a lot of beauty and utility in a small footprint.