Seattle vs. Portland - Yiyiphi iSixeko saseNyakatho-ntshona ilungile kwaye Kutheni?

Amanxweme aseNyakatho-ntshona aya kwiNtloko yeNtloko

I-Seattle kunye nePortland zizixeko ezibini ezikuMntla-ntshona. Nangona kukho ukunambitheka okubambisene kweNtshona-ntshonalanga phakathi kwezi zibini, kukho ezininzi izinto ezahlukileyo ezenza ukuba le mizi emibini yamanzi ibe yodwa. Ingaba ukhangele ukuhlala eS Seattle okanye ePortland, okanye uhambo oluya kwelinye kwezi zixeko, uqonde oko kwenza ukuba isixeko ngasinye sizodwa-ukusuka kwixabiso lemvula, kwiindleko zokuphila, ezokuthutha, kwindalo jikelele.

• 01 ngo 08

  Seattle vs Portland ngo Jikelele

  Ngelixa umzi ungasesikweni ngokusemthethweni, iPortland ine-vibe engaphezulu kwe-backbe back as Seattle. Ngenxa yesizathu esingaziwa, uPortland uzizwa engumhlobo ngaphezu kukaSeattle, naye. Ukuhamba ngeyiphi na isixeko kwaye uza kufumana abantu ngokuqhelekileyo abazukileyo, abancedisayo nabokungeneka, kodwa uya kuvakalelwa ngaloo nto ngakumbi ePortland kunase Seattle. I-Seattle yindawo yezobugcisa kwaye izaliswe ngoshishino kunye nechwep enkulu. Ngelixa i-Portland inayo ichweba kunye nesabelo sayo esilungileyo soshishino, ngokuqinisekileyo ivakalelwa (kwaye i) encinci encinci kunye nomncinci omncinane kunommelwane wayo ngasenyakatho.

  I-Portland idume ngokuba yinqaba (jonga i-Keep Portland Weird mural wall eduze neVooDoo Donuts) kwaye uyakuthanda ukuqinisekisa ukuba uphila kulobu dumela, ukusuka kubenzi bayo besitalato ukuya kwi-hiysters yayo. I-Seattle inamathuba amaninzi, kwaye, kodwa nje kubonakala ingabhengezi ngokugqithiseleyo.

  Yintoni i-Seattle Freeze?

• 02 ngo 08

  Lwabantu

  Inani labantu base Seattle ngo-2016: 704,352 (umthombo)

  Inani labantu basePortland ngo-2011: 639,863 (umthombo).

  I-Portland yincinane kuneS Seattle. Nangona iidolophu zombini zinamadlelo kunye nezinye iidolophu ezikufuphi, indawo yesikhulu sase-Seattle inkulu nezinye iidolophu ezifana ne-Bellevue neTacoma kungekude. Isiphumo esinye semida emide emide kunye ne-Puget Sound ngelixa iPortland ivakalelwa ngaphaya kommandla ongaphandle. Sekunjalo, akukho mzi uvakalelwa kakhulu kwiidolophu ezinkulu. Ayikho i-NYC okanye i-LA.

• 03 we-08

  Umyinge wemvuzo

  Ngokutsho kwe-Payscale.com, iSttletle kunye nePortland zihlala kwiindawo ezifanayo ngokumalunga nomvuzo ophakathi. Ezi zombini iidolophu zineenkcukacha ezipheleleyo zeenkampani ezinkulu ezivela eBoing ukuya kwiNike, kunye nokuqala kwamanqaku okuqala kunye namashishini ase-indie asebenzayo ukwenza umcimbi wempembelelo. U-Seattle usekhaya leenkampani ezinkulu ze- Fortune 500 ezifana ne-Amazon, iPaccar kunye neMicrosoft. Ezi zombini izixeko zikhula kwaye iSttle iyaziwa ukuba enye yeemarike ezishisayo kakhulu kwilizwe njengoko ngo-2017 njengokuba zihamba zihamba endaweni leyo, inxalenye enkulu ngenxa yokukhula kweenkampani ezifana ne-Amazon.

• 04 we-08

  Ukutya

  Umntla-ntshona-mpahla yindawo ehlala kuyo yonke indawo kwaye i-Seattle ne-Portland zineziqhamo ezikhulayo. Uzakufumana ubuncinane beenkwenkwezi ezintlanu kunye nobugcisa obuninzi, obusandulisiweyo, obuninzi bendawo oqhuba i-gamut ukusuka kwiilori zokutya ukuya kwizakhiwo zombini. Izikhundla ezikhethekileyo kwiindawo zokutya ziquka iilori zokutya zasePortland (zininzi!) Kunye ne-Seattle's Pike Place Market, engagcwaliswanga kuphela nemveliso entsha yefama, kodwa iindawo zokutya zazo zonke iintambo. Kuphoswa ngokukhawuleza malunga nokuba yiyiphi i sixeko esinamandla kunayo yonke into yokuba awukwazi ukungahambi kakuhle.

• 05 ka 08

  Uhlobo

  Ezi zombini iidolophu zilapho kufuphi namanzi. I-Seattle itholakala kumanxweme e-Puget Sound (Elliott Bay ibe yinto echanekileyo), kodwa iquka neelwandle zaseLake Washington, iLake Union kunye neLreen Lake. I-Portland ingamacala omabini eMlambo iWillamette kunye ne-Columbia River ayikude kakhulu.

  Zombini izixeko zibala iintaba ezinkulu njengenxalenye yazo kwindawo evelayo. Mt. U-Rainier ubonakala kwiindawo ezininzi zaseSeattle kwaye u-54 nje ubude. Ngokufanayo, iMat. Ihood ingama-50 ukusuka kwi-Portland. Mt. URainier uzuze ukuphakama phakathi kweentaba ezimbini kwiimitha ezili-14,411 eziphakamileyo ukuya kwiMat. Iimpawu ezili-11,249 zeenyawo.

  Ezi zombini iidolophu zineepaki ezinkulu zeepaki, kodwa i-Portland enkulukazi yeHlathi yeHlabathi i-Seattle's Discovery Park ibethwe ngobukhulu becala kunye nesibheno sasendle-kodwa i-Forest Park ayinayo indlu yokukhanya ngokujonga kwintaba kunye nePuget Sound! Abahlali kunye neendwendwe zezixeko zombini aziyi kubakho ukungabi nakwiindawo eziluhlaza zokuhlala ezidolophini, indawo zokuhamba inja okanye ukukhawuleza kwibhentshini yepaki.

• 06 we-08

  Uthutho no kuqhuba

  I-Seattle ne-Portland bobabini banikezela amanxibelelwano enkonzo kawonkewonke. E-Seattle, jonga kwiibhasi zeMetro zokufikelela ngokubhetele kuzo zonke iindawo ze-King County. Amabhasi ancediswa yi-monorail ehamba phakathi kwe- SeaTac International Airport kunye nedolophu yase-Seattle, kunye ne-Westlake ukuya kwi-Seattle Centre. Iibhasi zidibanisa iS Seattle kunye neTacoma ngasezantsi, kunye nezixeko ezikumntla ezifana noEvarett no-Edmonds. Iibhasi zika Seattle zilula ukuyisebenzisa kwaye zikhuselekile ukukhwela.

  Indlela yokuthutha kawonkewonke yasePortland inqoba izandla zikaStetle. Inkqubo ye-TriMet yasePortland idibanisa ibhasi kunye ne-MAX Light Rail kunye neendlela zendlela. Imigca ye-MAX iqhutyelwe kwiindawo ezikufutshane, kuquka i-Beaverton, i-Hillsboro, iGresham ne-Portland International Airport. I-Streetcar iqhubekela phambili kwi-OMSI, iLloyd Centre, iSithili sasePearl kunye neSouth Waterfront. Imigca yebhasi ihlanganisa zonke ezi ndawo kunye nezinye. Ngoxa i-Seattle isebenza ukwenza izithuthi zabo zokukhanya, ababanakho ukukhuphisana.

  Ukuqhuba ezi zimbini izixeko kunokubangela ukuphazamiseka kwabasanda kuvela okanye kwiindwendwe, ingakumbi kwiindawo ezisemantla. Lindela ukuxinwa ngexesha lexesha lokukhawuleza kunye nenethiwekhi yesitratato esininzi eneendlela ezininzi zezitalato zokujonga.

• 07 ka 08

  Izinto zokwenza

  I-Seattle kunye nePortland banikezela ngokungafaniyo, kodwa ngokukhenkcelela ngokukodwa kubemi kunye nabakhenkethi ngokufanayo. Bobabini banokulungelelaniswa kakuhle kwemyuziyam, kubandakanywa iminyuziyamu enkulu yobugcisa kwisixeko ngasinye.

  Zomibini zinezithili zorhwebo ezisemntla kunye nezitolo ezibonakalayo zendawo - iincwadi zePowell's ePortland, i-Elliott Bay Book Company kunye neBlick Art Materials e Seattle, umzekelo. Ukuhlangabeza iSttle's Pike Place Market, iPortland inikeza iMarike yeMgqibelo (kodwa i-Market Pike Place ivuleke ngeveki ukuze iphumelele khona).

  I-Square ye-Pioneer Courthouse Square iyaziwa njengegumbi lokuhlala kweso sixeko kwaye ingaba yindawo enkulu yokuxhoma ngekhofu yekhofi kwaye ukhangele nantoni na eyenzekayo loo mini. I-Seattle's Pioneer Square ayimemezeli, kodwa esikhundleni seSeattle Centre isebenza njengeziko leemithendeleko kunye nezinto ezininzi ezinkulu kunye nendawo yokuhlala.

  Ukongeza kwiindawo zokuhlala ezidolophini zasemadodeni, zombini zinikeza zonke iintlobo zommandla ukuba zihlolisise, ukusuka kwiNqila yaseNob ephantsi e-Portland eya kwiCapitol Hill e-Seattle.

• 08 ka 08

  Imozulu kunye nomyinge wemvula

  Umntla-ntshona ngokubanzi uyaziwa ngemvula yayo, kodwa abahlali bendawo bahlala besithi ukususela ku Seattle okanye ePortland ufumana imvula ngaphezulu ngonyaka. Uninzi lwabantu abakhulume ngokungaqhelekanga kwinqutyana abonakaliyo. Inyaniso kukuba i-Seattle kunye ne-Portland bafumana umlinganiselo ofanayo wemvula ngamnye ngonyaka-ngamasentimitha ama-37 ngokuqhelekileyo.

  Ezi zombini izixeko zinemihla eninzi eneenkwenkwezi, nto leyo ithetha ukuba kunokuba bukhohlise ngokwenene ukuba ungayibona kangakanani ilanga. Izibalo malunga nokuba zininzi iintsuku ezingabonakali zingabikho iintsuku ezikhanyayo, okanye ilanga liphumle kwiintsuku ezinqabileyo-kodwa ukuba uhlala kwindawo eninzi ngokwaneleyo, uya kuba nolonwabo oluthe xaxa ngokuphumla kwelanga malunga neyure okanye ezimbini phakathi kwebusika !