History UsefulNotes / Portland

* ''Film/TheDayCalledX'' is a 1957 dramatisation of an evacuation of the city in the face of a nuclear attack. Of interest to history buffs not only for the ColdWar theme, but because of the footage of areas of the city that have now changed. Portland residents played all the roles except TheNarrator.

* The VideoGame/{{Polybius}} urban legend is centered around the titular arcade game, supposedly given a limited release in the Portland suburbs in 1981. It is noted for its [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame alleged ill effects on players]] and supposedly being covered up by TheMenInBlack.

Portland is divided into six sextants: North, Northeast, South, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. North and South are divided by Burnside Street (and addresses along Burnside are merely given the designation of "East" or "West"), while East and West are divided by the Willamette River. South Portland was officially split from Southwest in 2018, with street signage reflecting the split in 2020. North Portland, finally, is basically a peninsula that juts off from Northeast Portland going into the Willamette. Downtown Portland is made up of central Southwest and Northwest Portland, while the "cool" hipstery areas are largely found in Southeast and Northeast (and are where a lot of the neighborhoods accused of having gentrified are located). There is an unofficial seventh "sextant" occasionally referred to as "East Portland" or "East County" that starts roughly at 82nd Avenue and runs Eastward until it runs into Gresham, which has a reputation of being significantly poorer, under-served by city and county resources, and less white than the rest of the city, with a heavy Asian and Slavic influence. African-American Portlanders have traditionally been concentrated in North Portland (it used to be that they were "redlined" out of living in any other part of the city, though this is no longer the reason) although gentrification has pushed more and more black Portlanders Eastwards.

Portland is divided into six sections: North, Northeast, South, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. North and South are divided by Burnside Street (and addresses along Burnside are merely given the designation of "East" or "West"), while East and West are divided by the Willamette River. South Portland was officially split from Southwest in 2018, with street signage reflecting the split in 2020. North Portland, finally, is basically a peninsula that juts off from Northeast Portland going into the Willamette. Downtown Portland is made up of central Southwest and Northwest Portland, while the "cool" hipstery areas are largely found in Southeast and Northeast (and are where a lot of the neighborhoods accused of having gentrified are located). There is an unofficial seventh "quadrant" occasionally referred to as "East Portland" or "East County" that starts roughly at 82nd Avenue and runs Eastward until it runs into Gresham, which has a reputation of being significantly poorer, under-served by city and county resources, and less white than the rest of the city, with a heavy Asian and Slavic influence. African-American Portlanders have traditionally been concentrated in North Portland (it used to be that they were "redlined" out of living in any other part of the city, though this is no longer the reason) although gentrification has pushed more and more black Portlanders Eastwards.