I like Seattle, for visiting, but to live there? LLLLAAAMMMEEEE, Portland rules.
Really? Why? Or is this just part of your daily regimen of 'truths' you profess without any basis in fact, critical thought, or experience-based insight. I lived in both cities and I can come up with a list of things I loved about both, and I list of things I didn't quite care for in either city. But in the end I think what you're trying to tell us is that in your little sphere of "opinion" that you more likely managed to borrow from others than develop for yourself, someone told you once that Portland is cooler and it stuck.
My opinion is just that! I like Seattle, but prefer Portland. Even though I live in the Couv. So you seen, we both have WA driver licenses. Ha