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  Downtown Portland is maintained by the Corporations who also own many outlying
  housing developments. Between these suburban developments and the inner Corporate
  Control Zone are the downtown housing areas, most notably on the East Side. These are
  high-crime areas but none so much as the North-East Portland Urban Combat Zone.
  Corporate Police do not patrol these areas and Civil Police do so only rarely. Most of the
  new construction of Corporate towers and skyscrapers has occured in the NorthWest
  downtown area and East Portland near the Willamette River.
  Forest Park and Washington Park are still maintained by the Corporations as preserves
  and retreat areas for the corporate officers and employees. No one can enter the park
  areas without proper corporate i.d. and a pass.
  A medium-sized arcology has been constructed on Marquam Hill near OHSU. It is partially
  underground and cascades down the side of the hill like terraces of glass and steel. The
  arcology was the third constructed by EnviroCorp as a proposed new method of
  self-sufficient living. The Arcology is heavily guarded and it's inhabitants are
  well-reknowned for Net-based programming.
  Other interesting places to visit in Portland include Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown.
  Called "the City's Living Room," the square has remained in excellent condition for the
  past 35 years. It is surrounded by chic trendy restaurants and shops and is a clean,
  well-lit showcase of corporate security. The Park Blocks that form a north-south access
  downtown are also well-maintained and feature exciting art galleries and museums. The
  recently re-named Gus Van Sant Waterfront Park on the banks of the Willamette River,
  which bisects the city, is home to many Corporate Advertising Fairs and Annual Picnics.
  Mount Hood, the towering white peak to the East, is still a favorite among skiiers and
  Hoverboarders alike. It's many new commercial developments light the mountain at night,
  visible from the city as a sparkling christmas tree.
  Things missing from Portland include the historic Powell's Book Store, which was
  purchased by Zetatech in the early teens and demolished. The Japanese Gardens and the
  International Rose Test Gardens have both been commercialized into research concerns
  and are closed to the public. Many of the botanical species created or maintained at these
  Hydroponic facilities are proprietary and are in great demand, and therefore kept under
  heavy security. Many of the historic neighborhoods in Northwest downtown and South east
  Portland have been re-developed into Corporate Housing Developments. Plans are
  underway to continue development into the North Portland Combat Zone once the area
  has been pacified and the current inhabitants, little more than squatters, removed.
  Another important Portland tradition now gone is it's love of Beer. The Barley of the
  East-side of the state is gone due to poor corporate farming practices, and the Hops of the
  Willamette Valley are rendered unusable due to Acid Rain. The beer industry of Portland
  has all but dried up. Only a few small independent brewers remain with the rest of the
  demand being filled by cheap synthetic beers like Smash.
  MAXX Light Rail now extends north-south from Hazel-Dell to McMinville and on the East
  Side from The Vancouver Mall to Salem. Cascadia Maglev also stops in the Portland
  International Airport, which has been converted to an airship port.
  
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  The farmlands to the west of the city still produce food for the populace. They are now
  completely automated and corporate-owned. The areas East of the Cascades have been
  turned into deserts due to corporate mono-crop harvests and ecological anarchy.
  The Cascades of Oregon remained relatively untouched while Washington has lost much of
  it's forests to over-logging. The Willamette and Columbia Rivers are toxic rivers of slime
  due to the un-checked dumping of corporate waste. There are days where the smell of the
  Willamette is so bad that breath masks may be required while downtown.
  The largest corporate presence in Portland is Artemis Shoes, followed by a Zetatech
  manufacturing plant and several local firms. Portland has historically resisted outside
  corporate influence and thus has fared fairly well through the 21st Century. Despite the
  large influx of refugees from the eastern part of the state and from California and the
  resulting urbanization of the areas between Portland and Salem, Portland has maintained
  an insular small-town attitude and continues to resist growth or expansion.
  The addition of millions of new residents and the disappearance of government control has
  put the Portland-Salem Axis in ecological jeapordy. The Corporations pay lip-service to the
  enviornment, protecting large areas of woodland in the Cascades and preserving many
  rivers and streams up-stream from Portland, but downstream is a different matter. As
  long as the hight-tech industries of Portland-Salem require clean water for their
  manufacturing, they will work to protect the forests and streams, but whatever is
  downsteam is of no concern. There is still a strong eco-sensitive population in Portland,
  but they are continually put down by Corporate Police and the corporations put on a
  strong propaganda campaign to convince their employees that what they do is
  environmentally friendly and safe, regardless of the truth.
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