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PORTLAND, Oregon
Population: 609,456
Unemployment: 5.4 percent
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Rip City discovered long ago the benefits of going its own way: In the ’70s it created a bicycle plan and converted a freeway into a riverfront park and now has the highest percentage of bike commuters in the country and one of its best park systems. Through public-private partnerships numerous green “eco districts,” encouraging walkability and benefitting small business, have been created in the city. The program has been so successful that Portland firms have signed on to create similar districts in Japan.
