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KamaAina

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1. And Portland has an urban growth boundary
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 11:29 AM
Apr 2016

so it can't just sprawl outwards.

Vancouver and Clark County, Wash., across the Columbia, have no such boundary, so they can and are.

edit: Besides, Washington has no income tax and Oregon no sales tax, so if you live in or around Vancouver and do your shopping in Portland, you're golden!

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