Ian Gowen is rather boring person. This is his rather boring blog. He just received
his Bachelor's degree in computer and information science at the
University of Oregon, and now he works in the game industry and
moonlights as a freelance software developer. He also blogs at Mixellaneous, and made Earl Grey, a free Tumblr theme.
Litter is a much bigger problem here. I’ve seen people just tossing trash on the ground—if you did that in Eugene you’d most likely get shivved by a hippie.
It’s easy to see why, though—there are very few trash cans along the sidewalks. I had to carry an empty coffee cup several blocks before I could dispose of it properly.
The bus system is weird. Sometimes you pay when you get on, sometimes you pay when you get off, and the system for deciding when or where you do so seems nondeterministic.
Coffee shops are much more scarce than in Eugene, and it’s even harder to find a good one.
Cigars are a lot more popular—I’ve seen several people smoking them outdoors, in public, which is a rarity in Eugene. I’ve also seen several cigar bars, and one cigar/coffee shop combo in the Strip District (at which I made a purchase).
There’s no beer! Or rather, there’s no “craft” beer or microbrews. I guess I’m spoiled by the fact that Eugene has no less than 3 breweries, but seriously, it’s not hard to do better than Bud Light and Coors. To their credit, though, the place at which I ate lunch had Hoegaarden on tap, which isn’t bad (especially on a warm day).
