Ƙauyukan Yammacin Ƙauyuka Kuyi Ruwa zuwa Shugaban
Seattle da Portland sune manyan biranen biyu na Arewa maso yammacin. Duk da yake akwai rassa na Arewa maso yamma tsakanin su biyu, akwai kuma bambancin bambance-bambance da ke sa wadannan tarin ruwa guda biyu na musamman daga juna. Ko kuna kallon zama a Seattle ko Portland, ko kuma tafiya zuwa ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan birane, ku fahimci abin da ke sa kowace birni ta bambanta-daga ruwan sama, da kudin rayuwa, da harkokin sufuri, da yanayin yanayi.
01 na 08
Seattle vs Portland a Janar
Seattle. Bryan Mullennix / Getty Images Duk da yake ba gari ne na musamman ba, Portland na da dan kadan dan kadan fiye da Seattle. Ga wasu dalilai marasa ma'ana, Portland yana jin dadi fiye da Seattle, kuma. Yi tafiya a ko'ina gari kuma za ku ga mutane suna da kyau, masu taimako da kuma kusantarwa, amma za ku ji wannan dan kadan a Portland fiye da Seattle. Seattle wata fasahar fasahar ce kuma ta cika da masana'antu da manyan tashar jiragen ruwa. Duk da yake Portland yana da tashar jiragen ruwa da kuma yadda yake da nasaba da masana'antu, yana jin (kuma shi ne) ɗan ƙaramin karami kuma dan kadan ne fiye da makwabcinta a arewa.
Portland yana da suna saboda kasancewa mai ban mamaki (neman babban garkuwar Portland mai suna kusa da VooDoo Donuts) kuma yana so ya tabbatar da cewa yana rayuwa ne da wannan suna, daga masu yin titin tituna zuwa ga zane-zane na zane-zane zuwa ga manyan hanyoyi. Seattle yana da yalwace mai mahimmancin faruwa, amma dai ba ze yada tallar ta ba don haka.
02 na 08
Yawan jama'a
Portland. David Gn Photography / Getty Images Yankin Seattle tun shekarar 2016: 704,352 (Madogararsa)
Jama'ar Portland a shekarar 2011: 639,863 (Madogararsa).
Portland yana da dan kadan fiye da Seattle. Yayin da birane biyu ke da wuraren zama da sauran garuruwan da ke kusa, yankunan karkara na Seattle ya fi girma da sauran birane kamar Bellevue da Tacoma ba da nisa ba. Sakamakon yana daya daga cikin tashoshin metro tare da Puget Sound yayin da Portland ke jin kadan a cikin yankunan waje. Duk da haka, ba birnin yana da mahimmanci har zuwa manyan biranen tafi. Babu daidai NYC ko LA.
03 na 08
Salarin da ya dace
Kolejin Seattle na Amazon. Amfani da Amazon A cewar Countrycale.com, Seattle da Portland suna cikin yankuna kamar yadda yawancin albashi suka tafi. Duk biranen suna da cikakken kamfanonin manyan kamfanoni daga Boeing zuwa Nike, da kuma yawancin fararen kamfanoni da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da ke aiki don samar da kyakkyawan aikin aikin. Seattle yana gida ne ga manyan kamfanonin Fortune 500 kamar Amazon, Paccar da Microsoft. Dukansu biranen suna girma kuma Seattle an san cewa yana da kasuwa mafi kyau a kasuwanni a cikin shekara ta 2017 kamar yadda daskararrun ke motsawa zuwa yankin, a cikin babban bangare saboda yawan kamfanonin kamar Amazon.
04 na 08
Abincin
Portland ne mai ba da shiri ga wani abincin kayan abinci mai ban mamaki. Grant Faint / Getty Images Arewa maso Yamma yana da irin abinci a gaba daya kuma dukkanin Seattle da Portland suna ci gaba da bazara. Za ku sami ƙarancin tauraron tauraron sama guda biyar da kuma ƙwarewa, sabo, abubuwan ƙirar gida waɗanda ke gudana daga gamayyar kayan aikin abinci zuwa zato a biranen. Hanyoyin musamman a kan abincin naman ya hada da motocin abinci na Portland (akwai da yawa!) Da kuma kasuwar Pike Place na Seattle, wadda ba ta cika ba ne kawai da albarkatun gona, amma har ma gidajen cin abinci na kowane ragu. Yana da damuwa game da wace birni ne mafi mahimmancin abincin da za ta ci abinci kamar yadda ba za ku iya yin kuskure ba ko dai.
05 na 08
Yanayi
Wildflowers a Mount Ranier National Park. Christopher Kimmel / Getty Images Duk biranen suna kusa da ruwa. Seattle yana kan iyakar Puget Sound (Elliott Bay ya zama ainihin), amma ya hada da tashar jiragen ruwa na Lake Washington, Lake Union da Green Lake. Portland yana a kowane bangare na Kogin Willamette da Kogin Columbia basu da nisa.
Duk biranen suna ƙidaya manyan duwatsu a matsayin ɓangare na shimfidar wuraren su a kwanakin rana. Mt. Rainier yana samuwa ne daga wurare da dama na Seattle kuma yana da kusan kilomita 54. Haka kuma, Mt. Hood yana da nisan mil 50 daga Portland. Mt. Rainier ya lashe tsawon lokaci tsakanin duwatsu biyu a kan tudu 14,411 zuwa Mt. Hood ta 11,249 feet.
Dukansu biranen suna da manyan wuraren shakatawa, amma filin Forest Forest mai suna Portland na da Seattle na Discovery Park da aka lalace saboda ƙananan ƙwaƙwalwa da ƙirar daji-amma Forest Park ba shi da hasumiya mai haske da dutse da Puget Sound! Mazauna da baƙi na biranen biyu za su fuskanci rashin karancin wuraren kore don biranen birane, wurare don yin tafiya da kare ko kullun baya a benci.
06 na 08
Mota da Jagora
Craig Tuttle / Getty Images Seattle da Portland dukansu suna samar da manyan hanyoyin sadarwa na jama'a. A Seattle, dubi tashar Metro don mafi kyawun damar shiga duk yankunan King County. Buses suna kara da nauyin da ke tsakanin filin jirgin sama na SeaTac da Seattle, kuma daga Westlake zuwa Seattle Center. Buses kuma suna danganta Seattle tare da Tacoma a kudanci, kuma birane a arewa kamar Everett da Edmonds. Kogin Seattle na da sauƙi don amfani da lafiya don hawa.
Shirin na sufuri na Portland ya lashe hannun Seattle. Shirin na TriMet na Portland ya haɗa da bas da MAX Light Rail da kuma tituna. Lines MAX sun fita zuwa yankunan da ke kewaye, ciki har da Beaverton, Hillsboro, Gresham da Portland International Airport. Gidan yanar gizon ya kara fadada ɗaukar hoto ga OMSI, Lloyd Center, District Pearl da yankin Kudu Waterfront. Lissafin haruffa suna rufe dukan waɗannan wurare kuma mafi. Yayinda Seattle ke aiki don gina hanyoyin da za su iya yin gyare-gyare, ba za su iya yin gasa ba tukuna.
Harkatarwa a duka birane na iya zama abin takaici ga sababbin masu zuwa ko baƙi, musamman a yankunan gari. Yi tsammanin zubar da hankali a lokacin hush hours har ma da wani m tashar hanyar sadarwa da yawa daga cikin hanyoyi guda daya don kallon.
07 na 08
Abubuwa da za a yi
Stuart Westmorland / Getty Images Seattle da Portland suna ba da dama, amma har ma abubuwan ban sha'awa ne ga mazauna da kuma masu yawon bude ido. Dukansu suna da kyan gani na kayan gargajiya, ciki har da manyan kayan gargajiya a kowane gari.
Dukansu suna da gundumomi a yankunan karkara tare da manyan kantuna na gida - Powell's Books a Portland, Elliott Bay Book Company da kuma Blick kayayyakin kayan aiki a Seattle, misali. Don saduwa da Kasuwancin Pike Place a Seattle, Portland yana ba da Samun Samun Kasuwanci (amma kasuwar Pike Place yana buɗewa a kowane mako don haka ya sami nasara).
An san filin wasa na Pioneer Courthouse a matsayin gidan dakin gari kuma yana iya kasancewa mai kyau wurin fitar da kofi na kofi kuma duba abin da ke faruwa a ranar. Tsibirin Pioneer na Seattle bai zama kamar yadda ake kira ba, amma a maimakon haka Seattle Cibiyar tana aiki ne a lokacin bukukuwan bukukuwa da kuma manyan abubuwan da suka faru da kuma wurin da za a fitar.
Bugu da ƙari, a cikin wuraren da ake aiki a cikin gari, dukansu suna ba da dukkanin unguwannin da za su gano, daga ƙananan key Nob Hill a Portland don samar da Capitol Hill a Seattle.
08 na 08
Weather and Average Rainfall
Michael Kittell / Getty Images A Arewa maso gabas an san shi da ruwan sama, amma mazauna yankin suna so su ce ko Seattle ko Portland na samun karin ruwan sama a kowace shekara. Yawancin mutanen da suke magana a kan batun ba da gangan ba su sani. Gaskiyar ita ce , Seattle da Portland sunyi la'akari da yawan ruwan sama a kowace shekara - 37 inci a kan matsakaici.
Duk biranen suna da yawa cikin kwanaki mai hadari, ma'anar cewa yana iya zama daɗaɗɗa don sauko daidai yadda sau da yawa za ku ga rana. Bayani game da yawan kwanakin rana bazai iya ƙidaya kwanakin rana ba, ko hasken rana a kan hadari - amma idan kun zauna a cikin yankin ya isa sosai, za ku yi farin ciki a kan hutu don sa'a daya ko biyu a tsakiyar hunturu !