Portland Or Population

This city for years has been looked to as a model for managing growth in the West, an example of what can happen if you keep new homes and apartments inside a defined urban boundary and protect the bucolic river valleys and forested hills from sprawl. But Portland's strict growth plan, if 2000 census figures are any indication, has turned out to be a mixture of wisdom and wishful thinking.

This city for years has been looked to as a model for managing growth in the West, an example of what can happen if you keep new homes and apartments inside a defined urban boundary and protect the bucolic river valleys and forested hills from sprawl. But Portland's strict growth plan, if 2000 census figures are any indication, has turned out to be a mixture of wisdom and wishful thinking.