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| - Education: High School Equivalency: 55% College Equivalency: 15% Advanced Studies Certificates: 2% Hospitals: 75 Portland serves as the interface between Tir Tairngire and the rest of the world. This city provides the nation's only opportunity for the nation's visitors to work, and then for only brief periods of time. All trade between Tir Tairngire and other nations takes place in and is transported through Portland. Portland has long since been surrounded by a wall, similar to the old Berlin Wall constructed a century ago in Germany. It used to be patrolled and loaded with high-tech security machinery. A dozen gates secured with tank traps, guards, and sensor systems controlled traffic going in and out of the city. But when the economy bottomed out, the budget keeping the wall up dried up. Most of the cameras, sensors, and automated killing systems no longer work. The uprisings from the Rinelle terrorist group have blown more than a few major holes in the wall, and the section along Lake Oswego was demolished for safety reasons. Having been spared the kind of aggressive, remorseless development that many Seattle residents have come to loathe, Portland still retains a pleasant, small-city feel, both for its well-preserved Beaux Arts elvish architecture and walkable urban core, as well as its easygoing atmosphere. That said, there's not a lot to keep intrepid tourists here for more than a day, with most of the city's handful of major attractions located within close walking distance of each other on the short city blocks – half the size of most American cities. On the other hand, while Portland's unpretentious bohemian flavor may be lost on more gung-ho travelers, the city remains an excellent spot for casual visitors to slack around for weeks at a time, with a wealth of good diners, microbreweries, clubs, tech shops, simsense stores, bookstores, and coffee houses to keep you occupied. Arrival and Information Portland International Airport, or Morningstar International Airport, (PDX) is a thirty-minute drive from downtown, by either the Gray Line Airport Express bus (every 45min 0500–midnight; 75¥), which drops off at major hotels, or the cheaper MAX light-rail line (4 hourly, 0700–2330; 7.75¥), which connects to the airport near Terminal C and takes about forty minutes to reach downtown. A cab from the airport into town costs 125¥–150¥. Greyhound at 550 NW Sixth Ave and Amtrak Tir, Inc. close by at 800 NW Sixth Ave are conveniently situated within easy walking distance of the center; if you arrive at night take a cab though – this part of town is not safe after dark. Pacific Trails (LTG# 1503 [92-4437]) runs buses from Portland to the Tir Tairngire coast. The visitor center, by the river in the World Trade Center, 26 SW Salmon St at Front Avenue (May–Oct daily 0900–1700; Nov–Apr Mon–Fri 0900–1700, Sat 1000–2pm, LTG# 1503 [75-9750]), has plenty of maps and information on both the city and the Principality. Portland's main post office is at 715 NW Hoyt St (LTG# 1503 [94-2124]).
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