Pearl District Research Paper

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Pearl District is my favorite neighborhood in Portland Oregon, because you will never get bored on this area. This neighborhood is very neat and clean,It makes people feel very comfortable and safe to live here and the traffic is very convenient.

This area has extremely beautiful enviroment and all kinds of shops, such as books stores, restaurants,gifts stores, clothing stores, crafts shops, hair salon and so on. I not only got attracted by the functions of this business district, I also got attracted by the atmosphere of this neighborhood.

Pearl District have pubic art and square for people to enjoy their leisure time.

In Jamison Square, people were reading the books, chatting with friends, dog walking and jogging. When I was walking

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