curious how many fans we draw from portland and whether or not the natural seattle vs. portland vibe keeps people away. portland fans speak up, is it hard for you to root for a team with "seattle" in front of it?

I live in Portland now, but I'm from Washington. Most of my friends are also transplants so I'm not able to give you a great answer.

There are a lot of people from the Portland area, and other parts of Oregon that post here. And no, its not hard to root for a team from Seattle, not sure why it would be.

Everybody I know really likes Seattle.

As for Portlander's in general, when it comes to football I think we're a bandwagon town. When the Seahawks are good there are a LOT of people down here wearing Seahawks gear. Also see a lot of Packers stuff, some 49er stuff, and a smattering of pretty much every other team.

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Portlander here too. I know it's not Seahawks mecca here but it's damn near heaven compared to Reno (where I was living prior to Oregon).

Same here. I live in the portland area, but I am originally from Yakima Washington.

I live in WA and used to be a Portland Trailblazer season ticket holder since we live closer to Portland than we do Seattle. I hated the Sonics but I have always rooted for the Seahawks and Mariners.

im from vancouver wa

this is me to a T. always loved the M's, Blazers and Hawks. couldnt stand the Sonics. being so close to Portland, i never really attached to a team that was farther away.

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new poll...

how many Seattle based Portland strip club fans are out there?

*raise hand*

new poll, who likes boobies?

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who doesn't?

You are correct sir, forgive me, that was an insult to boobies everywhere.

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i have a few ex gf's that work at casa diablo and sassy's lol I know all about portland stripclub. Amen

I was born in Seattle a long time ago, and now I live in Vancouver. I watched the Redskins playoff game at Big Al's with about 100-200 other fans. They didn't seem at all like casual or bandwagon fans. It got pretty rowdy in there. I thought people were going to flip tables when Marshawn scored that 4th quarter TD. They were almost as rabid as Washington State fans during the Apple Cup.

oh don't even get me started on this one...

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I Grew up in Kent and graduated class of 83' from Kentridge. Moved to Portland area after college and have been here ever since. We had season tickets since the beginning......and you can NEVER shake that off. Still represent the Seahawks proudly here in little ol' West Linn, OR.

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Portland, Anchorage and Mexicali. Yes, Mexicali. Best trim clubs in the world.

Ya gotta wonder about people that wear hats with a zero on em

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Yep me too !

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There are a pretty good number of us down here. Zebulon Dak is another from the Rose City.

Portland is not a big sports town in general, and it's definitely a cultural mix because of all the people who are transplants. (I'm one.)

No, it's not hard to root for the Seahawks because they represent the Pacific Northwest as far as I'm concerned. They're not nearly as localized as teams on the East Coast. (Look at the relative distance between DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and NY for reference.)

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I live in the 'couve, but grew up in Yakima.

casa diablo is crazy man. The private dances are too expensive but the girls on stage really earn their money.

Not for me since I'm from Washington originally . What annoys
Me about living Oregon is the amount of bandwagon fans down here, its crazy.

I find bandwagon fans in every town. Look at Mariners when they are winning as opposed to last year.

Portlander here! Well, Beaverton, fully dedicated fan since '99, bandwagon before.

Met a number of .net people while using my BeavHawkFan moniker at the last Cheney Training camp.
Looking forward to making any local planned get together, when I cannot wrangle up the company seats.

I'm down in S. Oregon...among the Whiners and Oakland Thugs fans...

Grew up in Olympia, now residing in Tigard (just south of Portland). Rabid Hawks fan since team inception.

Portlanders in general have no issues with Seattle that I've heard of since living here. The only ones who have the "little brother" syndrome are the people who "represent" Portland, ie: the local ESPN radio station.

Unless I've been going to the wrong places, Portland isn't a very good pro football town. They love their Blazers, are divided with Duck and Beaver fans, and I do see a lot of Hawk gear, but overall not real hot on pro football.

Now, the Timbers are another matter. Evidently soccer is the official sport of hippes and rabid liberals everywhere.

I wear my Seahawk hat everyday and get plenty of "Go Hawks" etc etc....more so lately

I live in PDX, but grew up in Friday Harbor WA. Been a Seahawks fan my whole life.

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Pretty much, yeah. Hipsters unite!

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...and with one kiss of his bicep he proved, without a shadow of doubt, that he was every bit as much of a DBag as his coach, and most of his team's fanbase. Finally, he could call himself a Niner!

I was born in LA. Grew up in Spokane. Moved back to Cali and currently reside in West Seattle so I don't have a clue about what Portland thinks about the Hawks. The Timbers and Blazers suck.

I'm from the Portland area, though I will be moving to Yakima, WA in June.

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Born in LA, moved to Gresham as a child right before the Seahawks were born, still family branching out in the Portland/Vancouver area, all Seahawks fans. Little Sis brings her clan of 7 up every year for at least one game.

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There better be a REALLY GOOD reason to move to Yakima.

Born in Washington, raised in Everett, lived in Louisiana for 5 yrs, moved up to Portland, now live in Tualatin, been a Seahawks fan since day 1.

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To help take care of my wife's step-father who has Parkinson's. Also, 100 more days of sunshine a year.

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I met more Seahawks fans in San Diego in 2 days than I've met in Portland in 10 years. That might be an exaggeration and probably skewed by likelihood due to proximity but it sure felt that way.

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Btw I've recently heard that Nepo 42 in NE Portland is a Seahawks bar. If we do any get togethers next year (aka if you guys stop being lame) we might want to check out that spot. Good wings too, from what I've heard.

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I'm from Western Washington but will be moving to Portland this summer for work. Would be down for a get together.

As far as fans down their, last summer I didn't seem to notice many people waving the 12th man flag.

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There's really not that many football fans down here. Lots of Ducks fans but they're usually not really actual football fans. I definitely saw more Hawks gear this past season than ever before, though not by a lot.

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I live in camas, close enough to Portland to realize they don't care too much for the greatest league in the world!

From Portland, but moved to Seattle a few years ago. The Seahawks fans in Portland are not very vocal. Portland suffers from little brother syndrome and there is a lot of backlash I have seen to anything Seattle amongst die hard fans. You will probably find more 49er fans there than Seahawks fans.

what this man sayeth be the truth indeed.

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"There's really not that many football fans down here. Lots of Ducks fans but they're usually not really actual football fans. I definitely saw more Hawks gear this past season than ever before, though not by a lot."


Good point about Ducks fans. I really don't see the little brother syndrome all that much. People from Portland are similar to that in Seattle in many aspects, most being fairly mellow (maybe it's the NW weed). There's a lot more unwashed hippies, and too many people trying way too hard to be liberal or "progressive". I do see Hawks gear, but like others said, it's not a real vocal following. The Hawks fans I met while living in Vegas were a lot more vocal and represented better.

I'd be down to meet up on Sundays at a bar but my issue is that I have two boys (who like football) so I have to find a kid friendly pub.

Me too... Vancouver WA, late of Colorado Springs (Eff you, Elway!)

Always been a Seahawks fan... just always.

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"We're looking for grit"
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Earl Thomas.

Count me in. When I ask some fellow co-workers if they like any sports to try to start some conversation in my past couple of jobs I get responses like... "Not really, just the super bowl." and "nope, don't watch tv." and from one guy I used to work with. "Sports are just a way for corporations to control you."

Those are the most common responses... either that or "yeah, I'm a huge cowboy/49er/packer/steelers/patriot/giants/ravens fan"