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Portland Differences #2 - Booze in Gas Stations

To continue on my last Portland Differences post about gas stations, there is another thing different about gas stations. Booze. Well, not booze, but wine and beer. And it ain’t 3.2%.
Every gas station, 7-Eleven, or whatever store, they have tons of beer and wine for sale, pretty much like a liquor store.
In Minnesota, you [...]

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Portland Differences #1 - Getting Gas

In Portland, and I think in Oregon, it is illegal to pump your own gas. Here is a good article I found from the Seattle PI the does a good job of explaining it.
It really reminds me of being very young in Minnesota where all the gas stations had pump jockeys. You paid more for [...]

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