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12/29/2008
Portland, Oregon Declares itself 'Beardiest' City
Here are some of its hirsute denizens, including one who could possibly be the cousin of Jack Twist.
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Posted 1:45 PM EST by Andy Towle in Facial Hair, Grooming, News, Oregon, Portland | Permalink
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I live near P-town, and I can attest to the beardiness of this city. Everyone sports beards there, from cute gay hipsters to cute straight hipsters. Thankfully the chicks don't tho.
Posted by: B.J. | Dec 29, 2008 2:05:36 PM
BTW, Portland also has an openly gay mayor-elect, Sam Adams.
Posted by: B.J. | Dec 29, 2008 2:06:16 PM
Well, I do live near there, and I do have a beard--hopefully it's a tad more kempt than some of those featured in these pics. Not to diss, just saying.
Posted by: Dback | Dec 29, 2008 2:13:41 PM
I thought Tallahassee was the "beardiest" city now that Crist is married.
Posted by: tjc | Dec 29, 2008 2:26:05 PM
the odd thing is you see more trimmed up clean beards than the ones featured in the photos. way to misrepresent!
Posted by: B.J. | Dec 29, 2008 3:11:32 PM
My friend's boyfriend is featured in the article and Portland is definitely a beardy city. I LOVE beards but can't grow one of my own. :(
Posted by: sonny | Dec 29, 2008 4:01:33 PM
Oh my frickin' gods!
It's making my skin crawl just to look at these guys! Clearly Portland needs to hire the stylist that Prince William used to style his totally sweet beard to run an EXTENSIVE public service campaign!
UGH!
Posted by: David B. | Dec 29, 2008 4:09:22 PM
I live in P-town and yes, we have hella beards. But the beards most people rock are much better kept than this, we are not straight outta the wild, yo. My husband grows a beard every fall/winter and eventually I think it looks hot.
Posted by: Holla | Dec 29, 2008 4:48:09 PM
Are these from the Portland police station mug-shot collection?
Posted by: anon | Dec 29, 2008 4:58:14 PM
Okay, so now that you've shown some of Portland's finest Lesbians, why not post some of the hot guys with beards?
Posted by: chez_monieux | Dec 29, 2008 5:41:37 PM
OMG. I'm from PDX and I'm a bit embarrassed. These are the best representations of beards the photogs could get? Not one of these guys would turn my head...except maybe to vomit in the nearest trashcan. And isn't that last one Bob Seger?
(On a sidenote...my grandfather won a beard-growing contest in 1959 for the Oregon Centennial. I still have his official photograph that was published in the Oregonian, and to me he looked like a leprechaun.)
Posted by: Hockey Fan | Dec 29, 2008 5:47:48 PM
I work in Stump Town and live w/the loggers in SW WA. Lots of great whiskers around here. Loves them all. It's takes the shagsters to make the groomers look good. Plus, way too many 'mos are over groomed anyways. Now if you want to talk about hygene on the other hand a tooth brush/floss and a bar of soap/shampoo go a lot further in my book than wether you scrape your face 2x a day or trim your beard and I am a head shaver and a cloths horse. Love some scruff on a man.
Posted by: Kev | Dec 29, 2008 7:05:26 PM
Actually, I can tell the top right guy would be cute...if he shaved.
Posted by: James | Dec 29, 2008 7:22:58 PM
Why are the two asshats on top trying so hard to look like taliban?
Posted by: Ednonymous | Dec 29, 2008 7:40:53 PM
Portland native here and most guys here do not grow beards.
Though the REI outdoor catalog is the fashion bible here --even with a lot of gay men.
Posted by: Bill | Dec 29, 2008 7:46:22 PM
Yes, the top right one would be very hot if he gave his face muff a trim. As it is right now he looks like that religious freak who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart.
Posted by: stevo | Dec 29, 2008 8:29:55 PM
Speaking as a beard-wearing Portlander, I agree with 'hockey fan' that those photos aren't a very good representation of our hirsute city's beardiness. I could walk down the street in my neighborhood and find 10 men in 10 minutes who had better looking beards than these guys.
Posted by: John T | Dec 29, 2008 10:15:54 PM
They probably can claim some other titles from what I saw when I was there: most horrendous BO, least changed clothes, longest time without bathing, longest time without holding a job . . . ;-)
Posted by: shane | Dec 30, 2008 9:14:13 AM
Big beards = big cocks. I don't know why all you Nancy's are bitchin.
Posted by: Oscar | Dec 30, 2008 7:55:33 PM
Bearded guys ride mono boards
Posted by: Johnny Blizzardo | Dec 30, 2008 9:43:41 PM
The title is misleading. I thought the beard they were referring to was the type Charlie Crist sported.
Posted by: Wheezy | Jan 4, 2009 6:27:18 PM