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Portland’s Velveteria closes its doors
By Erik | March 2, 2010
This may or may not be old news to many of you, but Portland’s velvet painting museum has folded and its owners are moving back from whence they came… California! 
Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin, the fifty-something owners and proprietors cited gloomy weather, lack of cultural diversity, and the tanked economy as reasons for moving back. These ludicrous, controversial statements have caused public outcry from native Portlanders and Californians alike and the original post on OregonLive has devolved into a repository of trash-talk between them! Please go and add your 3 cents. Fun unconfirmed fact: “Keep Portland Weird” is a phrase borrowed from our creative-class cousins in Austin, Texas.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 11:54 pm
oh, that keep austin weird fact is confirmed. where in ca are they moving?
March 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am
The article just says “Southern California”… But I can only assume they’re moving to Rancho Cucamonga. Are you planning on TPing their house?