Portland's loveliest neighborhood is a hillside enclave of brick town houses, elegant gardens and stately mansions, some of which date from the neighborhood's founding in 1836. This is a fairly mixed community along the gay-straight, young-elderly divide, with smaller pockets of working-class families living amid their higher-mortgage-paying neighbors. There's cultural diversity, some of Portland's best B&Bs and the scenic Western Promenade , a grassy pathway with fine views over the harbor.
