The apartment is nestled in the Hawthorne neighborhood, 10 minutes or less to most things in Portland. The unit is clean, well furnished and enough for a short city break like the one our family and I took this week. The only downside was that right on the other side of the wall is a skate park (Commonwealth Skateboarding) which played rather loud music (on one night it was a full on 4 band death metal line up), which was a little irritating, especially when putting our 7 year old to bed.