“How easy is it to live in your city?” According to Real Simple Magazine, Portland is the second (yup, that’s 2nd) most easy-living city in America.

But what does that mean?

“Takeout on every corner. Easy access to a doctor. Timed traffic lights. These conveniences can ease even the most chaotic days.”

They measured things like average commute, physicians per capita, wireless availability, recycling access, farmers markets, and restaurants offering take-out.

Here’s what they said about Portland: “It’s no hassle getting around this town, whether by bike or on the nation’s fourth-largest light-rail system. There are few airport delays, and speedy emergency services translate to one of the highest cardiac-arrest survival rates. And finding lunch is easy, with about 450 gourmet food carts around the city. “I could hit 100 carts in an hour,” says Brett Burmeister, who runs Foodcartsportland.com. “It takes less than five minutes to get a cheap, amazing lunch.”

Agents in our office completely agree. With hundreds of wonderful restaurants, doctors, shops, bike lanes and tons to do in all corners of the metro-area, we’ve found it incredibly easy to live here.

We’re proud to be one of the easy-to-access neighborhood real estate resources for you or your friends. Now if you don’t mind, we’re going to make a massage appointment, pick up some falafel sandwiches and hop the bus down the street to the Lucky Lab.