I grew up in Portland and know the hills where Joy lives reasonably well. This made walking up and down the stairs (and leaving the car behind) something we expected ourselves to do. Sure, you have to walk past a pretty busy set of roads once your are down the hillside, but not a real problem, and then you are downtown. Also really enjoyed walking over to the the Duniway park then over to the Marquam trails up to Council Crest and beyond. Oh, easiest market to get to, foot-wise, is down by PSU on SW Broadway.