We were in Portland for a friend's wedding and stayed at Chad's place. The studio is located in a quiet neighborhood, next to a light rail station. It took us about thirty minutes to get to downtown Portland by public transit. There was no quick way to get to NE Portland by public transit (at least according to our maps apps) but that was hardly a problem, we just took a Lyft ride there which was about $10. The place was also walking distance (about 15 minutes) from the Mississippi street which had shops, restaurants, book stores, and so on.
The place itself was very well designed. If I was single and living in a studio I would take this place as an inspiration. It had a small kitchen with everything we needed to fix a quick breakfast. It had a record player and board games. It even had an Apple TV so we could login to our Showtime account and catch up on the latest episode of Twin Peaks on Sunday.
Great place—next time I'm in Portland I'll definitely try Chad's studio first.