Originally Posted by
MisterV
"Stumptown" is the old nick name for Portland, Oregon, once a thriving logging area and still a port city.
As an interesting aside: back in the day there were bars on the riverfront here with tunnels from the basement to the wharf; drunken patrons would be knocked out and dragged through the tunnels and put involuntarily on ships, i.e. they were shanghaied.