Current Events > Are the people from Portland, Oregon out of their damn minds?

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So glad I moved out of that city in 2011. Place sounds like hell and can't believe normal citizens are capable of getting around and living normal lives with this kind of atmosphere. Prove me wrong.

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youre not wrong

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Who puts a port on land, anyway?

My brother lives there, I went to visit him last year and it was pretty sad to see what the city has become. Even the traditional restaurants and stuff I loved visiting when I was a kid and I went to see him were all swapped out for like some worse version of their previous selves, it was weird.

I don't know how he still lives there, think it's because his wife's family is in the area.

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Hexenherz posted...

My brother lives there, I went to visit him last year and it was pretty sad to see what the city has become. Even the traditional restaurants and stuff I loved visiting when I was a kid and I went to see him were all swapped out for like some worse version of their previous selves, it was weird.

I don't know how he still lives there, think it's because his wife's family is in the area.

What do you mean by worse versions?

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Portland shows how much hate a city can breed over a relatively short amount of time.

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I drove through the city recently. And it looked gorgeous from the highway. But after a while more and more homeless people, tents, vehicles started to appear.

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All I remember is the huge homeless camps

But I love Oregon

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AdrianBeterson posted...

What do you mean by worse versions?

I'm assuming gentrification has taken it's toll on the city.

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AdrianBeterson posted...

What do you mean by worse versions?

Well I was only there for a brief amount of time so I didn't get to see all of the old haunts, just based on what my brother said, stuff like Rocco's Pizza shut down/became some more uppity pizzeria (looking it up that happened apparently like 10 years ago, jeezus I haven't been there in ages).

Still loved the people though, and liked being in a town where businesses openly advertised their hatred for Nazis and support for minorities and stuff. Don't see a lot of that in Maryland >_>

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Hexenherz posted...

Well I was only there for a brief amount of time so I didn't get to see all of the old haunts, just based on what my brother said, stuff like Rocco's Pizza shut down/became some more uppity pizzeria (looking it up that happened apparently like 10 years ago, jeezus I haven't been there in ages).

Still loved the people though, and liked being in a town where businesses openly advertised their hatred for Nazis and support for minorities and stuff. Don't see a lot of that in Maryland >_>

What part of Maryland are you in?? I'm close to the DC area and support for minorities and BLM is huge. Every other neighbor has a BLM sign and neighbors are diverse and super chill. So I'm surprised at your comment. But I can imagine other parts of Maryland might not be that way. I'm just curious, that's all.

Just by Annapolis. Also haven't gotten out much since the lockdowns began so I'm kind of insulated. Since you mention it there was a BLM protest by a church in my area a couple months ago, was pretty cool. Just like a dozen or so people on a small residential road by a church but I thought it was still a good sight.

Also maybe just never noticed it here, but when I was in the Seattle Airport they had gender free bathrooms advertised as safe spaces and in Portland the shops had anti-Nazi stickers up and "We welcome <list of everyone else>" signs.

Haven't seen a lot of that in MD but probably am not looking hard enough. Also this was before all the protesting began this year so maybe things changed here, too. I have been reading how they are dedicating / dedicated a mural to Breonna Taylor in Annapolis.

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a friend of mine lives in the portland area - minutes from where i grew up 20+ years back, actually - and he says that the state of affairs in portland proper is not nearly as bad as it looks

he hypothesizes that the turbulence is probably confined to a small area, and blown out of proportion by the media

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As someone who used to live there, the people from there are generally fine. The implants are the problem

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lmao I live 15 minutes from the protests. Tales of the city being overran are absurdly exaggerated.

homelessness is always gonna be an issue in areas where one can live outdoors virtually year round

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Tell me, is it still a bad idea to be a white person walking down any part of Rockwood? Particularly where the MAX runs?

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Shit is crazy, but not as crazy as the media tells you.

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BeantownHero posted...

lmao I live 15 minutes from the protests. Tales of the city being overran are absurdly exaggerated.

homelessness is always gonna be an issue in areas where one can live outdoors virtually year round

so chaz never happened..... k.

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myzz7 posted...

so chaz never happened..... k.

that was in seattle, not portland.

also chaz was also one small area

weekoldhotdog posted...

Tell me, is it still a bad idea to be a white person walking down any part of Rockwood? Particularly where the MAX runs?

ahhh so that's what this topic is about

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