I lived in Portland for 7 years. You can not imagine how different it is from the mid west where I grew up. I was born in Flint MI and I知 still waiting for my check for weaning on leaded water.
I could tell you things about Portland that you simply wouldn稚 believe. So I won稚. It痴 worse than you think.
I can say this......When I lived there, Portland was the #1 location for run away children. At the time it was also country痴 leader in child pornography. Kinda go together? The city fosters run aways and street people.
I have never been in a place where, generally speaking, the first thing outta most anyone痴 mouth is.....the govt should do something about this, or that, don稚 matter, always the govt.
Portland has a huge population of young people with nothin to do. Couple that with a general lack of any education, food stamps and moms basement and here痴 what you get.
Here痴 the best way I can describe Portland OR. Remember that movie, I believe it痴 called it痴 a wonderful life or something. Jimmy Stewart runs a savings and loan making mortgage loans to all the wonderful people in his little town. He痴 gonna commit suicide, the angle comes to show him what the town would be like had jimmy stewart never lived here. The town was called Potterville I think.
Bars, pawn shops, cat houses, general debauchery, falling apart, street people everywhere. That, IMHO, is a pretty accurate description of Portland OR. Oh yea, they have a rose garden.
This general ...LET THE GOVT DO IT attitude is lazy, stupid, pathetic and typical. I値l say it again, tell me one thing the govt does well. 20 years, I知 still waiting for 1 example.
I have a couple of found memories of Portland, the summers are nice.
My god,I知 currently watching the news, they are showing Salem Oregon, same, and these 20 something men are showing up with semi automatic rifles!!!!
