I haven't been to Portland in quite a few years. It was before COVID, and before the big spike in reports of homeless squatters on sidewalks and other public spaces. The city prides itself on being weird, but that weirdness includes a streak of authoritarianism masquerading as compassion. What annoys me most about the "left" is that while I can agree with them on a lot of problems, I fundamentally clash with their diagnoses or prescribed remedies. Same for the "right," actually, but that's another topic for another day. I remember a Portlandian expatriate to my small town expounding at length on the degeneracy she fled. I don't know how much to believe, and how much was stereotypical conservative boomer outrage, but I know there are real problems there for sure.
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The friend of mine that lived there and quietly moved away said that the homeless would be bussed in from Cali. Not sure how true that is but it was what he said.
I'm with you on the "solutions" provided by left AND right. I don't think either side is really interested in helping anyone, just preserving and expanding their own power while pretending to give a damn.