What does Portland need less of?

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less homeless

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Pessimism

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CD2.

It’s an exceptional place to live.
The homeless issue isn’t great, but you see more crazies per minute in most other cities (LA etc) than you do per day here.

Here’s a list of what makes PDX so amazing off the top of my head:

- easy life.
- incredible food.
- great breweries.
- super friendly people.
- Mountain / coast within 1hr 30.
- stunning vineyards in summer.
- 10 minute commute / 20 mins to anywhere.
- most relaxed airport in the world.
- fun sports teams, including best women’s soccer team in the world.
- bearable traffic.
- not 1000s of people everywhere.
- easy access to places like Hawaii, Canada, Cali etc.
- Did I mention the food?!

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Chili at strip clubs.

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I mean, it’s always been a taco joint, no?

Fake underground tours.

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Homeless

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Tents

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Protests.

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People moving here because it’s the hip new place to live. (Or at least it was 10 years ago).

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If you can remember when the waterfront area—where the tram is now—used to be a dirt lot where Cirque Du Soleil used to pitch their tent, congrats! You can be considered a local and can harken back to the good old days of this town.

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enabling crime by people and politicians

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Piercings.

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anarchists and contrarians

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Love it!

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