All good. I’m thrilled with the plans. But there’s one thing no farmers market nor reopened green space will accomplish if we are willing to overlook the overwhelming presence of bend over stupor, squalor, and urban decay.
I’m not particularly energized to go out and pick up human waste while paying the highest taxes. That is not my job- and shouldn’t be anyone’s job- for that matter. Taking back the streets will take more then first Thursday, or not ticketing people parking to attend it.
Why is the drug addled swamp by the ASA apartments by the Safeway the disaster it is? Why is there not a daily chain of residents there DEMANDING these threats to our safety are removed?
Have we become this compliant and indifferent to the daily offensive that we’re going to believe we’re actually ‘taking back’ our city by opening a restaurant?
It’s a daily slap in the face walking these city blocks. I think it’s high time people responsible for this mess get slapped into reality.
Poor Pearl...poor Portland. Even the Lace Doily Revolutionaries in the DSA can't come up with much beyond the margins... foie gras and masked cops for the peacocks; grass for the doggies and overpriced hippie produce for the rest.
I hate to say it, but that auditorium was full of nice people who, sadly, are marooned in the Pearl. The condo market is in the dumper and mortgages are at 6-points. You can run...but how much of a financial haircut are you prepared to take to go somewhere where the feral aren't catered to, where politics isn't insane, where PBOT isn't scattering road candy, where there's no arts tax, and if you're the right race, you'll make bank.
If Trump's guy at the Fed can bring down interest rates...watch out. The history of America is full of people packing up and moving out when the going gets tough. The local boosters who are arguing themselves into believing that this is the Best of All Possible Towns will be the last to leave.
I would like to to think we’re on the same page(?) but imagine me, fitting in w the demographic of an aging single person looking for a manageable walkable city, being priced out of NYC, and rural communities not where i imagined myself without family.
I moved around my entire life, notably from the Netherlands in the 80’s. This town strangely reminded me of Rotterdam… till I moved here, paid for my nice apartment and I realized it’s more reminiscent of New Delhi, the bad areas.
Yes, it was energizing. Great to see Olivia and Eric there (of course Mitch was a no-show). My one concern was the assumption that more tents would not appear once the shelter was closed. This seems more hope than strategy. We should have a proactive to plan to deal with this - not that I have one off the top of my head but I would be happy to put my head together with others to help figure this out. We don't want tents to surge and have Mayor Wilson give us a "you got what you asked for" look.
After the meeting I decided to grab a bite at Jojo’s on 13th.
I picked out a seat by the window, only to be faced with a woman taking of her clothes and licking the window.
Soon there after ( without me mentioning it to the staff) every blind in that establishment were drawn, confusion about wether the restaurant was even open ensued, and it was one of those meals where you wish you had gone home and hide-trying to muffle the random screams from outside.
A lot of koolaide. Good for positive efforts- applause, applause.
AND-- what about safety and cleanliness?
WHY would ppl who live outside pdx ever come to the Pearl? For what? Drugs? To clean feces? To walk around tents (supposidely illegal now..🙄)? Or to navigate /ignore ppl sleeping on sidewalks, in doorways w/ out tents.
Come on Portland!!! Farmer's mkts, art events, etc. are distractions to the real issues. Snap out of your koolaide induced high.
Two 10 lbs dogs trying to not get tangled up in a leash in an uncrowded fields park and letting go off that leash for 5 min and being threatened by ranger with a $150 fine, the need to take my picture and a hostile demand for ID. You got to be kidding me. YOU GOT TO BE ACTUALLY not based in reality and not see the guy in a fentanyl bend 2 ft away. EARTH TO PORTLAND. I’m beyond mad. See how far you can push tax paying, rule abiding, charity giving individuals.
All good. I’m thrilled with the plans. But there’s one thing no farmers market nor reopened green space will accomplish if we are willing to overlook the overwhelming presence of bend over stupor, squalor, and urban decay.
I’m not particularly energized to go out and pick up human waste while paying the highest taxes. That is not my job- and shouldn’t be anyone’s job- for that matter. Taking back the streets will take more then first Thursday, or not ticketing people parking to attend it.
Why is the drug addled swamp by the ASA apartments by the Safeway the disaster it is? Why is there not a daily chain of residents there DEMANDING these threats to our safety are removed?
Have we become this compliant and indifferent to the daily offensive that we’re going to believe we’re actually ‘taking back’ our city by opening a restaurant?
It’s a daily slap in the face walking these city blocks. I think it’s high time people responsible for this mess get slapped into reality.
Poor Pearl...poor Portland. Even the Lace Doily Revolutionaries in the DSA can't come up with much beyond the margins... foie gras and masked cops for the peacocks; grass for the doggies and overpriced hippie produce for the rest.
I hate to say it, but that auditorium was full of nice people who, sadly, are marooned in the Pearl. The condo market is in the dumper and mortgages are at 6-points. You can run...but how much of a financial haircut are you prepared to take to go somewhere where the feral aren't catered to, where politics isn't insane, where PBOT isn't scattering road candy, where there's no arts tax, and if you're the right race, you'll make bank.
If Trump's guy at the Fed can bring down interest rates...watch out. The history of America is full of people packing up and moving out when the going gets tough. The local boosters who are arguing themselves into believing that this is the Best of All Possible Towns will be the last to leave.
But leave they will.
I would like to to think we’re on the same page(?) but imagine me, fitting in w the demographic of an aging single person looking for a manageable walkable city, being priced out of NYC, and rural communities not where i imagined myself without family.
I moved around my entire life, notably from the Netherlands in the 80’s. This town strangely reminded me of Rotterdam… till I moved here, paid for my nice apartment and I realized it’s more reminiscent of New Delhi, the bad areas.
Yes, it was energizing. Great to see Olivia and Eric there (of course Mitch was a no-show). My one concern was the assumption that more tents would not appear once the shelter was closed. This seems more hope than strategy. We should have a proactive to plan to deal with this - not that I have one off the top of my head but I would be happy to put my head together with others to help figure this out. We don't want tents to surge and have Mayor Wilson give us a "you got what you asked for" look.
On Sunday 4/19, there were 4 tents at NW 21st/NW Irving.
After the meeting I decided to grab a bite at Jojo’s on 13th.
I picked out a seat by the window, only to be faced with a woman taking of her clothes and licking the window.
Soon there after ( without me mentioning it to the staff) every blind in that establishment were drawn, confusion about wether the restaurant was even open ensued, and it was one of those meals where you wish you had gone home and hide-trying to muffle the random screams from outside.
A lot of koolaide. Good for positive efforts- applause, applause.
AND-- what about safety and cleanliness?
WHY would ppl who live outside pdx ever come to the Pearl? For what? Drugs? To clean feces? To walk around tents (supposidely illegal now..🙄)? Or to navigate /ignore ppl sleeping on sidewalks, in doorways w/ out tents.
Come on Portland!!! Farmer's mkts, art events, etc. are distractions to the real issues. Snap out of your koolaide induced high.
Two 10 lbs dogs trying to not get tangled up in a leash in an uncrowded fields park and letting go off that leash for 5 min and being threatened by ranger with a $150 fine, the need to take my picture and a hostile demand for ID. You got to be kidding me. YOU GOT TO BE ACTUALLY not based in reality and not see the guy in a fentanyl bend 2 ft away. EARTH TO PORTLAND. I’m beyond mad. See how far you can push tax paying, rule abiding, charity giving individuals.