I will elaborate: I lived in Portland until approximately 2 years ago, close to the river. I volunteered on one occasion with some activists at this event: htt

I will elaborate: I lived in Portland until approximately 2 years ago, close to the river. I volunteered on one occasion with some activists at this event: https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/09/springwater_corridor_homeless.amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.oregonlive.com/portlan... I am no saint. It was a short walk from my office. But the whole thing was disgusting, heartbreaking. This was a bad situation on many fronts, and nothing like a solution on any side, but the idea was to get cyclists who enjoyed this nature path to stop complaining. This is the gist of how the city has dealt with the problem for many years. I was pleased to see someone else on HN mention it but I wasn’t surprised. It’s hard to miss on a visit. I lived there for 8 years. Of course some of the homeless come from other places but an enormous amount of them come from Portland. I have seen children sleeping on cardboard under Morrison bridge one night. 2 children with their parents. They were not there for long only because they were strategically camping in a very lit spot at a busy traffic light. But my point is the city is very irresponsible in their dealings with the problem. The city only cares about new development and bringing more wealthy folk to town. The loopholes they allow landlords to use for building-wide evictions are supposedly part of what has exacerbated the problem. I do not know all the specifics.