I’ve been visiting Portland since 2002. I knew all the old school business owners and locals. I was at Occupy Wall Street PDX. I lived there off and on for ten

I’ve been visiting Portland since 2002. I knew all the old school business owners and locals. I was at Occupy Wall Street PDX. I lived there off and on for ten years after 2008. For the first half I worked in Chinatown. For the second half I worked with police, hospitals, social workers, homeless shelters, etc. through Covid and the George Floyd riots. Cops still do stuff but their role has been limited by public opinion and they’re trying to keep crime stats low so the turn break-ins into welfare calls. The transplants after 2014ish turned Portland into a mess.