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So my other place is in Yamhill which is even more extreme, but basically all counties surrounding Multnomah are full of people who swear they haven't stepped f
by noduerme 3y ago
So my other place is in Yamhill which is even more extreme, but basically all counties surrounding Multnomah are full of people who swear they haven't stepped foot in Portland since 2019 and will never go back because it's, according to them (who don't visit), a "I'm sorry you live in that shithole" level shithole. Which is obviously absurd. But that's how extreme the urban/suburban divide is here.
- the-rc 3y agoEven before the economic divide, there might be mental issues at play, but the article goes there only very briefly, when mentioning identity. I don't know this Turchin guy, but you can't always explain everything with just numbers. Did he really say that people are deemed "deplorables" due to economic or education status, as this blog implies? I'm sure anyone can think of plenty of people with multiple degrees and millions in the bank who are horrible humans, sociopaths, inveterate narcissists or any combination of those.
- johngossman 3y agoSame in Seattle. I walk around my neighborhood, get coffee, talk to people working in their gardens, pet friendly cats, it’s quiet at night, I go to Jazz Alley, then walk home around Lake Union. My friends from rural Washington ask me how I can stand to live in Seattle. They literally try to convince me that I’m wrong to believe it isn’t a hellhole. Of course, they turn me down when I suggest they come visit. Come to think of it, when I suggest a roadtrip to Portland, some of my Seattle friends look at me in horror too. It’s surreal—even intelligent people prefer to believe what they see in the news and on social media to their lived experience.