Anybody go to that huge Skateboard Competition that was here this past weekend? Ohhhhhh that’s right, we wouldn’t dare venture downtown. Nevermind.
Well, Portland to Coast - those people are obviously fleeing the hell-hole that is Portland. And Hood to Coast - that race is longer now - it goes to the East Coast, so as to avoid the hell-hole that is Portland. barfo
I, for one, am glad the Portlandia Bubble is over. My friends can afford to live in NW with me, traffic only stinks 4 hours a day instead of 6. And now my commute into work and home from work are easier because I live in Portland and work in Beaverton. People who like doing tax evasion move to Vancouver, and people who who are just saying that "he had some good ideas" move to Tigard. I live in Portland, sit on the front porch and watch folks walk by with their dogs and I don't have to look at a single Cybertruck.
I live in Seattle so I can’t talk too much shit about Portland. I really don’t like either very much though. Spent last weekend in Vegas(Summerlin to be exact) that’s probably my next move.
Hahha, that made me laugh legit. So wrong and missing the point. what has protesting every accomplishment? And what about the protests that turn into shit and they cause damage to property and buildings? Portland’s protests went on a lot longer more than any other state in the USA for the George Floyd protesting, for many days after all other states stopped…why is that huh? years ago that shit wasn’t going in at all. Protest, people in uproar about this and that was non existent or a lot less than it was today. Once again you completely missed the point.
Our friends in Portland all live in the city. They all love it there. Bicycle folks....one couple doesn't even own a car but rents them when needed...bought a condo downtown...other couple lives in Milwaukee very close to the bridge in a great neighborhood. We used to live in the burbs in Wilsonville.
What? Can’t believe I wasted time replying to you lol. Didn’t even counter back shit. You know the little protests outside of Moda center will happen if the pride night thing is no more. End of story
Once again, what has protesting ever accomplished? What about the ones that cause damage to business and property? That’s ok to you I guess huh. Silly. it’s a bad look how MUCH Portland does it and for the smallest dumbest reasons.
Locals in Hawaii say this everyday...the Haole's come here, get island fever and leave again. I'll bet people leaving Hawaii is a pretty high number...lot of people can't live long on an island without getting island fever. It's just too slow for a lot of folks who move there with illusions of island life.
Portland still has some nice clean areas, and it’s definitely not Portland as a whole. Happy valley is doing well and thriving for example. But let’s not act like many have had or will continue to have bad experiences in Portland too. Just look at those comments in the YouTube video I posted about the experiences of those people and why they left Portland. to each their own. But I think everyone agrees Portland isn’t the same as it was before.
I can't speak to that as I left there in 2001. It was too much urban sprawl for me way back then. My friends love city life. Me, not so much. Have to say no place is ever the same as it was before sadly
I don't even know how to respond to these questions. You literally said a few posts back we all need to search for things ourselves. I asked Google what protests have ever accomplished. AI was very complimentary (which you like to use as sources). Here is a good first read for you https://www.freedomforum.org/famous-protests/ Not all protests cause property damage.
Just came back from Ben Harper at Pioneer Square. Fun show. We survived our treacherous walk back to the car as well. Was so relieved. I'm gonna brave it again tomorrow night for The Roots, but feel like I'm pushing my luck.
Haha, you can’t answer those questions because you got your foot in your mouth. we can agree to disagree. No need to be going on and on. To each their own.
This sentence makes no sense. I mean even if you knew how to write it wouldn't make any sense. I believe you were asking "what has protesting ever accomplished?" I'll answer that question with a few examples from this last year. Three major universities that I know of (I'm sure there are more) divested from companies involved in supplying Israel arms because of protests on their campus. Two friends of mine got raises and went from having to pay for half of their health care premium to having the entire premium paid for by their employer the day after the workers staged a walkout for the second half of the day and stood outside their place of work with picket signs in protest. On a macro and historic level, there would probably still be segregation in the south if it weren't for protests and those protests have a lot to do with the abolishment of a lot of other Jim Crow laws. Women's suffrage protests were a large part of what got women the right to vote. Hell you pointed out the George Floyd protests; after those the amount of police departments in the US that require body cams went through the roof. Basically every time some group protests they are sure to accomplish one thing... they always bring attention to what they are protesting, maybe that attention is small and maybe it's big but protests get attention and sometimes attention is the only catalyst needed for change. So again, that sentence made no sense and even if you would have used the right words it still wouldn't have.
