That's a little much, but I think the gist of it is, is be hyper vigilant when it comes to walking alone on the streets (urban areas). I always am watching whats going on around me when walking in the city. If there is a gang of seedy looking people I try to keep my distance, but not overly so. Just be perceptive of the situation that's all. You never know. I listen to Mult.Co dispatch daily and you'd be surprised how often there are bad things happening to people.
I work downtown, near Lloyd Center and the park adjacent to it. The max is a drug shuttle, and the homeless often lurk in the park there during the warmer months. They are sometimes overly aggressive with their panhandling, often annoying, and very dirty (they don't pick up their trash). However, that is also the behavior of some of the teens/kids that loiter there too. So, pick your poison. Just watch your back.
I have indeed. There are many different kinds of homeless people in Portland. The "street kids" are often middle class runaways from California.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/26/knockout-game-myth/3729635/ This is obviously a cover up job to hide the race wars raging in the streets.
regarding the bold part. I don't think that is true at all. BTH is everywhere along the west coast, and just by sheer population I think the bay area, and seattle both have/had more. It may have been cheaper though, I don't know about that.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.... Semantics whatever. You keep playing in your little burb-bubble. http://www.portlandmaps.com/maps/po...201 NE LLOYD BLVD&city=PORTLAND&ResultCount=1 Come down to Lloyd Center and enjoy the show.
Often times those dogs are violent (and hungry) towards strangers because they pick up the habits and attitude of their owners. (not all, but often). I've heard of plenty of dogs getting taken by animal control due to their aggressive behavior to pedestrians walking near the homeless people/owners.
I dunno how credible these articles are, but they reiterate what my point and what you cast doubt on. I'm not going to spend a ton of time looking for articles, but here are a few recent ones from after the problem has improved (after reaching a high point in 1999-2001). Read those and tell me I'm wrong. I spent two years working on a project related to Portland being considered the heroin capital of the US back in 2000-2001, including working with media and law enforcement. So, while you don't think it's true. It's a lot more true than you think. Consider yourself better educated now. There were a few articles that came out while I was working on project (Oregonian, Portland Tribune, and WW I believe) that referred to Portland being the teenage homeless capital of the US because it coincided with the availability of black tar heroin (and it being more readily available here than anywhere else, especially West Coast). https://sites.google.com/site/thecrescentonline/local/portland-is-heroin-capital-of-the-nw http://news.streetroots.org/2009/09/30/return-dragon-heroin-takes-over-portlands-streets http://www.citylivingseattle.com/main.asp?SectionID=22&SubSectionID=167&ArticleID=89324
Apparently you don't recall the LLoyd Center Mall commercial. In the center of the city....... Lloyd Center In the center of it all........ Lloyd Center The only Center in the center of the city..... Lloyd Center...... HAS IT ALL!
With the max, the street kids permeate the surrounding downtown areas as well. Hell they might actually make it out to the burbs since the panhandlers do so well out here.
Downtown: of, in, or characteristic of the central area or main business and commercial area of a town or city. It's close enough to be considered downtown, only separated by a river. The point was, I work in an area of high homelessness and crime where this shit could possibly happen more so than in other areas, thus you need to pay special attention to groups of homeless people, seedy looking characters, and urban high school kids.
