Unbelievable how far this town has fallen. Keep Portland weird, hey? This is why I am super-alert to surroundings and people when out in public now in Portland. I don’t seek out interactions with homeless people the way this guide does, but sometimes it just happens. I had a chance conversation a few months back with a homeless man and his wife who were begging for spare change at an intersection. I was on my way to work, riding my bike, and we ended up chatting while the light was red.
He said that they had just left Denver, Colorado because the fentanyl problem was so bad there that they just had to get away. He said that now it felt like they had jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. And then while we were talking he pointed out that the passenger IN THE CAR NEXT TO ME was in fact lighting up with fentanyl at that moment! I turned my head, and sure enough, the dude was heating something in a foil packet.
The video mentions violence within the camps, violence against women, and violence against people like Kevin the social worker. It does not mention the gun violence that is off the charts in ordinary neighborhoods. I hear about daylight shootings in everyday neighborhoods every day, with multiple victims. It used to be that one could feel relatively safe if you didn’t go out late at night, or drive through certain known trouble areas. Now you keep your mouth shut when someone cuts you off in traffic, or thinks you looked at them funny in the park. You just walk away quickly. I can’t wait to get out of Portland, and leave it to the crazies who voted for and cheered on these social policies.
Defense.gov News Photo 110426-A-7597S-183: U.S. Special Operations service members with Special Operations Task Force South board two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters following a clearing operation in Panjwa'i district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. Source: Wikimedia.
Unbelievable how far this town has fallen. Keep Portland weird, hey? This is why I am super-alert to surroundings and people when out in public now in Portland. I don’t seek out interactions with homeless people the way this guide does, but sometimes it just happens. I had a chance conversation a few months back with a homeless man and his wife who were begging for spare change at an intersection. I was on my way to work, riding my bike, and we ended up chatting while the light was red.
He said that they had just left Denver, Colorado because the fentanyl problem was so bad there that they just had to get away. He said that now it felt like they had jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. And then while we were talking he pointed out that the passenger IN THE CAR NEXT TO ME was in fact lighting up with fentanyl at that moment! I turned my head, and sure enough, the dude was heating something in a foil packet.
The video mentions violence within the camps, violence against women, and violence against people like Kevin the social worker. It does not mention the gun violence that is off the charts in ordinary neighborhoods. I hear about daylight shootings in everyday neighborhoods every day, with multiple victims. It used to be that one could feel relatively safe if you didn’t go out late at night, or drive through certain known trouble areas. Now you keep your mouth shut when someone cuts you off in traffic, or thinks you looked at them funny in the park. You just walk away quickly. I can’t wait to get out of Portland, and leave it to the crazies who voted for and cheered on these social policies.