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buzzycrumbhunger

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11. My daughter lived in Portland a few years ago...
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:55 PM
Sep 21

… much of that time homeless (she’d gone there at the invitation of a lame online “friend,” who soon booted her out because she interfered with her sex cam biz *eyeroll*).

She reported that the homeless situation was insane, but even worse was the pre-MAGA hatemongers. She said on Saturdays, the KKK roamed around offering KKKandy bars (yes, that’s how they were labeled) to homeless kids and tried to lure them into their sphere. A little research showed that this area was heavily settled by KKK goons, which makes it especially weird that it’s more recently become a beacon to fringe-y, often very cool kids.

She loved the city, loved the public transit, but the place is insanely expensive and the racist underbelly scared the shit out of her.

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No roving gangs, but a whole lot of homeless people. Sneederbunk Sep 21 #1
it is disturbing how so many folk are SO easy to manipulate Skittles Sep 21 #2
I was in Portland a few weeks ago sdfernando Sep 21 #3
Same with San Francisco lame54 Sep 21 #12
Oh, good. I'm going through Portland in 2 weeks. Turbineguy Sep 21 #4
A few years ago, I visited Sweden. My maga relative was full of stories about Scrivener7 Sep 21 #5
That image is still pushed..that Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, UK are Muslim enclaves BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 21 #9
And France. n/t ReRe Sep 21 #15
Yes... youtube videos paint Europe cities as Islamic hellholes, blue usa cities as crime filled ghettoes BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 22 #20
And yet Finland, Denmark and Sweeden are the happiest countries. Norbert Sep 22 #22
They really do live in an alternate reality Tesha Sep 21 #6
Maybe they'll all get so scared they'll stop voting. yardwork Sep 22 #23
Tell her she needs to go onto the ANTIFA website and register for a special temporary membership. Xavier Breath Sep 21 #7
If she likes chicken, tell her she has to try The Gilt Club! Abolishinist Sep 21 #8
One of my favorite cities. I was up there for a flm festival last month. tinrobot Sep 21 #10
My daughter lived in Portland a few years ago... buzzycrumbhunger Sep 21 #11
Great!! She'll have the opportunity to find she's been lied to by her right wing media sources. aeromanKC Sep 21 #13
Ermergerd! The roving bands of hippies! They might give you flowers or someting! tclambert Sep 21 #14
Go to Powell's Books and the nearby 24 Hour Church of Elvis. Got arrested for only time in life in Portland. PufPuf23 Sep 21 #16
Powell's Books is one of my favorite places in the world. hunter Sep 21 #18
Your neighbor would be absolutely terrified of the world my wife and I live and work in. hunter Sep 21 #17
Has the downtown area changed? Tree Lady Sep 21 #19
And here I thought Portland was famous for Voodoo Donuts and Powell's Book Store. sinkingfeeling Sep 22 #21
That's how they control people. When I was 13, we moved to GA Iris Sep 22 #24
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