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alright this is my final straw, downvote me
I moved to Corvallis for school but I always wanted to move back but today was the final straw. I lived in the Portland area for 5 years.
After several times having my car broken into, and watching the city become the way it is now gradually over the last years I've been in Oregon. I always had hope, but now I'm no longer willing so sit around and wait for that hope to happen
Today I was literally just driving in SE Portland. Speed limit was 30, I don't even think I was going 30 because I had GPS on because I was in an unfamiliar area. I hit a fucking manhole cover and somehow it popped my fucking tire. Thanks portland. A damn manhole cover on a somewhat busier street too. But by golly we need to make sure the homeless people have foil and straws
The other day when I was driving on Sandy the fucking traffic lights weren't working on one side but they were on the other. So while I was going like 45mph another car turned left in front of me almost killing us both because he was treating it like a 4 way stop. Thanks Portland.
Oh and two years ago I was driving on 82nd and hit a pothole bad enough that it fucked my alignment. I was going like 25. Thanks Portland.
I really hope the city gets its shit together but I'm no longer willing to stick around and find out.
Downvote me all you want. I know didn't even need to make this post but I'm pissed
I had a lady emerge from a bush while I was walking to my car after picking up groceries. She had a knife in one hand and a blow torch in the other and was glaring as she shuffled along, obviously out of her mind. It was TERRIFYING. There’s no way to deescalate someone like that who is carrying weapons. As a woman I actually get angry that I can’t just pick up groceries without EXTRA vigilance than I already have. So defeating. I see people on other threads getting annoyed that we didn’t give measure 110 an adequate go. Sorry but this isn’t Panama. People on fentanyl aren’t capable of choosing to to get clean and it isn’t fair to everyone paying for this experiment in our taxes to be put in so much danger, have our quality of life so severely diminished so you can feel better about yourselves. If you think this stuffs working and it’s not that big of a deal… you live a privileged life, some of us feel KEENLY how terrible things have gotten.
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