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It was always fun walking through down town at lunch time and snapping pictures, capturing the good and the sad of what was once a thriving downtown drawing all sorts of people and businesses. However, sadly over the past few years with the local politicians neglecting their civic duties and law enforcement having their hands tied for the sake of political points, the town has fallen into a degenerate state with record crime, homelessness, drugs, gangs and just about anything that says "stay away".
You hear a lot about San Francisco and Los Angeles. But don't forget about it's neighboring state just up north.
Many of the pictures here depict the people of Portland 10 years ago or more thus owing it's "Keep Portland Weired" motto in part to the people you see here.
Mike! Other wise known as the Blue man on 7th and 7th.
I would talk with Mike just about every time I walked down town. Always had something to say about the government and local politicians. Mike would like to stand on the corner of Broadway near pioneer square and speak his mind. He was the Unofficial "Town Crier".
One day he told me he could really do with a megaphone so he could be heard. needless to say, a few days later Amazon Prime delivered one to me and I gave it to him the next day and sure enough, he put it to use almost immediately. 📣
Young people claiming to be homeless and outside of a food bank.
Fore the most part, a friendly group just living day to day. I wonder where they are today and if they turned their lives around. It's been 13 years since I took this photograph.
Remember Occupy Wall street ? This brought out a lot of the young Portlanders who apparently have time to camp and protest but not hold a job and complain about income, rich people, and corporations.
Ironically, most of them had i-phones created by one of the biggest corporations in the world, tents provided by corporate retailers and all other sorts of chattels which makes life more pleasant and convenient for them these days. The hypocrisy is off the scale.
I particularly, love the businessman walking down the sidewalk looking in disbelief of what todays society has turned into.
The economy affects everyone and every industry. In this particular case the fashion industry. As the sign clearly states, an Unemployed Super model. Today, the signs are a lot different without any sense of humor and darker side to them as so many of the homeless, junkies, gangs and drug dealers have been drawn to the Portland Metro area from other locations because of local politicians not enforcing laws and ignoring crime. Thus opening the flood doors to a more sinister side of the homelessness in Oregon. Seattle is even worse.