1 million Portlanders by 2045 🌲🌧️🦫🚲🚇
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Portland should aim for a minimum 2% average annual growth rate. People already want to live in Portland, we just need to make it cheap and easy to build homes. 🏗️🏙️🌲🚲🦫
$30 to Liberal Currents
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
$30 to Liberal Currents
"""Bus rapid transit""" (service every half hour)
There is no better car advertisement than spending 30 minutes waiting on a bus.
There is no better car advertisement than spending 30 minutes waiting on a bus.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
"""Bus rapid transit""" (service every half hour)
There is no better car advertisement than spending 30 minutes waiting on a bus.
There is no better car advertisement than spending 30 minutes waiting on a bus.
I don't think it's worked in Seattle
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don't think it's worked in Seattle
Industry, CA lol
These borders are so stupid lmao
These borders are so stupid lmao
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Industry, CA lol
These borders are so stupid lmao
These borders are so stupid lmao
Do it.
Another bucket bike option you could consider is Virtue Cycles. It's the most affordable e-front loader I've seen by a mile... and it's really cute.
I haven't had a chance to ride one yet though, so not sure it's worth buying!
Another bucket bike option you could consider is Virtue Cycles. It's the most affordable e-front loader I've seen by a mile... and it's really cute.
I haven't had a chance to ride one yet though, so not sure it's worth buying!
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Do it.
Another bucket bike option you could consider is Virtue Cycles. It's the most affordable e-front loader I've seen by a mile... and it's really cute.
I haven't had a chance to ride one yet though, so not sure it's worth buying!
Another bucket bike option you could consider is Virtue Cycles. It's the most affordable e-front loader I've seen by a mile... and it's really cute.
I haven't had a chance to ride one yet though, so not sure it's worth buying!
They're asking for... a lot of cash.
Clearly 4 plexes ain't gonna cut it in the Inner Eastside. Gotta get up to 6 floors!
Clearly 4 plexes ain't gonna cut it in the Inner Eastside. Gotta get up to 6 floors!
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
They're asking for... a lot of cash.
Clearly 4 plexes ain't gonna cut it in the Inner Eastside. Gotta get up to 6 floors!
Clearly 4 plexes ain't gonna cut it in the Inner Eastside. Gotta get up to 6 floors!
It'd have some... slow segments, but it wouldn't cost hardly nothing to make Union-St Helens 110mph on the fairly straight ROW. Broaden a few curves and upgrade the grade crossings.
Fast and slow could average out to a decent medium.
Fast and slow could average out to a decent medium.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It'd have some... slow segments, but it wouldn't cost hardly nothing to make Union-St Helens 110mph on the fairly straight ROW. Broaden a few curves and upgrade the grade crossings.
Fast and slow could average out to a decent medium.
Fast and slow could average out to a decent medium.
The only reason me and my fiance can even consider buying a home in Portland is thanks to the "Portland special." ~6 modest townhouse units on a 50' lot. They're only being built in RM1 & CM2 zones, mostly East of 60th.
They have serious tradeoffs tho, with no bike storage being the biggest for us
They have serious tradeoffs tho, with no bike storage being the biggest for us
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The only reason me and my fiance can even consider buying a home in Portland is thanks to the "Portland special." ~6 modest townhouse units on a 50' lot. They're only being built in RM1 & CM2 zones, mostly East of 60th.
They have serious tradeoffs tho, with no bike storage being the biggest for us
They have serious tradeoffs tho, with no bike storage being the biggest for us
Some of the most valuable greenfield land in the world, a short walk from a brand new Metro station... and they did this with it???
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Some of the most valuable greenfield land in the world, a short walk from a brand new Metro station... and they did this with it???
Love that Hawaii has at least 1 state senator that isn't afraid to post a picture of Hong Kong on their website as an aspirational image.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Love that Hawaii has at least 1 state senator that isn't afraid to post a picture of Hong Kong on their website as an aspirational image.
I stan Stanley Chang's Aloha Homes proposal for 1k home super acre around Honolulu metro stations.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I stan Stanley Chang's Aloha Homes proposal for 1k home super acre around Honolulu metro stations.
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
The closest we got is the inner SE infrastructure study.
It projects that under the study's higher density scenario there would be 40k homes built in the inner east side over the next 20 years out of a theoretical capacity of 144k homes.
It projects that under the study's higher density scenario there would be 40k homes built in the inner east side over the next 20 years out of a theoretical capacity of 144k homes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The closest we got is the inner SE infrastructure study.
It projects that under the study's higher density scenario there would be 40k homes built in the inner east side over the next 20 years out of a theoretical capacity of 144k homes.
It projects that under the study's higher density scenario there would be 40k homes built in the inner east side over the next 20 years out of a theoretical capacity of 144k homes.
By mid-century these 3 circled areas should each have 100k more homes in them than they have today.
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
By mid-century these 3 circled areas should each have 100k more homes in them than they have today.
Build approximately 100,000 homes here please
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Build approximately 100,000 homes here please
Take them to West Linn
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Take them to West Linn
I'm kinda on board with allowing robo-taxis, but only in the condition that we tax the shit out of them to discourage their use down to a reasonable level.
Another condition is that a weird-little-freak-robot-guy must be put in the front seat like in Total Recall.
Another condition is that a weird-little-freak-robot-guy must be put in the front seat like in Total Recall.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm kinda on board with allowing robo-taxis, but only in the condition that we tax the shit out of them to discourage their use down to a reasonable level.
Another condition is that a weird-little-freak-robot-guy must be put in the front seat like in Total Recall.
Another condition is that a weird-little-freak-robot-guy must be put in the front seat like in Total Recall.
Gresham's downtown has quite a lot of cute old buildings, and a couple of newer ones that I think look quite nice. I will defend Gresham from slander, there are much worse suburbs in the Metro.
That said, my favorite Gresham building is of course the really uggo faux-dutch(?) 5/1 on Civic Drive.
That said, my favorite Gresham building is of course the really uggo faux-dutch(?) 5/1 on Civic Drive.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Gresham's downtown has quite a lot of cute old buildings, and a couple of newer ones that I think look quite nice. I will defend Gresham from slander, there are much worse suburbs in the Metro.
That said, my favorite Gresham building is of course the really uggo faux-dutch(?) 5/1 on Civic Drive.
That said, my favorite Gresham building is of course the really uggo faux-dutch(?) 5/1 on Civic Drive.
2 bedroom home in a 4 story apartment building with 1 external stairway and an elevator. Not a walkable location, but the view is gorgeous.
Would ideally find a unit in a 6 floor building though.
Seattle's database of short term rentals makes this search pretty easy.
Would ideally find a unit in a 6 floor building though.
Seattle's database of short term rentals makes this search pretty easy.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
2 bedroom home in a 4 story apartment building with 1 external stairway and an elevator. Not a walkable location, but the view is gorgeous.
Would ideally find a unit in a 6 floor building though.
Seattle's database of short term rentals makes this search pretty easy.
Would ideally find a unit in a 6 floor building though.
Seattle's database of short term rentals makes this search pretty easy.
The release of the discussion draft has now been pushed back to December.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The release of the discussion draft has now been pushed back to December.
God I wish I could say Portland...
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
God I wish I could say Portland...
Straight up criminal that Indianapolis hasn't built out an S-Bahn system.
I would kill for Portland to have such a robust legacy network, let alone that robust trunk through the core of the city.
I would kill for Portland to have such a robust legacy network, let alone that robust trunk through the core of the city.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Straight up criminal that Indianapolis hasn't built out an S-Bahn system.
I would kill for Portland to have such a robust legacy network, let alone that robust trunk through the core of the city.
I would kill for Portland to have such a robust legacy network, let alone that robust trunk through the core of the city.
If Indiana ever has a good state government (big if), then they can get to work on leveraging the phenomenal legacy rail network for a regional rail system.
(Really wish ORM showed abandoned ROW at lower zoom level, the ROW to Carmel doesn't show up unless you zoom way in)
(Really wish ORM showed abandoned ROW at lower zoom level, the ROW to Carmel doesn't show up unless you zoom way in)
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If Indiana ever has a good state government (big if), then they can get to work on leveraging the phenomenal legacy rail network for a regional rail system.
(Really wish ORM showed abandoned ROW at lower zoom level, the ROW to Carmel doesn't show up unless you zoom way in)
(Really wish ORM showed abandoned ROW at lower zoom level, the ROW to Carmel doesn't show up unless you zoom way in)