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… have backfired These policies have made longtime residents of very modest means so miserable they’re fleeing the city: ‘median listing home price in Portland, OR, was $525K in August 2025, trending down -2.6% year-over-year.’ (Zillow)

if you combine either preference with some knowledge of problems the city has brought on itself with policies that are backfiring. Some of the policies adopted with the best intentions and out of an abundance of empathy…

I grew up in Portland. Just so we’re on the same page: It’s fine to laugh AT its essential weirdness. It’s fine to laugh about their ‘weirdities’ WITH Portlanders. It’s probably best, though…

Holy Mother of God! That’s what passes for Christian morality in the 21st century?

😂