Posted on 08/02/2020 6:13:53 PM PDT by Libloather
I concur that the memories will last a generation but the chaos and damage occurred in the area of a few square blocks; Portland and suburbs are quite large geographically. For most everyone outside downtown, covid restrictions are a bigger issue than the riots.
Portland’s city government has openly sided with terrorists and anarchists - no sane business person would attempt to engage in commerce in that environment.
Downtown Portland will be another Detroit for decades to come.
You mention Richmond, Minneapolis...but I think Portland and Seattle had the worst of the riots, or the worst of the press. When I think of the riots thats what the think of. And NYC.
A friend of mine says: “Voting Democrat has consequences”
And keeping Trump's feds away they forgot to say.
Why dont these kids just go get pizza and beer? More fun. And chicks too
Thats what I did at 25
Don’t forget New York. It will never be the same.
The restaurants in Portland are, or were, wonderful. My next-to-last trip there I found a magazine in my hotel room full of the new restaurants.
My daughter and I visited every one in the magazine and they were superb. Excellent talent, plus they really use the local ingredients, not just list the origin of everything on the menu as some classy NY restaurants do.
I would have gone back to a few of them on my last trip but she was on the coast, not in Portland, and the resort restaurants can’t compare by the way. They are the usual pretentious places, no real chefs.
The Portland is never coming back. Never.
A plan to fix the city by the guy who destroyed the city.
Makes as much sense as electing Biden to fix the 43 years of messes he created.
I had always wanted to visit Portland and Seattle. Now, just the opposite.
Yep. And Seattle is on the verge. If the riots spark up again that could finish them off.
LOL
don't take the brown acid
Exactly
Well, you de-funded your police and prevented them from doing their job while also lettign Anitfa (and the regular homes lees) live in parks, and graffiti and trash the city. Even if they clean it up, I don't see any sane business owned wanting to me in knowing that a week or year from now they city would turn a blind eye to the exact same problems.
I first started going to Portland over 50 years ago. I was impressed with the city and especially liked the touch of that elk statue downtown.
Elk statue destroyed and gone. Just like Portland
Did you make it to “Q” ? They just opened again - and honestly I’m surprised. So many times I said after eating there “this is the best thing I’ve ever eaten”.
There’s one on the coast near Salishan - “Side Door” I think. Not Q level but ok.
The best thing they can do for business is raise taxes. (Liberal mode)
Some cities never recovered from the 1960s riots—six decades later.
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