[volunbeer]

The more $$$$ and services they offer the “homeless” along with no consequences for drug usage and crime the worse it will become. It is tragic. Portland was one of America’s most beautiful cities now it looks like the set of a bad zombie movie.

What is even more tragic to me is the age of the “homeless” population. Many of them are quite young in comparison to what we think of with “street people”. Fentanyl and meth usage are rampant and it wrecks their brains and bodies so badly you can’t tell if the mental illness came first or later after weeks, months, or years of this lifestyle.

[jonascord]

While I live close enough to Portland that I can save .40 per gallon if I fill up across the river in Oregon, (The spread here in Washington is from $3.98 to $4.75. Inslee jacked up the gas tax $0.50 per gallon on 1/1. Instead of all at once, the state has been charge more from the station owners in increments, and the price has been rising a dime every couple of weeks, since.), there are increasing numbers of "old" druggies, daily.

I believe it isn't the years, it's the mileage. 24/7 outdoor life, no hygiene, plus massive drug use, takes a toll on the body. Perhaps why medieval farmers were dying of old age at 35?