Progressive Seattle Times newspaper turns on Portland with op-ed warning Oregon city now looks like a LANDFILL site thanks to woke policies

Daily Mail ^ | 8/11/23 | Hope Sloop

[Libloather]

The progressive Seattle Times has issued a warning to residents of the city by turning on neighboring Portland, Oregon, referring to the city as 'a landfill.'

Columnist Jon Talton penned the piece, 'A tale of two cities: Portland offers a worrying example for Seattle,' writing that citizens should be concerned.

In the article, Talton shared that one person he spoke with said Portland 'looks like the road to the landfill and, in some areas, the landfill itself.'

The person who spoke with the author blamed the city's own 'preoccupations with grand abstractions such as 'social justice,' liberal policies, and high tax rates.

Seattle has long been compared to Portland due to their Pacific Northwest locations, climates, Democratic leadership, and recently, their drug and homelessness issues.

Many tourists visiting the Pacific Northwest visit both cities during a trip, with Seattle and Portland famed for their good food, grunge music scenes and lush green scenery, before crime, drugs and homelessness overran both locales.

The Seattle Times is a left-leaning publication, with its condemnation of Portland likely to provoke ire among residents of the Oregon city who've long considered their Washington neighbors friendly rivals.

In the article, Talton described Portland pre demise as a 'quirky, endearing city,' known for its walkable neighborhoods and youthful, vibrant districts.

'This was a city that cared about itself, going back decades,' the author wrote.

That quickly changed however as city politics centered around crime, drugs, and homelessness, devolved and turned the city into a hellscape for many residents.

Among the major issue facing Portlanders is how to solve their problems, with many Rose City residents vocal fans of anarchist politics which condemn almost all police activity.

'The split is between compassion and open arms and citizens affected by crime, garbage and encampments overflowing into sidewalks and neighborhoods.

[DownInFlames]

Fix the problem? Defunding the police along with liberal DAs have created anarchy. The only people who are criminalized now are those who fight back.

[logi_cal869]

Pot, meet kettle. /s

[llevrok]

It is not about the poor souls living on the streets nor the crime they bring

It is about social justice warriors expanding the reach of government in policies and the number or civil servants to carry them out.

In short, it is progressive self aggrandizement (what else would one expect from the narcissus generation??)

[RideForever]

Meanwhile, Seattle has a couple of cartels competing for the homeless to buy, sell, and steal for funds. That resulted in a major fire at one of the camps last month. Thanks to Soros’ prosecutors and a ‘woke’ joke of a Governor.