It’ll take 25 years to come back from this….but the local dimwits would need to elect law & order, pro-free market candidates first.
But that’s not going to happen. Portland will forever be a third world $hit hole
“ Portland will forever be a third world $hit hole”
There’s no longer any reason for it to exist. It’s not a big port, and logging, farm and mineral products are easily shipped by rail to ports that can handle large volumes of them. Seattle used to have some large industries, but the aircraft, aluminum, lumber, and software industries are drawing down there. Ship building is gone, as is most of the commercial fishing. What are Portland and Seattle left with? Needles and poop.
I lived in Seattle 40 years ago, and seriously thought about permanently settling there, but I’m glad I didn’t.