Can anyone explain why anarchism is so entrenched in Portland?

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[–]NeoRail[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Interesting. I didn't realise that Portland had a homeless problem too, I was under the impression that it was a successful, white collar, middle class city.

[–]TrabWhite Nationalist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly the entire west coast has tons of Homeless people, from Seattle to San Diego

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The homeless problem in portland is epic. Ive never seen so many tents in my life. Also, downtown is full of drug addicts roaming around like zombies.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It is full of middle class white collar folk who can be described as being "successful". I worked for some awesome dog breeders out there, and I lived with a tech guru.

It's just also a youth hotspot, so there are tons of apartments full of drug-riddled twenty-somethings, neighborhoods slowly losing their value, and I think there are laws that protect the homeless, so that is why there are so many there.

Also, they built that city right next to a volcano that hasn't gone off. I can't understand it, even though Mt. Hood is gorgeous and it looms over the city.

[–]NeoRail[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's just also a youth hotspot, so there are tons of apartments full of drug-riddled twenty-somethings

That probably explains the prevalence of anarchism there, then.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I would think so, and all of the old retired gang members. I didn't realize this at first, but they are successfully running legal weed out of the state to the Midwest. They hire you g kids from the streets to work for them, and they come away from the experience even more liberal than before, but also with a fighting anti-lawman attitude. There was a lot of that going on with the kids I knew.

[–]NeoRail[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's really surprising. It is honestly easy to underestimate the impact of crime on issues like this and on the social fabric.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It has major effects, and most are not being recorded.