• F_State@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    There are a huge number of country bumpkins that saw Portland on the TV during 2020 and assumed/were mislead into believing the whole city burned down and it’s just a smoldering wasteland now. The actual problems were in a relatively small area downtown; most of Portland was unaffected.

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      6 months ago

      I work with people in the software engineering field that have mentioned wanting to visit Portland but ask me if it’s safe.

      I can’t even.

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        6 months ago

        I won’t lie, the city has had problems but people’s online rants about it are always overblown and always from people who don’t live or visit there.

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      6 months ago

      Plus, that was a long time ago. I drive by the Seattle “snowflakes beware” area a lot. It’s just Seattleites doing their thing.