Portland has always had it’s weirdos for sure...The 80’s it wasn’t a shîthole. Crack cocaine was just starting to jump-off in the hood. Crips and Bloods, and a few fringe gangs, would shoot each other up regularly for doing dirt on each other. These issues stayed mostly in the hood.
90’s the spotted owl controversy began and timber/logging took some huge hits that had negative economical repercussions that hurt working families in smaller communities.
Our modern day Antifa was on the scene pushing animal rights of an owl. EarthFirst type activists were causing problems for industries and being a major PITA for everyone who worked near a tree.
Life was good, if you weren’t hooked on crack, lived in the hood or provided for your family by way of timber.
Definitely not a bad place in the 80’s.
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