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Oregon

BadGimp

(4,073 posts)

1. I'm here in Portland...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 10:37 PM

Oct 2022

The problem seems to me to be too big for the city to deal with.

I am unsure how much the newer laws that relax criminalizing drug use and users have exacerbated things, but there are a lot of drug abusers in the mix for sure.

The city shut down one spot there other day and found 150+ stolen cars. That's not houselessness; that's a f&^@ing criminal enterprise.

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I'm here in Portland... BadGimp Oct 2022 #1

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