I love the weather there. I’d rather be depressed in the cold forest than to have my skin scorched. I don’t want to deal with fascists though and it seems to be a constant battle between them and antifa in Portland. How’s rent and walkability there?
I love the weather there. I’d rather be depressed in the cold forest than to have my skin scorched. I don’t want to deal with fascists though and it seems to be a constant battle between them and antifa in Portland. How’s rent and walkability there?
I moved to Seattle from TX 3 years ago thinking I was going to some progressive utopia. It's not. The only thing it taught me is that it doesn't really matter where you live in this country. Seattle still gives all money to cops, still jails people for the "crime" of being unable to afford housing, is still full of racism and privilege, still detains immigrants and refugees in ICE centers, and bows to the authority of Capital. It's the absolute definition of the BLM - Pride Flag plane dropping bombs. Sure weed is legal, the trees are pretty, and people will ask you what your preferred pronouns are, but no basic needs are met, you will have a hard time finding affordable housing, you will see cops everywhere, you will see unhoused folks get swept from one encampment to the next while all their belongings are thrown in garbage trucks, and you will be surrounded by liberals who all think these are good and righteous things.
Basically California but cold
I mean, slightly colder, but not really cold. And worse in terms of the capacity of the state to do anything useful because the state constitution bans an income tax.
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