So what is the difference that makes Portland worse? It must be failed policies. Policies that enable people to not seek their better selves. Policies that relax norms of what is acceptable behavior. Keep Portland weird , strike a bell? Personal expression is and should be encouraged. But when it creates a radical change in society, it causes what Portland is experiencing. Anything goes. Personal responsibility is out the window. (I know, all the extreme people are cringing at that statement.) It isn't the main cause, but one of the many changes in Portland that has caused what it has become.
So what is the difference that makes Portland worse? It must be failed policies. Policies that enable people to not seek their better selves. Policies that relax norms of what is acceptable behavior. Keep Portland weird , strike a bell? Personal expression is and should be encouraged. But when it creates a radical change in society, it causes what Portland is experiencing. Anything goes. Personal responsibility is out the window. (I know, all the extreme people are cringing at that statement.) It isn't the main cause, but one of the many changes in Portland that has caused what it has become.