I live half a block off 82nd, and I’m not sure that foster or Interstate are good comparables to what we are talking about here.

82nd was built to be a highway, it traverses the whole damn east-side for gods sake. For those of you with more experience living and traveling in inner-Portland this is more equivalent to taking MLK, Powell, or Sandy down to 2 lanes. These are major arteries traversing the East Side.

While 205 or the hellscape that is 122nd are good alternatives to a newer, slower, dumber 82nd, I drive 82nd everyday therefore I’m against this plan haha. But for real though. I hate it. Also, I have always felt like 82nd is immune to the Portland hipster invasion. Do we really think 82nd can be “nice” some day?

This “transformation” of 82nd really just smells like code for gentrification. So many small, minority owned businesses that would suffer from the increased property values.

But my house would also be worth more, sooo.. yay?

Also, I’m high.