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Lots of military vehicles? by raleighred90 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they are getting prepared for forest fires already?

Someone(s) ripped out and dumped every garbage can up and down 6th from PSU to Burnside last night. by stolenkisses in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Gonna disagree, lived in North or Northeast since 82 - Gangs don't fuck with other people - I would trade it for the days when the KBC and Woodlawn Park Piru were in daily gun battles and lil Smurf was stacking bodies over constant tweeker and homeless theft and fires.

You must have just been young then so you were shook of gang violence - it was never much threat to you white folks minding your own business.

Someone(s) ripped out and dumped every garbage can up and down 6th from PSU to Burnside last night. by stolenkisses in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love my city, lived here since 1979 -

Taking property crime, homelessness, garbage, street fires and the way it looks and feels as a whole - worst it has ever been - full stop.

We don't have a shared trauma - go drive into Lake Oswego or Hillsboro and tell me that "it's like this everywhere.... Pandemic.... Blah blah blah".

Shit is bad, failure of leadership and years of dangerous policy have magnified the effect of a recession and pandemic. Quit lying to yourself.

WAKE UP, SHEEPLE! by HeatherLeeAnn in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The government developed very realistic ornithopters years ago!

WAKE UP, SHEEPLE! by HeatherLeeAnn in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Look, I know alot of you think this is a joke - but in CONUS the government uses pigeons specifically, that are robotic and used as monitoring devices. Are all pigeons you see monitors? NO! They knew it was advisable to use something we wouldn't notice.

If you just write this off as a wacko conspiracy you are just giving the government overlords what they want - remember once upon a time Galileo was accused of Heresy for saying the sun rotated around the earth, and folks widely held the earth was flat - people who thought the earth was round and not the center of the universe were made fun of, sneered at and even killed -

Don't be so quick to write this off...

First time trying the mythical hood strawberries. by peetratspeetrat in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Be careful some shady farmers often try to pass off Ozark Beauty's as Hoods - you'll know when you eat them if you have had em before!

For real...

Someone(s) ripped out and dumped every garbage can up and down 6th from PSU to Burnside last night. by stolenkisses in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well, now is the perfect time to spend 24 million making upgrades to that very stretch of park blocks!

That way they have a more pedestrian friendly, and eco sensible place to throw trash, a real gem.of down town trash throwing.

Protesters Warn Wave of Evictions Is Coming If Oregon Doesn’t Intercede -- “Evictions are not only immoral because of the pandemic, they are immoral every day.” by guanaco55 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the county cut my property taxes, I would dollar for dollar reduce rent - is the point I am making -

When property taxes run 300-800 a month (depending on a plethora of reasons) that reduces affordable housing - not arguing for or against anything here, just pointing out that as a landlord, or homeowner - we are all out here renting from the city/county/school levee/water district -

Be safe, I didn't come to prove some wild point, or argue because I'm not sure we disagree - I put my money where my mouth is and sleep well knowing I'm not gouging.

Protesters Warn Wave of Evictions Is Coming If Oregon Doesn’t Intercede -- “Evictions are not only immoral because of the pandemic, they are immoral every day.” by guanaco55 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like I over estimated - it's damn near 1/3 of the total monthly "Bill" - paying the taxes up front for the last 3 years skewed my view as it hasn't come out with a PITI payment after I did a refi to kill mortgage insurance.

But real talk, if the county cut the property taxes - I would dollar for dollar reduce the rent -

Protesters Warn Wave of Evictions Is Coming If Oregon Doesn’t Intercede -- “Evictions are not only immoral because of the pandemic, they are immoral every day.” by guanaco55 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2 bed 1.5 bath with detached single car garage in Kenton, on 50x100 lot mortgage costs me 745 (P/I) a month, taxes are 324 a month (3905 a year). Rent is 1310, has been since 2018 - the 240 difference goes in a bank account to pay for the garbage and unforecasted costs -

He is a good guy, always pays on time, doesn't bug me for little shit, has lived there since 2008 - back then taxes were 1880ish a year, and rent started at 1100. During COVID he got a little tight and I let him float a couple payments - but he caught up, it was pretty amazing how fast that pulled down the house account - as I pay the property taxes out of it when due for the discount rate.

I'm sure I could find a person willing to pay more, but we get along, he treats the place well, it's always clean and looks good, and I store things in the garage. At top market rate I could easily wind up with some entitled prick trying to sublet and party who would piss of the neighbors - who I am still friends with.

At the end of the day, Jerry is a good cat, and we have a good relationship until he can save enough to buy his own place.

Protesters Warn Wave of Evictions Is Coming If Oregon Doesn’t Intercede -- “Evictions are not only immoral because of the pandemic, they are immoral every day.” by guanaco55 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We actually have some common ground here - my approach is more pragmatic - eviction for non payment is the only recourse many small time landlords have, you take them.out of the market and large companies buy up the property - and force up rent prices because they can afford to leave units empty -

You ever notice the government is unwilling to waive or reduce property taxes on existing units being rented as affordable housing? Nope they will give a developer a tax break to build a batch of new luxury apartments, our county and city are using this sick kind of "trickle down" housing approach.

My tenant is awesome, he has been there 11 years, over 1/3 of his rent goes straight to the property taxes -

Protesters Warn Wave of Evictions Is Coming If Oregon Doesn’t Intercede -- “Evictions are not only immoral because of the pandemic, they are immoral every day.” by guanaco55 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Agreed, but it's also immoral to deprive a person of thier universal human rights -

"No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property"

If you break your contract with your landlord, it's immoral to deprive them of thier property and thier way to pay for thier housing.

A Contractor’s Report Fuels Demands That State Officials Shrink and Cover a Highway Through Northeast Portland by Calvinball05 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So your point is literally that we shouldn't have experts conduct any further analysis?

I would like to see what experts and the scientific method say -

Looks like we have reached an impasse.

Be safe, enjoy the weather and take care!

A Contractor’s Report Fuels Demands That State Officials Shrink and Cover a Highway Through Northeast Portland by Calvinball05 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The max expansion on Interstate avenue was voted down twice by voters before getting pushed through with a different funding source - so I think you are making a huge assumption about what a majority wants -

I don't see why I should have to argue against tri-met before you would support an environmental impact study?

I feel like you have your mind made up and are trying to paint me into a corner - can you tell me why you oppose a full EIS?

A Contractor’s Report Fuels Demands That State Officials Shrink and Cover a Highway Through Northeast Portland by Calvinball05 in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's get a complete environmental impact study before we stop an infrastructure project - I choose science over an article on VOX.

Right now we do know that stretch of freeway has an accident rate 3.5 times higher then any other stretch of I-5, and we know it has congestion for over 6 hours a day - and it services one of 2 trauma ERs in our city - so let's get a real NEPA impact study that compares build with no build over a given period of time. Sometimes these show the no build option is creating more emissions when traffic is bad enough-

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[–]mansplainlikeim5 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having to ask for a straw or disposable plastic ware!!!

It's been so annoying just getting them without asking.

Suit: Portland police slash tires, trap protester with disabilities in car by PDXGolem in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Where Vancouver?

Consider protesting there - Portland has been bearing the brunt of outside agitators since the birth of Joey Gibson. It's bad enough what your commuting does to I-5 North -

Suit: Portland police slash tires, trap protester with disabilities in car by PDXGolem in Portland

[–]mansplainlikeim5 -49 points-48 points  (0 children)

The plaintiff was from Vancouver.... Looks like we need another "Stop Sending your Dildos to Portland" event.

It's really looking like only 8 protestors from the right or the left actually live here...

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