{"id":54532,"date":"2023-04-02T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54532"},"modified":"2023-04-02T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T00:00:06","slug":"homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54532","title":{"rendered":"Portland, you have a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PORTLAND, Ore.<\/strong> — Allow me this paraphrasing of the comment astronaut Jim Lovell relayed to Earth when his moon ship was damaged in space: Portland, you appear to have a problem.<\/em><\/p>\n

I say “appear” because appearances are all I have at this moment.<\/p>\n

Driving through Portland this afternoon along Interstate 5, I noticed a number of tent clusters. I have heard, along with other Americans, about the homeless problem in my hometown. Today I saw evidence of what I have heard.<\/p>\n

The clusters of tents also contain considerable amounts of litter, trash, debris. Quite unsightly? Yes! It assuredly is hard to look at.<\/p>\n

Here’s my question: What is the city doing to alleviate this problem?<\/p>\n

No community anywhere wants to be known as a haven of sorts for homeless citizens. Yet that is what I believe is occurring in this lovely city of about 650,000 residents living in a greater metropolitan area of 2.5 million folks. Portland has become a great city. It is attractive. It has a vibrant river running through it, which then empties into one of the world’s great rivers on the city’s northern boundary. It has a downtown district that has become — even with the spate of violence seen here in recent times — the envy of other cities.<\/p>\n

But it does have this homeless population that requires safe housing in which to live.<\/p>\n

Is the city up to the challenge it faces? Man, I hope so.<\/p>\n

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