downtown portland in the 1990's was sketchy. there were gutter punks, dirty dogs, hobos and hookers. 2014, its still sketchy with more gutter punks, dirty dogs, tons of hobos, drug addicts..... but less hookers and tons of tourists.! the pearl district didnt exist yet, it was still a wasteland of dusty warehouses, a giant aging brewery and lots of light industrial. it had lots of character though! chinatown honestly hasnt changed much, if anything its even sketchier now then it was 20 years ago. i dont necessarily pine for the days of my own private idaho and drugstore cowboy portland, but i do a little. it was a little gritier then than it is now, but its still weird, clinically or purposeful.
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Portland!! Where young people formerly went to retire.
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