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Originally Posted by 2oh1

In the touristy parts of downtown.

I'm talking about the part of downtown most downtowners live in.

If it requires a fleet of security guards on duty at Safeway just for the store to be able to open, then it is absolutely undeniable that progress IS NOT being made around the part of downtown where most downtowners live.

And when I said FIVE security guards were on duty early on a Wednesday afternoon (2 outside the entrance, 3 inside the entrance), that was just what I saw as I was trying to leave the store. There may have been more of them on duty elsewhere throughout the store. How is that sustainable? That's not a rhetorical question.

It's not sustainable.

How bad does the situation have to get before the police do... well... anything?

I strongly agree with the comment about the Portland police giving up on huge parts of downtown, including the entire area south of Pioneer Square & west of the transit mall.

Is that where you live?