It's actually Portland, OR, the Right 2 Dream 2 camp created by houseless folks and their socialist/anarchist allies. It was evicted about two years ago roughly, to make way for...an empty lot, never developed because of the pandemic.
edit: you can tell because of the stuff in the upper left corner. It's the historic chinatown gate, with the statues flanking it facing the main Burnside boulevard, so it's clearly located on 3rd ave & West burnside. The picture taker was facing west. Of course, that neighborhood (especially pre-pandemic) has been gentrified to hell. Even "rent control apartments" in that neighborhood are like 900+ a month for a studio, with the difference subsidized by one of the highest individual tax rates in the nation. Of course, there's no deductible for the state taxes, which means even a homeless person can theoretically "owe" taxes despite not having an address to file them under.
Despite the state violence which evicted this camp, on this very night there are a few dozen sleeping there....on the curb, outside of an anti-climb fence, next to one of the worst streets in the city for drunk driving accidents. I feel terrible for them, and hope no one accidentally runs them over while heading home from one of the irresponsibly re-opened bars
It's actually Portland, OR, the Right 2 Dream 2 camp created by houseless folks and their socialist/anarchist allies. It was evicted about two years ago roughly, to make way for...an empty lot, never developed because of the pandemic.
edit: you can tell because of the stuff in the upper left corner. It's the historic chinatown gate, with the statues flanking it facing the main Burnside boulevard, so it's clearly located on 3rd ave & West burnside. The picture taker was facing west. Of course, that neighborhood (especially pre-pandemic) has been gentrified to hell. Even "rent control apartments" in that neighborhood are like 900+ a month for a studio, with the difference subsidized by one of the highest individual tax rates in the nation. Of course, there's no deductible for the state taxes, which means even a homeless person can theoretically "owe" taxes despite not having an address to file them under.
Despite the state violence which evicted this camp, on this very night there are a few dozen sleeping there....on the curb, outside of an anti-climb fence, next to one of the worst streets in the city for drunk driving accidents. I feel terrible for them, and hope no one accidentally runs them over while heading home from one of the irresponsibly re-opened bars
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Mr. WHEELER, I ASK YOU~~~~~~~~ TEAR DOWN THIS poorly constructed fence
its fine. the people going to the reopened bars are going to die disproportionately and everything will be okay.
except for the plague and the global warming and the corporate hegemony and capitalism evolving into its final form and...