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this will be where i will post some reflections on my visit to the most bodacious town of portland oregon.
it may be a paraphrase but i think our hosts steve and erin quoted dave hickey speaking of their home town : "i hate portland --it feels like it was made for eight year olds." perhaps they can correct the record if thats too far off, but what i think he was getting after is just how utterly inner-child friendly and nurturing the topography is. light rails, bike lanes, flowerbeds, container plantings, terrible but climbable public sculpture, waterfronts, public water parks, skateboard parks. no litter. no fucking liter at all. even the entrance ramps to the highways are filled in with all sorts of flowering plants and well groomed green lawn. ...but i suspect hickeys quote goes even deeper.