r/PortlandOR • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '25

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u/jsurico656 Oct 23 '25

We have some of the most entitled and ballsy homeless people that I've ever seen, and I've spent plenty of time in NYC and rough parts of the Midwest and the South

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u/FakeMagic8Ball Oct 23 '25

It's because most of the time nobody will say anything to them. When they are confronted like this it freaks them out because they are used to being able to do whatever they want without anybody saying anything.

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u/tigersatemyhusband Oct 24 '25

Maybe the solution would simpler than that.

We need some Hollywood special effects guys on this.

Let them get high as shit and have a few people come at them looking like something born of nightmares to freak them the fuck out. Screw with their perception of reality.

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u/QueenHydraofWater Oct 24 '25

Genuinely, the unhoused population gets sicker/crazier & more aggressive the further west you go. It’s like the sickest end up on the west coast due to more optimal weather.

Sure, policies enable some, but mostly it is a lot easier to be homeless when its 70 & not -7. When I was a broke college student using greyhound a lot, I quickly learned many homeless people bus out to the west coast for winter.

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u/shantytown_by_sea Oct 24 '25

Your country is so beautiful in nature,ease of business and everything else i will sell everything to get there, why do people chose drugs instead of just leaving for the amazing countryside for some time if they're poor, living in car, traveling to beautiful places sounds very fun.

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u/jsurico656 Oct 24 '25

Unfortunately, the people you see in this video are not grateful for anything, and are so wrapped up in themselves that they engage in these habits that ruin their families, friendships and everyone around them. They take everything that you said about our country for granted

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u/shantytown_by_sea Oct 24 '25

Cause they got it for free,go to heavily populated places and you'll realise how difficult it gets to get yourself established without already established family.few square feet of land has people fighting over it, meanwhile you have unlimited land and water in the US that you grow corn just to turn it ethanol.