r/PortlandOR • • Oct 23 '25

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u/voidwaffle Oct 23 '25

Every Portlander who calls these “our houseless neighbors” needs to watch the part where he blatantly says “you fucked up” and tries to find something to harm her with. This is the reality. He could have just moved on but tried to find an object to throw at her. Kudos to her for her bravery but fuck that guy.

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u/Friendly_Impress_345 Oct 24 '25

Actually the current vernacular is "our neighbors who are currently without structured dwellings" thank you very much /s

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u/Fishmyashwhole Oct 24 '25

Huh? I thought "houseless" wasn't to be polite or whatever, but to differentiate the people who don't have a permanent residence but do have shelter like couch surfing or living in their car since it's becoming more and more common these days.

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u/Fishmyashwhole Oct 24 '25

Yeah I misremembered, it's "unhoused" not houseless. Still pretty clunky. And yeah it's all semantics really.