>>2828690
I also live in Portland and had a similar observation when I went to New Zealand. Auckland felt clean and nice compared to Portland. So fucking frustrating and embarrassed with this shit. I think the rampant fentanyl use has definitely destroyed people’s minds in a novel way not seen before. The family we were visiting in NZ had never heard of fentanyl and were pretty shocked when I told them the kind of shit I see when I have to ride my bike into work downtown on a regular basis. It’s fucked because I can remember Portland in the 2000s and there was definitely some homelessness but probably 1/10th of how it feels today. I think the new drugs are definitely the common denominator in places with homeless acting like demonic psychopaths.