OMG, fuck off. Only in SW Portland.

Do these self-absorbed people not realize that their property values are considerably higher by having such an attractive amenity nearby? They can fucking move if they don't want to deal with the trails. I'm sure there are (in decent economic times, anyway) plenty of potential buyers who would love to live next to a wooded trail and would happily maintain their portion of it.

It's got to be either public or private. If it's public, then gov't has to compensate the land owner and maintain it themselves. I'm not surprised the property owners are pissed.

And Hillsdale isn't he "borderlands" between urban and rural. Check a map.

You guys post too much. This was put up yesterday at 4 PM, and by noon today it's the 10th post down. That's only 5 hours in work time. This is a blog, not a twitter page. I think you can lay off the fashion a little and quit double posting from sites like bike portland. There are only a handful of decent blogs in this town, and I'm sure they all have similar readership.

Here ya go, GLV.

http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Speed-Reading

Blabby - I'm responsible for the sidewalk in front of my house, which is considered in the public right of way. Not really much of a difference there, except the city would come down on me with a shithammer if I tried to remove it.

ElGordo - There is a huge difference. The chance of injury on a poor trail, which some are, is far greater than a city maintained sidewalk. Someone shouldn’t be forced, and I mean forced, to move because of the city laying unreasonable liability on their heads. Some live there because of the schools and proximity to downtown. You want to make a family move their children away from all of their friends and sent to a new, possibly lower quality, school? You want the elderly couple to move from the only home they’ve ever owned because they can’t keep the trail up themselves? The area is not new development. A lot of the houses are older, and some still house the original owners, owners who couldn’t afford to buy into the area in today’s market. These “self-absorbed people” have a right to object to something that affects their homes and lives. I guess others will just have to wait until they are sued for their sidewalks to understand the apprehension felt by these homeowners.