This reaffirms my suspicions. I even deny that prostitution is much of a problem in Portland. It exists in every major city. Duh. But when I go to Vancouver, BC, Vegas, or San Francisco, I see obviously drugged out whores walking the street on major thoroughfares. In Los Angeles, I stayed near the airport about a year ago and on a trip to get gas to fill up the night before returning my rental, I saw tons of scantily clad black girls, many looking like they were 15, practically waving down cars. It was shocking. I thought that was just in the movies. And you'll certainly see trannies, hustlers, and regular hookers in a trip through Hollywood, just like any trip through the Tenderloin in SF. They have problems.

I drive home down 82nd constantly. A few years ago, it was becoming prominent. And by prominent, I mean you'd see maybe 3 or 4 hookers a night. I think they cracked down because I rarely if ever see them now. I can't remember the last time I noticed a hooker walking the street in Portland and I live in the right part of town to see them.

And I totally doubt the child prostitution thing is much more than a huge exaggeration. I noticed last year when this sting was publicized:

http://theportlander.com/2010/11/08/portla…

that "The Portland Police Bureau did not recover any underage girls, but made 10 arrests in cooperation with this mission." In other words, they probably took federal money for the effort and promoted their efforts in the media, but they didn't actually do a damned thing to stop child prostitution. In fact, this should be evidence that even if it does exist, it's certainly not the crisis in Portland that the media likes to make it out to be.

Which wouldn't be a big deal if it didn't mean that resources and money get pushed into this high profile effort rather than things like solving murders and stopping gang violence.

The way they give it away in Portland. I find that hard to believe because the locals can't even support a whore section (my bad- escort section) in the Mercury.

In the rest of the country you can have a good week of hookers and blow. Around here the best you can do is hippie and pot.

Darryl Hannah WAS pretty, but she surgifucked her face. Yes, this is all I'm commenting on.

well said Jake. we've got whores because we're the one major metropolis between Seattle and SF. if we're a "hub", then it's because there's a whole lot of nothing around us. we ain't that special, it's just that there's more business here than, say, Grants Pass.

I think most people would do the same when they are headed with the situation.
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