You don't understand- they have made the area outside City Hall a religious shrine and the dog poop is a kind of
offering to the gods of laziness and heroin.

The visual alone of Chapman Square and South Park Blocks annoys you to the brink of a mental breakdown, because nothing is happening to fix it, and it’s been allowed to become a permanent disability. It's SO fucking out of control right there. I use to dance in the cage at the Lotus back in the early-mid 2000's, and you never saw this back then, even in daylight hours picking up my paycheck. Now DT Portland is so gross!

Yeah, the migratory crusties have had their dogs shitting (while their dogs simultaneously slobber on Benson Bubblers) all over downtown for many years now. Downtown lost its mojo when iHop and Crocodile Records left that block where the Fox Tower now priapically, vacantly stands. Such is the nature of urban flux: downtown sucks rubber donkey dicks.

They serve a poopose- ask yourself who frequents City Hall the most? That's right tha Mayor and associated public trough wastoids. If you are complaining you are one of them. Life ain't no garden of eden just because you are floating around on taxpayer money. See it Smell it Enjoy it.

"If you complain (about shit from junkies and their dogs) you are one of them."

Oh horrors, if you mind the smell of diseased feces you are one of THEM. I am proudly one of "them." Since when is "hey you don't like the smell of human and dog feces on the sidewalk" an insult? Nice try, iamrightyouarewrong.

All of downtown has become pretty ghetto.. the people with money moved themselves and their businesses over to the Pearl/West End/NW. Most of downtown is basically Gathering of the Juggalos these days. Long live the Pearl, where at least people know how to bathe and make money.

are you "one of them"?
Do you work for the city?
Is your salary paid for by tax payers?
Do tax payers pay the city to deal with the root causes of homelessness and/or a shitty economy held down by city hall red tape?

any yes here disqualifies you from complaining about a little doggie odor in the morning.

Well, iamrightyouarewrong, I don't work for the city.
You just seemed to be hatin' on people who object to filth.

By the way, the City can't really do much about the root causes of homelessness, especially when talking about the lifestyle homeless and the gutter punks. Is there a cure for laziness and bad character?
The idea that the city of Portland can "solve" homelessness is delusional. Homelessness is a chronic condition we can (and should) ameliorate.

But some folks don't deserve public help. Who cares about a homeless criminal. Burn everyone you know, sleep on the street.

I would prefer to put my tax money towards the elderly, homeless vets and families. I don't really care if a junkie gets off the bus from Eugene and doesn't have a home. The only thing I would give him is a one way ticket back to Lane County.

i once got off the bus from eugene and i once didnt have a home. Never a junkie but i was a junkie apprentice.

Whats your point?

I can't speak for Reverend Bite Me, but I think he might agree with me when I say that instead of getting so defensive, maybe you should be proud that you worked your way out of a bad situation.

I root for those attempting to do the same, but I couldn't give 2 shits about the lazy gutter scum. It's way too easy to bitch about the gov't and it'll never result in change. Instead of pitching their tents in front of City Hall, these de-gens should follow your lead I'mrightyourwrong.

Spot on with this observation of downtown Portland. Can I not step on shit passing through Pioneer Square? I'd like to spend my lunch hour eating and not scrubbing the feces off my shoes.

Don't get me wrong, I'll help my fellow neighbor get back on their feet, but I'm not about to contribute to some shitty neck tattoo on some asshole who's all junked up on bath salts. Why is it my responsibility to take care of you if you can't save your handouts for a clean shirt and bus money for an interview? If you're down, get your ass up and get your shit together.