Well that would explain all the hipsters who died when they tried to ford the Green River in their Subaru Impreza or raft down the river from The Dalles instead of taking the more sensible Barlow Toll Road.
I've heard several wide-eyed young people try to cast Oregon's pioneer era as the original "keep portland weird" moment: the settlers were bright, talented misfits who struck out on their own 'cause living with the squares back east was creatively stifling! Beards? Log cabins? Filthy, uncomfortable, impoverished toil? ONLY IN PORTLAND!
Unfortunately for these folks, we were founded by fur trappers, land speculators and manifest destiny dickbags who wanted nothing more than to get rich.
As a fellow transplant hater, let's get proactive here. We should all make a 'The Pacific Ocean Trail' update to the game, and leave it in free boxes, bar bathrooms, STD clinics, and liquor stores the region over.
The Coast Guard might be over worked for a while, but fuck if I want my rent to get past 1/3rd of my income.
My only complaint is that the transplants have GOT to learn to hunt more efficiently. Why are you shooting 5,000 lbs of meat when you KNOW you can only carry 100??
Unfortunately for these folks, we were founded by fur trappers, land speculators and manifest destiny dickbags who wanted nothing more than to get rich.
The Coast Guard might be over worked for a while, but fuck if I want my rent to get past 1/3rd of my income.