Is this some sort of half assed attempt at reverse psychology? In the rain, nobody want's to hang around outside, much. The goal is to get sheltered; usually just scurrying from one building to another as quickly as possible. If you really don't like busterers, then why not let them stay out in the rain?

On the other hand, if the buskerers need someplace to go that's warm and dry, and where there are plenty of people to serenade, come on up to Portland State University, where, "The Campus is Your City"!

That busky girl on the right is making it impossible for me to properly comment.

Thanks a lot, now there are three dudes crowing for cash at 37th & Hawthorne (and I think there's gonna be a cockfight).

Though they are usually annoying, at least they are working for your change, as opposed to many others.

Thanks for teaching me the word "busking."

What the hell, I just keep getting an ad for "The Grommet" on the right, where's that busky Snorg Tees girl at?

But I must keep bucket drumming! Or I'll freeze to death

I'm taking my busking skills to the Art Institute of Portland!

Ya'll bus-ked ass motherbuskers need to quit yer motherbusking bitching and come out dem pockets with some busking ducats. Ya herd?!1!?!

C'mon man, just one more poorly played psychedelic gypsy bluegrass cover of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and I'll close up shop for the year...

Look at it this way, the people who are performing are taking up space that would otherwise be occupied by people who are even less desirable- like the pool of tapeworm feces who was recently arrested for beating the 70 year old employee of the Portland Outdoor Store into unconsciousness with a skateboard.