NAKED & CLEAN
A final observation on Portland’s 2015 World Naked Bike Ride. Take note for next year, nudists!
DEAR MERCURY—You know what the coolest thing about the Naked Bike Ride was? Ten thousand people at Colonel Summers Park, and when I walked by it [the following] morning there was not one speck of trash anywhere.
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- JESS SMART SMILEY
HOME UNSAFE
RE: “No-Cause for Alarm” [News, July 1], documenting the precarious situations Portland renters find themselves in, and a movement to create more rules around landlords’ ability to eject tenants.
This is something that needs to be very carefully thought through, and could have some real unintended consequences. This would also lead to many more people going the Airbnb route with their properties, which can lead to much higher monthly income for many properties, and there is no shortage of tourists using Airbnb in Portland. It could also lead to landlords jacking up rental rates ahead of this going into effect for units that are currently on the market, and from the rental house standpoint, could lead to many landlords just saying “screw it” and selling their houses into what is a very frothy market.