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Tough read, but good for catharsis. Most of my family is in Portland, and I can relate to this, unfortunately.

I traveled along the west coast last July, and PDX was by far worse than any other city. I don't know what they did there to traumatize so many people, almost everyone is sunk. I went to college at PSU, and grad school, so have lots of friends there, besides family. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them is a covidian. They threatened me if I didn't wear a mask, so I had to rely on a new facebook friend for a place to stay. I was there a week, and haven't talked with any of them since, though I am best friends with the facebook friend. I left it at 'let me know when you figure it out' and said bye to them all. Will be interesting to see them at a family wedding in Oct in Tennessee.

I don't know what we can do besides move on. Create a space for new friends to enter. Anyway, it's more of the same, but I really do think they did something to the environment or something in Portland, as its one-of-a-kind nuts there in the States. Thanks for sharing.

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