Portland woman plows into Las Vegas pedestrians with car

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Man, what a shitty thing to do. I don't want to hear about how tough her life was or how messed up she was by drugs or alcohol. She intentionally killed one person and seriously injured dozens.

Given that this is a mass violence case without the use of guns, I'm betting that the guns rights folks will be mentioning this quite a bit in the future.
 
Can you people keep your meth heads in Oregon? We have enough trouble already.
 
Sinobas said:
When I first saw the name, I assumed she was white. But then I saw the picture and was surprised.
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How many white Lakeisha's do you know?

barfo
 
Now the Las Vegas police are saying that they are "uncomfortable revealing the motive of the attack." Also there's a report that she yelled "allah akbar". So perhaps it was a terror attack.
 
GriLtCheeZ said:
Fuck.
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Gleaming the cube is a sweet movie. and yes, double fuck. the lady that died was 32, there with her husband....I couldn't imagine what I'd do if my wife got blown up by some dumb-ass, while on a typical LV party vacation.
 
dviss1 said:
Silly.... She could easily be from where we've been gentrified to....
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I know, it's so sad. It's almost like we should designate certain areas to stay poor and crappy just for black people.
 
dviss1 said:
By far the most ignorant comment you've ever made.
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Well, I'm curious, how would you deal with gentrification? The city worked so hard promoting 20 minute neighborhoods, biking, and mass transit, it's only natural that people would move to areas where those things are prevalent. As Portland grows, and people want to live closer to downtown, that's just a natural side effect of the urbanization of our region. So while I understand the frustration with people being pushed out of their neighborhoods, that's not limited to minorities. Lots of young people can't afford to buy homes in Portland. I saw something in the Oregonian that said that of the 45,000 homes that were built in the 2000's, 40,000 are rentals. It's rich people buying up properties and turning them into rentals. So how would you stop this from happening?
 
MarAzul said:
Well, instead of insulting the man, why don't you tell us what we should take from your open ended comment?
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The thing that he fails to realize, is that people are being displaced all over Portland. It's not just people from North Portland. It's not just black people.

I was born in SW Portland. I was raised there. My parents were born in SW Portland. My grandparents were born in SW Portland. I cannot afford to buy a house in that area right now. The house that I was renting from my parents previously was purchased for $15,000 in the late 70's. That house is currently worth $300k. It's a shitty little 750 square foot house with a 750 square foot basement. I bought a 1600 square foot house out in Hillsboro for $265,000. That's the current housing situation in Portland. It's not just NE or N Portland. It's everywhere in Portland. People can't afford to buy, and rent is climbing out of control. The housing situation in Portland is unlike anything we've ever seen in this city. He just wants to act like it's only affecting him and people he knows, but that's not true. It's affecting everyone who was born in this city.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The thing that he fails to realize, is that people are being displaced all over Portland. It's not just people from North Portland. It's not just black people.

I was born in SW Portland. I was raised there. My parents were born in SW Portland. My grandparents were born in SW Portland. I cannot afford to buy a house in that area right now. The house that I was renting from my parents previously was purchased for $15,000 in the late 70's. That house is currently worth $300k. It's a shitty little 750 square foot house with a 750 square foot basement. I bought a 1600 square foot house out in Hillsboro for $265,000. That's the current housing situation in Portland. It's not just NE or N Portland. It's everywhere in Portland. People can't afford to buy, and rent is climbing out of control. The housing situation in Portland is unlike anything we've ever seen in this city. He just wants to act like it's only affecting him and people he knows, but that's not true. It's affecting everyone who was born in this city.
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I know. The pot has been cooking for years now. The boundaries of Portland (growth Boundaries) changes little as the population grows. Mean while the State continues to make it more difficult to built a home even for the owner, on land anywhere in the State, outside these artificially constained boundaries of the cities. There is only one result to be expected.
 
Sinobas said:
I know, it's so sad. It's almost like we should designate certain areas to stay poor and crappy just for black people.
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"Oh no, we can't have a Trader Joe's on Alberta...all the whites will move in!"

(Natural grocers goes in)
 
MarAzul said:
I know. The pot has been cooking for years now. The boundaries of Portland (growth Boundaries) changes little as the population grows. Mean while the State continues to make it more difficult to built a home even for the owner, on land anywhere in the State, outside these artificially constained boundaries of the cities. There is only one result to be expected.
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It's good and it's bad. On the one hand we have a vibrant city center that's thriving. That's good. If we hadn't cut down on sprawl we would be in a similar predicament as Phoenix or Houston.

It's bad because, as we grow, there's a finite amount of land, and we're still dealing with sprawl. The biggest issue is that our law makers, in their infinite wisdom, saw the writing on the wall and did nothing to alleviate the congestion. Our roadways were not built to handle this size of population, and the pathetic public transit system that they built with billions of dollars isn't even denting the rapid growth. Still, they do nothing. So people are forced to move out to Hillsboro, and Gresham, and Salem, and still commute into Portland for work. It's only going to get worse.
 
Natebishop3 said:
It's good and it's bad. On the one hand we have a vibrant city center that's thriving. That's good. If we hadn't cut down on sprawl we would be in a similar predicament as Phoenix or Houston.

It's bad because, as we grow, there's a finite amount of land, and we're still dealing with sprawl. The biggest issue is that our law makers, in their infinite wisdom, saw the writing on the wall and did nothing to alleviate the congestion. Our roadways were not built to handle this size of population, and the pathetic public transit system that they built with billions of dollars isn't even denting the rapid growth. Still, they do nothing. So people are forced to move out to Hillsboro, and Gresham, and Salem, and still commute into Portland for work. It's only going to get worse.
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YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER LIVED IN THE CITY. TOO DANGEROUS FOR THOSE SOFT PEDICURED HANDS OF YOURS.
 
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