A simplistic story on Portland tonight. Relied too much on the TV show Portlandia, which never was about the "real" Portland, but at least the mayor said some accurate things about the city's racist past and present lack of diversity.
But no mention whatever of the city's Golden Age, the 1980s, when 2 theater directors and a composer were full time city employees (Parks & Rec) and the city in essence subsidized two theater companies (Theatre Workshop and Firehouse Theatre), when the city had such a European feel.
I learned that our rent for a 2 BR apartment in Milwaukie is the average for a studio in Portland now. And we're only 15 minutes away. The high rents surely will creep this way, alas.
Glad to have loved Portland in the 1980s. Ecstatic not to live there now.
But no mention whatever of the city's Golden Age, the 1980s, when 2 theater directors and a composer were full time city employees (Parks & Rec) and the city in essence subsidized two theater companies (Theatre Workshop and Firehouse Theatre), when the city had such a European feel.
I learned that our rent for a 2 BR apartment in Milwaukie is the average for a studio in Portland now. And we're only 15 minutes away. The high rents surely will creep this way, alas.
Glad to have loved Portland in the 1980s. Ecstatic not to live there now.
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