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itpdx, October 4, 2009 (view all comments by itpdx)
I was amused to find that we are still dealing with some of the same problems--prostitutes, bridges, roads and "idle men blocking the sidewalks".
And it seems that some problems have been solved without government intervention--pigs roaming the streets, cows with loud bells and a sunken ship in the river.
For Portlanders this is a treasure because it is hard to make decisions about the future without knowing how we got where we are.
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