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Homeless in Portland getting some prime real estate with "million-dollar" views
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:40 am
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:40 am
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Residents living near Portland's Willamette River have witnessed a series of homeless cabins and structures being built on prime river real estate with "million-dollar" city views but have so far been unable to get anyone to do anything about it.
"Pretty much everyone comes back and says that they don’t have jurisdiction because it’s Union Pacific, it’s a railroad," Ric Scaramella, who owns a condominium on the other side of the Willamette River, told KOIN in a report Sunday.
Scaramella told the outlet that people across the river from his home have been building makeshift cabins, complete with doors, windows and sometimes even solar panels, on the banks of the river that feature views of downtown Portland.
Scaramella said he can see "about nine structures" built on the banks of the river, making clear that they are not tents. These are structures."
The resident said he is concerned for the people living in the structures, noting that there are no city services and that pollution might be flowing from the buildings into the river. Yet, in what he says have been "30, 40" attempts to report the structures to local and state agencies, nobody has had a solution to the issue.
According to a reporter for an outlet who took a boat to get a closer look at the structures, many of the buildings are made out of driftwood and resemble beaver dams, while further down the river there was a collection of garbage and debris on the shoreline.
One woman who identified herself only as "Paula" agreed to chat with the outlet, telling KOIN that she has lived on her spot along the shore "off and on about a year and a half."
"I have anxiety issues, and I think I have personality disorders, too, that I’m dealing with. I think that’s what’s kept me out here so long," Paula said, admitting that she has become addicted to meth since suffering a bad breakup.
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So far, no government agency has claimed responsibility for the area occupied by the structures, with multiple agencies telling KOIN that the property is owned by railroad company Union Pacific. Meanwhile, Union Pacific says the area is governed by complex common-law rules.
"Union Pacific Police regularly patrol our property and enforce trespassing laws; however, this area is particularly challenging to enforce, because cabins are near the water’s edge. Under Ordinary High Water Mark common law, the boundary separating public land from private land is determined by natural fluctuations of the water, making it a legal gray area," the company said in a statement to KOIN.
The Oregon Department of State Lands isn't so sure, telling KOIN that jurisdiction of the area depends on where the riverbank ends.
"The bad news is, at this point, it’s hard to say if we have a role. Where public ownership of the riverbed/bank ends and upland ownership begins is complicated," the agency said.
The city of Portland has also declined to take responsibility for the area, arguing that the structures sit on land owned by Union Pacific or the Port of Portland. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Army Corps of Engineers also told KOIN they play no role in overseeing the area.
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Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:44 am to stout
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One woman who identified herself only as "Paula" agreed to chat with the outlet, telling KOIN that she has lived on her spot along the shore "off and on about a year and a half."
"I have anxiety issues, and I think I have personality disorders, too, that I’m dealing with. I think that’s what’s kept me out here so long," Paula said, admitting that she has become addicted to meth since suffering a bad breakup.
Admits to being a methhead, yet tries to deflect responsibility by claiming anxiety and personality disorders. frick her. This kind of person is exactly what's wrong with society.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:44 am to stout
At least they are social distancing in the bottom picture.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:44 am to SchiffReynolds
Of the river and downtown
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:50 am to SchiffReynolds
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Million dollar views?
If all the crackwhore and meth head hookers around you are showing their buttholes for $10 a pop, and you have to see that several hundred times a day, you'll get to a million dollars fairly quickly.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:51 am to stout
This looks like some third world country
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:53 am to stout
Looks like the 6-block stretch under the Pontchartrain Expressway from Loyola to Tchoupitoulas.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:53 am to stout
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The city of Portland has also declined to take responsibility for the area, arguing that the structures sit on land owned by Union Pacific or the Port of Portland. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Army Corps of Engineers also told KOIN they play no role in overseeing the area.
Understandable. No one wants to get doxxed and their house firebombed by antifa.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:53 am to Byrdybyrd05
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This looks like some third world country
it looks much worse than that when you are on the ground over there. its been a couple of years since I went but downtown was a complete wreck.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:55 am to stout
You got a problem with camping by the river?
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:57 am to armsdealer
They aren’t living in a van there, which is the problem.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:58 am to stout
Oregan and California are bringing back Hooverville's.
Posted on 4/11/23 at 8:59 am to stout
A little fentanyl solves that problem overnight
Posted on 4/11/23 at 9:01 am to stout
How is this better then the cages at the boarder ?
This post was edited on 4/11/23 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 4/11/23 at 9:03 am to stout
Even my extra woke family member and his wife can't even stomach PDX any longer. Just sold their home and moved 50 miles NW to a little town called Seaside that's apparently a little less woke
Posted on 4/11/23 at 9:06 am to stout
How do they all have the same blue tents? Let me guess, the government gave them to them?
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