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I guess they’ll have to build one on the other side to balance it.
That would be stupid. It’s a ballroom.
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Light beats darkness. Happy Diwali.
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Please Lord, keep Portland Portland.
I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings
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In my opinion it’s not worth arguing over whether this is true or not. If the average person believes AV will free them from car ownership then we should take that gift and run with it to build cities that don’t cater to car ownership.
I am becoming convinced that autonomous vehicles are designed to solve the problem of "I live in a wealthy suburb but have a horrible car commute and don't want to drive anymore but also hate trains and buses and refuse to ride a bike."
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the headline sounds like a good thing but in reality they are just substantially cutting back frequency of proposed transit service. what's the point in spending a gajillion dollars on a light rail connection to vancouver if the train is only gonna run four times an hour?
Light rail, express bus operation on new Interstate 5 Bridge projected to cost $10.3M annually, less than half of last estimate
New estimates indicate the cost of operating and maintaining light rail trains and express buses on the planned Interstate 5 replacement bridge will likely be less than half the $21.8 million annual p
www.columbian.com
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The Gordon's Fireplace building has sold for $575k, and I'd be fascinated to know who'd want it even at that price. The building is in terrible condition and the site is extremely constrained. www.kgw.com/article/news...
Portland's most notorious graffitied building sold for $575k at auction
The historic structure off Interstate 84 is hard to miss. It's covered in graffiti, and many of the windows are smashed or boarded up.
www.kgw.com
Quick trip to Seaside/Astoria for this bridge run. Highly recommend Lanai motel in Seaside…
You and Bill should come up to Portland.
The new Portland baseball team should revert to being called Portland Frogs.
Seems like it would be very loud there. I can't hear the person next to me speaking when near that highway.
very cool. is this a public auction?