But what about the black people?

[jread]

Originally Posted by Bluesbabe

Funny.

Actually, though, I used the oh-so generic "thing" to include any/all category (a shopping area, particular area, skyscraper). Makes it harder to pin-point the answer, I know.

I guess my one favorite "thing" was the layout of downtown. I loved the short blocks and I loved how walkable it was. We'd look at our little map of downtown attractions and think, "Wow, that's 10-blocks away, it will take forever to get there!" Then we'd actually start walking and we'd be there in under 10-minutes. It was so nice to have no use for a car downtown

[Bluesbabe]

Originally Posted by jread

I guess my one favorite "thing" was the layout of downtown. I loved the short blocks and I loved how walkable it was. We'd look at our little map of downtown attractions and think, "Wow, that's 10-blocks away, it will take forever to get there!" Then we'd actually start walking and we'd be there in under 10-minutes. It was so nice to have no use for a car downtown

Very true about the short blocks. Tomorrow night I'm going to New York for 10 days, and I noticed right away in maps that their blocks are typically loooooong. That will certainly be an adjustment for me.

Glad you enjoyed your trip here, and I hope you can find a future settlement here.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by GB1

...helped along by the Vanport Flood, which destroyed the insta-city that had been built for WWII workers. 40-50% of them, it's estimated, were black.

Also, few people know Portland also had a riot in 1967, in the Albina District.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by EnricoV

No doubt it would have been challenging. But do be aware that the word was tried. Not succeeded. I don't know anywhere that doesn't have/has had their fair share of wrong-minded (in my opinion) people. That it's not a majority, I think, is the best I think we can hope for.

But it still goes on in one form or another. I still won't stop (and spend any money) should I be passing through the town of Canby. Something like 10 or 15 years ago, they passed a law banning homosexuals from teaching. Luckily, it too was overturned before it was ever enacted (like the parochial school law in the 20s).

My friend's hometown was once a sundown town. Now the ordinance isn't enforceable.