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Portland's $93 million budget deficit is just the tip of a $1 BILLION infrastructure crisis—yet citizens would rather cut police than parks maintenance. As the 'City that Works' literally crumbles around them, officials scramble to address decades of neglect while commercial vacancies soar and basic services collapse. Tennis courts splitting open, playgrounds rusting, and sewage pipes breaking are the new normal in a city where ideology trumps common sense.
Watch as we break down how Portland's leadership has prioritized 'keeping Portland weird' over keeping it functional, allowing public safety to deteriorate while chasing away businesses that could fund essential repairs. Is it any surprise that a city willing to let 'a crazy, shirtless homeless man run around with a knife' for three days now faces a 'doom loop' of urban decay?
How long before 20% of Portland's infrastructure becomes completely unusable? When will taxpayers demand accountability for their deteriorating city? Subscribe now for more eye-opening exposés on government waste and policy failures across America's cities.
By Sean Reynolds4.4
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Portland's $93 million budget deficit is just the tip of a $1 BILLION infrastructure crisis—yet citizens would rather cut police than parks maintenance. As the 'City that Works' literally crumbles around them, officials scramble to address decades of neglect while commercial vacancies soar and basic services collapse. Tennis courts splitting open, playgrounds rusting, and sewage pipes breaking are the new normal in a city where ideology trumps common sense.
Watch as we break down how Portland's leadership has prioritized 'keeping Portland weird' over keeping it functional, allowing public safety to deteriorate while chasing away businesses that could fund essential repairs. Is it any surprise that a city willing to let 'a crazy, shirtless homeless man run around with a knife' for three days now faces a 'doom loop' of urban decay?
How long before 20% of Portland's infrastructure becomes completely unusable? When will taxpayers demand accountability for their deteriorating city? Subscribe now for more eye-opening exposés on government waste and policy failures across America's cities.

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