Portland, known as the microbrew mecca of the planet, the bike-friendliest city in the US, and potentially the greenest city in the nation, also has some major issues like the educational system.

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A handful of links about outerspace, art, beer, utopia, dystopia, and the mix of it all together.

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It’s true, Portlanders love to talk about Portland. Sometimes I think we (Portlanders) are a bit narcissistic when it comes to our beer, music, organic food, greenery, politics, bike-friendliness, laid-backness, etc. One thing I appreciate about Portland is ALL the diversity (I’m being sarcastic, there is very little diversity here even though we pretend there [...]

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Rise (2008)
In the future, many of the city’s poorest are forced to live outside in the streets and under bridges. Families are separated at shelters and the police make raids on the street-dwellers. The city’s rulers only grow increasingly concerned with building an aesthetically idyllic city, complete with sky trains, floating walkways, and expansive highways [...]

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Art students from Portland consider the social implications of making art in a gentrified neighborhood. The movie, The Lathe of Heaven is used for insight.

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