[Politics]

Portland: How Can it be So Livable with All those Liberals ?

A minor meme in the mainstream press: Portland's livability (the one on the left coast). Yesterday, Dionne waxed lovingly about Portland's famous livability, calling Portland congressman Earl Blumenauer's ideas about urban development the prescription for rebuilding New Orleans. Then in today's local paper, a reprint from Denver, where local columnist Linda Seebach calls Portland a hellish mire of anti-business communism in which people very lazily enjoy very pleasant, if unstressful lives. But! That may end if, you know, those 28-year-olds quit moving here, which they stubbornly refuse to quit doing.

Over at Blue Oregon, I've asked the ultraleft just why they so hate business. Join in the discussion if you wish.