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The New York Times feels our pain

March 27, 2009 by Dave 2 Comments

In the Times this morning Peter S. Goodman tells a tale of woe about Portland: A Downturn Wraps a City in Hesitance.

He starts with a look at Powell’s bookstore. Michael Powell recently postponed his $5 million expansion plans. Then considers the real estate situation, which isn’t doing well anywhere. Portland’s deepwater port activity has dropped off significantly, as has manufacturing, and retail. Go read the entire thing, if you’re a masochist.

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Comments

  1. jfwells says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:49 am

    It is getting so bad the unicorn poltergeists aren’t even bothering to haunt anybody, and we have had to cut back from 30 different words for rain to only 26. Couldn’t afford ‘mizzle’, ‘plunking’, ‘geese-spit’, or ‘stump washer’ anymore.

  2. Dave says

    March 30, 2009 at 7:48 am

    jfwells – Yeah, they just don’t seem to understand over there in NYC.

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