Portland is like the Carebears version of the Occupy protest, even though we have apparently 1,500 people permanently camped outside the courthouse. The mayor and chief of police came out early on supporting them, they even let them smoke medical marijuana in specific tents, and whenever I go there on lunch to check it out there are always protesters discussing things with curious businesspeople in suits and uniformed police officers and it's all very chill and flower-children and "peace, man, come hang out in our art tent!" In general, Portland and Phoenix are very opposite in the way they do a lot of things.
That being said - go down there when there's no specific protest planned so there's no reason for any police action. I was scared to check it out too because I thought the camp was like "don't come in unless you are ONE OF US!" but it's not like that. #OccupyBoston is one of the more heated situations, and my friend in_parentheses stops by there after work to wash dishes and stuff. Seriously, go check it out! :)
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Portland is like the Carebears version of the Occupy protest, even though we have apparently 1,500 people permanently camped outside the courthouse. The mayor and chief of police came out early on supporting them, they even let them smoke medical marijuana in specific tents, and whenever I go there on lunch to check it out there are always protesters discussing things with curious businesspeople in suits and uniformed police officers and it's all very chill and flower-children and "peace, man, come hang out in our art tent!" In general, Portland and Phoenix are very opposite in the way they do a lot of things.
That being said - go down there when there's no specific protest planned so there's no reason for any police action. I was scared to check it out too because I thought the camp was like "don't come in unless you are ONE OF US!" but it's not like that. #OccupyBoston is one of the more heated situations, and my friend