I'll stop you there because I actually live in Portland. On the one hand, rightist media portrays Portland like a war zone, which it is not. On the other hand, people use that to run cover for the cities actual failures and growing problems. The cities problems took off when Capital P Progressives (the party) took over.

The cities state is the result of a confluence of political powers trying to establish themselves in Portland because the city is growing in population and power. As a resident, I'd prefer if both Progressives and Tump centric rightists would all leave their interest in Portland behind. This is a lovely city otherwise. We'll solve our problems here eventually, and hopefully without either of their ideologies at play.