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on The Reality of Guns
I do not own a gun - when I was six I found the key to my fathers gun cabinet. I had to show them to my friends.. Luckily nobody was hurt and the guns were not loaded.
Last month my son and I came out of the 24 hour fitness @ 11:30 pm in the Hollywood district. As we were pulling out of the parking lot someone ran up to the car, pulled a gun out, pointed it at us. We were able to drive away without injury.
Would I own a gun now, I don't think so.
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on Who Are Your Neighbors Now?
My partner and I moved to Portland in 2005. We went to other cities like Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles. and whe we came here we were pretty amazed at home prices and just how friendly people were. I was able to bring my job from San Francisco California to Portland while my partner has had to take a Restaurant job as he found it more difficult to find work. It too him a couple on months to even get his current job.
While I love it here he does not. What we could afford for a house at the time is further out than he wants to live. We are now weighing the option of selling the house and going back to being renters but living in the Pearl District.
Lastly, we are both in our fifties and it has not been easy to make friends. We know our neighbors however they are young and have young childern. We had two kids and they are both grown.
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