You get a lot of people who move here because they think it's a happy go lucky place but when issues of gentrification or racism are brought up it's not talked about as much because people want to ignore it and only talk about the points that make their city look/sound nice, further ignoring what's happening to those in need. People continue to get pushed out East every year in Portland and it doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon.

I know someone who lives in a community where it is basically an apartment complex where everything is shared and people strive to be very green (shared vacuum [except for those with allergies], shared cars, shared tools, etc.) But it is essentially an all-white community and I once asked about what happened to the black community that lived at those apartments because I have a friend who once lived there before it turned into what it is now, and he basically had no idea. I found it so strange how a community that was striving so hard for sustainability of the eco-system and what not completely failed at sustainability of diversity in their community. Long story short, talked to my old friend later on and basically the rent costs in the community sky-rocketed thanks to how nice people found the community and any lower middle class families were booted out and had to move to cheaper areas (Gresham for my friend). Cared so much about one issue but completely ignored the other.