Photowalking

[olivermoss]

And, someone has been editing those 'will buy your home' scam signs:


So, the five days thing... Portland didn't used to do clear-outs of homeless camps. We do now. But, the laws require notice to be posted in advance in the area so they can leave on their own. Sometimes, homeless people or homeless activists remove the notices and use it to legally challenge the clear out. So, the police had been writing the notices in paint pens and due to where camps are, it's often on park sidewalks or on the side/back walls of apartment buildings. They may go back and clean the paint, but people have been freaking out over seeing 'you have five days' written in various places. And Portland being Portland it's very likely some people have been writing that phrase around to highlight homeless problems or where camps where cleared out, draw attention to homeless issues.

tl:dr - It's a probably a ref to camp clear outs, but being freaking out on social media because it's just a creepy to run into words like that is also a thing

Comments

[dine]

it's good to have background on the "you have 5 days" signs - I'd wondered what those referred to

as always, I appreciate your photowalk post - cool stuff.

[olivermoss]

Thanks!

[mistressofmuses]

That *does* sound really creepily ominous, and the actual meaning is still pretty dystopian in its own way. Paired with the "it wasn't supposed to be like this," it works in both senses, in terms of being creepy and in terms of social failings.

Nice BLM art.

That mural is beautiful!

And I love the lights in the tree that look like fireworks.

Lol at the "haunts houses."

And the Holmes silhouette is nice.

[olivermoss]

Notice: It Wasn't Supposed to Be Like This ... for me that goes so hard. It's so perfectly understated.

[mistressofmuses]

That sentiment goes... really hard, in a lot of ways. It is quite understated, but it feels extremely resonant on a lot of levels.

[delphi]

It Wasn't Supposed to Be Like This

Damn.

[olivermoss]

Yeah, that goes hard