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kleinbl00  ·  2850 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The families that can't afford summer

Portland has all sorts of shit figured out. Mass transit in Portland largely works. Parks are great. Public markets aren't bloody bad. I'm a big fan of Portland.

But an army of kids running around Portland's parks during the summer is gonna be like a cross between Portlandia and Lord of the Flies.





OftenBen  ·  2850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    a cross between Portlandia and Lord of the Flies.

Is that a pitch I hear?

Edit because I'm cute

    Pick the kale! Juice it up! Pick the kale! Juice it up!

And

    Sucks to your gas-car!
Deltron_0  ·  2850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lord of Portland - the graphic novel every goonie wants.

cgod  ·  2850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    an army of kids running around Portland's parks during the summer is gonna be like a cross between Portlandia and Lord of the Flies.

Some parks at some times. Many are big enough that all the kids are on one side where the kids amenities are located and adults are on the other more contemplative side with the gardens and giant cooling trees. Some parks, like the one with the bridge, have no kid amenities. The concentration of kids stuff to one portion of the park or the total lack of kid play structures at others seems to be by design. Being at the kids area during feeding times is bloody chaos. I won't go to free swim, it's like a pee bath.

Pools seem to have a subtle order as well. A few pools are too cold for kids to play in but are laid out great for lap swimming. Others have a hard divide between the lap, old folks aerobic area and the kids area. Others are just wondrous kid zones.