Sad but true...way too many years of having the wrong politicos all but hamstring this area into a depressed and poverty stricken city with vast swathes of the population living at meager subsistence levels...the lucky (plucky?) ones have,  or will  eventually,  move to the Portland area where prosperity and infrastructure are on a  fast track...24 large building cranes in downtown Portland area as we speak,  here the big story today is this dowdy building being mercifully repurchased by the lone savior in town the U of O... we are reaping what we have elected/sown.