8 January 2024

Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. homes are worth at least $1 million, close to all-time high. In Portland, it's more like 6.7% (Man, even Tacoma is higher). Inventory is low, and there's still enough demand for homes that prices can be this high and people will still buy them. This is the Fed's doing.

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Crime Rate by State. Oregon is 9th in the nation, and I bet that if you removed the City of Portland, it would drop down dramatically. And Oregon is 3rd poorest in the nation when it comes to income left over after taxes. Is there ANY good news about Oregon these days?

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The Crypto Con. This situation in Texas is crazy. So far, there hasn't been any plans to develop a crypto mining company in Oregon (that I know of). These mines consume so much energy, and the greenies aren't even aware. It's off their radar.

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Universities are not on the level. There has been an insidious decay into the lofty standards of academia. Many institutions are resting on their reputations. Trust, once lost, is difficult to regain. And they don't realize it, because of the effort to replace meritocracy with diversity.

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Scum human beings. Cyber criminals hacked into the records of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and are demanding money. In order to light the fire, they are swatting the cancer patients to make their lives miserable.

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