{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Portland's weird, politically speaking. Before I came I'd always heard of it as super-liberal. But that's not quite right, it's...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/60400537034/", "html": "<p>Portland&rsquo;s weird, politically speaking. Before I came I&rsquo;d always heard of it as super-liberal. But that&rsquo;s not quite right, it&rsquo;s progressive as in Era - distrust of electioneering in favor of a weirdly functional libertarian technocratic welfare state, rule by white men with advanced degrees in a learned - which is not to say academic - tone, citizen input welcome on the condition that they uplift themselves to match. Very big on public services but absolutely committed to holding to budget, all the &ldquo;right&rdquo; social stances but I have never seen a culture so unapologetically tailored to well-educated straight male northern european small business owners.</p>"}