Been thinking I need to travel again to clear my head but it’s more logistics with a cat (and no vehicle)

And with that in my head I read this and it’s reminding me of things

All the classmates I saw on Facebook and the newer “where young people come to career” Portland arrivals talking about weekend vacations

The way that I myself fell in love and settled in to Portland after a tentative passing-through

The rapid remaking of Division Street, and realizing that the establishments that came in weren’t really neighborhood-serving, they supported an AirBnB “live like the locals” district where the long-lines destinations got larger copies, or were subsidized Coachella-succulent-froofy retail as “amenities” to “make” the area or some combination

(waiting behind SO many giggly 50-something out-of-staters as the dispensary guy explained the difference between sativa and indica)

this is how we city now;

part of why I need to travel is to find a rural small town to retreat-to-the-hills to and push the cycle on tbh

(do you guys realize how many farm and winery regions keep themselves alive as backdrops for charming yuppie weddings these days?)