05-03-2022, 03:02 AM
A friend of mine rented in Nanawale and his descriptions were very similar to how I would have described NE Portland living there in the 90's.
One of his strangest tales was a single female showing up at his front door asking for somebody who didn't live there, and when they said you have the wrong place, she asked if she could stay there awhile because she had nowhere else to go. He described her as looking "methed out". We agreed that he should have called somebody (I don't know 911 or something) because just because they turned her away wouldn't mean something horrible wasn't going to happen to her somewhere else.
He was always chasing people off the little property that had no reason being there. He said they were "casing the joint", I don't know if that is true but let's face it why else would somebody be on the property? They weren't selling girl scout cookies.
When I lived in NE Portland we had mail delivery through a slot in the front door and when we first moved into the place we would notice the mail slot getting opened and people looking inside through it. I would run to the front door to chase them off and they did run away but I don't know if it deterred them from returning. After we got a Rottweiler that gave them views of aggressive teeth it never happened again. Unfortunately the Rottweiler thought the mail slot was a "chew up whatever comes through it" slot but that is a story for another time.
I have many stories of living there, the area has become gentrified and no longer exists as I experienced it. I'm not sure I would do it again at my age now that I have to worry about insurance deductibles and how long it takes injuries to heal, but it taught me practical security methods at a younger age and also that the crime level in Puna isn't nearly as bad as it is in a lot of the madland.
One of his strangest tales was a single female showing up at his front door asking for somebody who didn't live there, and when they said you have the wrong place, she asked if she could stay there awhile because she had nowhere else to go. He described her as looking "methed out". We agreed that he should have called somebody (I don't know 911 or something) because just because they turned her away wouldn't mean something horrible wasn't going to happen to her somewhere else.
He was always chasing people off the little property that had no reason being there. He said they were "casing the joint", I don't know if that is true but let's face it why else would somebody be on the property? They weren't selling girl scout cookies.
When I lived in NE Portland we had mail delivery through a slot in the front door and when we first moved into the place we would notice the mail slot getting opened and people looking inside through it. I would run to the front door to chase them off and they did run away but I don't know if it deterred them from returning. After we got a Rottweiler that gave them views of aggressive teeth it never happened again. Unfortunately the Rottweiler thought the mail slot was a "chew up whatever comes through it" slot but that is a story for another time.
I have many stories of living there, the area has become gentrified and no longer exists as I experienced it. I'm not sure I would do it again at my age now that I have to worry about insurance deductibles and how long it takes injuries to heal, but it taught me practical security methods at a younger age and also that the crime level in Puna isn't nearly as bad as it is in a lot of the madland.