text: I am hesitant to believe that Hurst’s line has changed much regarding impoverished communities in AZ, East Portland, or anywhere. wweek’s and Hurst’s apologist stance regarding the cost of living in PDX stands as proof that you value only what you can take from the poor (i.e. their culture, style, food, music, etc.) but that when it comes to their actual livelihood, you don't even bother. Your mission simply seems to be the first to rush to potential new scenes and take credit on reporting first so that you can carry that ol’ hipster line of ‘I knew it was cool before it was cool’. Congratulations on another expedition into the unknown, at least for those that thought East Portland was Gresham up until this point. No doubt bourgeois liberals will be rushing out to East Portland to slum it out before they completely take it over and sell their own high end versions of halaal meat, tacos, and binh mi sandwiches, while explaining the merits of the free market to the freshly displaced.