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 Liberal Place: Eugene, ORThese are comments on Eugene, submitted by other Turn Left visitors. They do not necessarily represent the opinion of the webmaster. You may add a comment on Eugene if you want.  Eugene, OR is an activist and often pleasantly dippy college burg, with
an open gay scene and a flamboyant (if somewhat more secretive) drug
culture. The invasive police force and the depressed, violent outlying
areas (including the pitifully reactionary dying lumber town across the
Wilammette River, Springfield) are to be avoided at all costs, and a
public nightlife scene is all but nonexistent.....but most people are
amusing themselves indoors by the time the restaurants, bars, and patrol
cars slow down. A booming high-tech economy without the usual
environmental tradeoffs that go with it......citizens have repeatedly
demonstrated their willingness to vote away the kind of corporations
that use job production as a threat to win safety and pollution
concessions. Outdoor festivals and gatherings are reminiscent of those
found on the streets of Berkely or Boulder, particularily the openly
illegal Country Fair, held annually......Far cheaper and likably low-key
than Portland or Seattle, particularily during the beautiful summers. ...and another comment...
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Eugene rarely freezes over and is an hour from mountains and wide ocean
beaches. Tourism and high-tech research and development are smart choices for
this clean-consciencious area as well as farming in the outer areas. I've
also never felt safer in any other location except perhaps some towns in
Canada. Eugene is clean, friendly, and promising with relatively low
unemployment dispite the now downsized paper and lumber industry. As for the
"Gay scene" and liberal agenda....remember the Golden Rule!! :-) ...and another comment...
The drug scene is rampant and free for the most part. Marijuana is as accessible as beer and wine, so is LSD and other potent drugs. Of course, there are those persons who spend all of their time abusing drugs and they are an annoyance. The gay population is supported by the University and they are open and flamboyant, but pose no threat to society. As for the police force, it is awful. When I was in Eugene, there were at least four times when major force was used. Usually, there were parties occurring (imagine that!) and the police force decided to try out there new toys on the population. They would wait around until about 11:30 at night and make there presence known. This of course pissed off alot of people. Eventually, the police would begin to harrass students and then the normal reaction would occur; riots! The police would then roll out their heavy artillery, usually tear gas and proceed to shoot at students as though they were worthless animals. The hippies or dirties as most people called them were also subjected to harrassment. Of course, some of these hippies really were losers and deserved to be "swept" from the area. However, for the most part the hippies were harmless. Eugene is an interesting place, no doubt about it. The town itself likes believe that they are "liberal", but in reality only the University and directly outlying areas are "liberal". The town itself it moderately conservative and heavily Christian. It is through the University that the minority interests groups get their identity and promotion.
It was a great place to live in many ways. The University is
excellent,but it would be better if the University itself would cease
promoting all the bullshit theories that have come to define liberals as
socialist-communists. One step inside most social science classrooms and
you would think that America was an evil beast and that men were women,
women were men, everybody is gay and that the fact Stalin and Mao
slaughtered millions of people is irrelevant since America betrayed the
Indians and fought Communism in Vietnam. Go Ducks!!!!!! ...and another comment...
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