‘We’re actually saving them money’: These Portland, Oregon neighbors say city officials are dragging their feet responding to a crime wave — so they grew their own solution

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If you were to walk down Southeast Washington Street in the Portland neighborhood of Montavilla, you’d see it lined with flower beds. But things weren’t always that way.

Up until recently, residents say a number of RVs were parked where the flowers are now, attracting homeless people and criminal activity…

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