@elizatech We're in a peculiar situation given substantially different tax regimes between Oregon and Washington. Lower property and income tax and relaxed regulations on the Washington side, coupled with an absence of sales tax on the Oregon side means lot of the more conservative element lives across the river and commutes into Portland daily to work and shop.

This has all kinds of side effects, not least Portland's famous comparative liberalism, since they can't vote here. Another is that many of the giganto-cars disappear at night and to some extent on weekends.