That which we call SoWhat, by any other name would still smell
We've had a lot of fun calling Portland's South Waterfront district "SoWhat." But today a reader suggested that maybe we should give that joke a rest. After all, "SoWhat" is based on people's reactions to the latest condo jungle, and by now everyone's had ample chance to see it for what it really is and react accordingly.
Now we're moving into a new phase, where condos can't be sold and the city's already tapped itself out on infrastructure. We haven't even started to deal with the sewer issues or the greenway, and there's no money, we're told, for a lot of the goodies that were originally promised.
Why not, the reader suggested, rename the whole district "Bankruptcy Village"?
It would take a while to catch on with the People, but the more they hear about this scam, the more obvious it will become. If someone out there already thought of it, give them the credit. I googled it and nothing came up. If Seattle can have a tram called SLUT, we have to do better with our names. "Bankruptcy Village": Think about it.
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Comments (12)
Uh..."Lackofdignity Village"?
"Shametown"?
"Rising Sewage"?
"Fradulent Flats"?
"Boondoogle Landing"?
"Superfund View"?
"Brownfields"?
"The Other Side of the Tracks"?
"Opensewerside"
"Field of Misguided Ambitions"
"Linchpin Estates"
"Californian Relocation Camp & Retraining Center #43"
"Lac Oparkin"
"Lac Osense"
"Bilktown"
Posted by godfry | September 20, 2007 2:15 PM
How about just damn ugly eyesores on what used to be land that supported living wages brought to you by the City of Portland?
Or better yet: The Soulless Towers down by the Ross Island.
Or: Those ugly towers.
Or: Californian Flats?
Posted by Simon | September 20, 2007 3:00 PM
Looney Landing
Asinine Acres
A-hole Acres?
Posted by Larry K | September 20, 2007 3:34 PM
Now, now. Maybe something like "Flippers' Graveyard"?
Posted by Jack Bog | September 20, 2007 3:37 PM
or maybe "flopped flips?"
Posted by veiledorchid | September 20, 2007 4:11 PM
We could take a cue from the French "rive gauche" and "rive droite" and call it the "Right Bankrupt."
Posted by Isaac Laquedem | September 20, 2007 5:42 PM
I'm liking Indignity Village the more I think about it.
Posted by Jack Bog | September 20, 2007 11:12 PM
Kohlerville?
Posted by dyspeptic | September 21, 2007 2:11 AM
Remember that its official name is the “North Macadam Urban Renewal District”: N.M.U.R.D.
Just put "transit" in there to get: NoMac T.U.R.D. (And it really is a T.U.R.D.)
Or we could drop the Mac and get: NoAdam T.U.R.D.
Who can build on this?
Thanks
JK
Posted by jim karlock | September 21, 2007 2:53 AM
MUCK-ville or MUD-ville
'cause that is what is under the towers...river muck, and when the quake comes they will come a tumblin' down!I don't care how much seismic stuff was built in!
Posted by portland native | September 21, 2007 9:20 AM
Ghost Towers. South Waterfront Ghost Towers.
Posted by LC | September 21, 2007 9:01 PM
How about "Whoa-What?", or "So What", or "SoWhatNow"?
Posted by Jerry | September 22, 2007 10:48 AM