PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 2, 2024
Andrew Marsters’ Aug. 22 op-ed (“Views are intrinsic to the Portland park experience”) supports preserving “significant views” for future generations. However, for there to be future generations of Portlanders, we need to avoid layering restriction after restriction on our ability to build the housing those generations will so desperately need. None of us have the right to dictate that the current version is the only proper or correct state. We should not try to freeze it in time like a mosquito trapped in amber. That mosquito may look pretty, but it is still dead. We must acknowledge that what we love about our city attracts others, and we need to make reasonable accommodations for our future friends and neighbors. ~ Nathan Miller, Portland