Boy, I am glad I moved from the City of Portland and PPS district where compared to some surrounding areas, much is expensive especially when it is procured through the government and/or is weighed down by regulatory burden.
                                                                                                                                     
The next PPS bond is already destined to hit the average PPS family home owner by over $400 per year in addition to the current $200 plus school-rebuild-tax.  How does this help affordability?  What happens is those with the affluence of Pearl and West Hills begin to dominate the City and school district politic as those of the middle and lower income classes are edged out.
                                                     
The only way to slow such progression, so as to retain a modicum of Portland quaintness, is to reduce government red tape so as to make Portland more affordable through stretching the government dollar.