Born and raised int the NW from Portland all the way to Spokane and beyond I have lived and or visited. The north Portland area between the St. John’s Bridge and the Paul Bunyan statue in the Peninsula neighborhood is where my childhood was spent playing baseball at Kenton park, attending local schools peninsula K-8, John Ball elementary, Portsmouth middle school. High school career was split between to Portland High schools Jefferson and Roosevelt and Mountlake Terrace High just north of Seattle. Despite being homeless for his my senior year he graduated and promptly came back to his home of North Portland.  Living all over Portland from the clackamas, sellwood, Gresham to Vancouver and Longview Washington. He now makes his home in the downtown SW Portland. Living all over the greater Portland, SW Washington and beyond I have seen the NW from multiple angles and lived in the NW my entire life. Giving my NW perspective on topics locally and around the globe.