You know what? I am really tired of them trying to cram the "live close to your work" concept down our throats. I used to live in Beaverton until last April. I made the environmentally responsible choice to move to Portland so I could be right across the street from where I work. Well when my rent came up for renewal it increased by 8%. To add to that, they eliminated the residential parking permit program so that's another $100 a month! So all in all, my rent has really increased nearly 22%! I wrote to Commisioner Sam about this grievous injustice and his office's response was "tough luck". Well I am moving out of Portland. It's too expensive! I am going to return to the suburbs and resume commuting every day into work and enlarging my carbon footprint. If they really WANT people to live according to their vision, then they must make it reasonable to do so. It seems to me that you either have to either be rich or homeless to live in Portland.