This was very well-put - I believe that there has been far too much Portland tax $$$ spent in the last five years on projects that improve and/or benefit the West side of Portland almost or completely exclusively. I'm starting to think we need to rename each side of the river much like Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minn.

Examples:

The PDC buying the Armory for what was probably 3-4x its actual value, to create a venue that will have ticket prices only West-sider can afford.

The "East-Side" Esplande, which is a cute trick of naming, since it's still on the West side of the city, technically, because I-5 has become the true divider of east/west, not the Willamette.

The street car, of which there is much talk of expanding to the east side but continues to be a west side project only.

This tram, which as the writer I am replying to points out, I will likely *never* use but am subsidizing.

I could continue this list with many more examples but I do not want to belay the point.