Portland is still known — and sometimes mocked — for refusing to use road salt during winter weather, but in recent years, the city has changed its approach.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Wednesday’s record-breaking snowstorm took Portland by surprise and quickly led to the kind of traffic mess that often tends to crop up when the city gets hit by heavy snow.
The gridlock has sparked a flood of familiar complaints on social media, including accusing Portland of not using road salt.
Some claims about Portland’s winter weather struggles are unfair (yes we do have snow plows, and as Willamette Week points out, no one
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