I am an Oregonanon and will post what I see here. I am in the valley in the belly of the beast. The following is what I have seen in the Eugene area. I do not live in the Eugene area but it is the closest place with major retailers like farm stores and such so I go there but lately I keep it to an absolute minimum.
Everyone wears a mask all the time. I dont see people in the area without a mask. very uncommon, almost shocking. None of them even have a protest mask. Mine has been punched full of holes with a hole puncher and I wrote OBEY on it with a sharpie. No one has ever commented on it. I saw one single dude pumping gas who had a screen mask. I told him I loved his mask and he nervously said thanks.
Many small businesses are closing or closed. Friend has a small winery. More of a hobby scale winery but it is the real deal with tasting room and such. They closed their tasting room and are running on their members to their wine club ONLY. They used to give me shitloads of their rejects for free (I'm a crazy looking mountain man with low standards) as opposed to some french wine snob and the price is right. but that ended probably because they are trying to sell it. Lots of issues with stuff like no change at retailers. Covfefe stands will not take cash any more. Everyone is all stupid as fuck and akward. We went to the beach recently (jetty) and there were few masks but people were very stand-offish. ZERO people pushing back. NONE. ZIP NADA.
The only thing I see that is worth a damn is I see a hell of a lot of new American Flags around. Very cool that. Everyone looks like hammered dogshit here. I dont know how else to describe it. It has been an awesomely cool and lovely spring and summer so far. NO yellowjackets. perfect weather. Everyone is looking bad though BAD. Most people are losing their jobs or businesses.
Another small town near a friend I visit with about 500 people in it has a new little residential area with little starter homes going up. They want like 400k for them! AND. THEY. ARE. SELLING. People are running from the city is why. It is just in commuting distance to Eugene. I try to strike up convo with people about what is going on and they all shy away. I try to talk about The Constitution and no one even knows what I am talking about.
Everyone is so fucking cowed and submissive it blows my fucking mind. I appreciate what you have done here OP but I gotta tell ya, I am planning for the worst and have been for years now. Another friend works in Corvallis just up the road. She is VERY uncomfortable. So much so she is getting ready to hole up at my place if need be. I cleared out a shipping container and she has been moving her stuff in on the weekends incase the looting starts. There are lots of high-roller CHINESE all over Corvallis. They are setting up front companies to launder money (Sugar Toast (whathefuckisthatshit) in South Corvallis is one of those places. zero customers but a store with shady Chinese milling around all the time chain smoking and clogging the parking lot with rows and flashy BMW and MERCEDES cars that no local could ever afford. They are Fentanyl dealers.
On fentanyl… Yet another young dude I know, a young guy around 25 just went back to jail for drugs. He was the only guy I knew with a massive bar on his saw who can cut big west coast doug firs. I have a nasty one and am too afraid to cut it myself because I dont know how to do it and not die. He is a logger and knows that shit. He is in jail though so there it stands…
I met an ex-army dude who seemed like a cool cat. Mid 20s. cool cat. Like a normal guy right? We were going to shoot AR's out on my land at my little range… He went fucking CRAZY when he learned that I supported the Constitution. Seriously. The dude started texting me massive piles of anti trump and hardcore communist shit. I mean real hammer and sickle-tier shit. White guy… ex army. Holy fuck. He is pure Antifa and has my location. I literally fear for my life when the dogs bark.
ANyway, prompt me with some questions if you like and i will see what I can do as to answering them.