Those immortal ballads, Home Sweet Home, My Old Kentucky Home, and Little Gray Home In The West, were not written about apartments....they never sang a song about a pile of rent receipts.
(Herbert Hoover in Davis 1990: 173)
TENANTS-- This is to give you notice that the owner may be entering your apartment for inspection (not a "white-glove" inspection) on Tuesday, March 12, between the hours of 12 noon and 4 P.M. Thank you for your cooperation.If my landlord were the police, she would need a search warrant unless it were an emergency, but things could be worse. I have a friend who's apartment is even smaller than mine. Hers is "pre-furnished", which, unless you're incredibly rich, means that the walls are covered with crusty oil seascapes and still-life reprints, and all the furniture is bolted to the floor. Her landlord doesn't come around much, but he could if he wanted to. And what if my friend didn't have a house at all?
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In Portland, this most livable of cities, camping in public places is prohibited, meaning it's illegal to set up sleeping bags or any other sleeping material in a public place or in a car in a public place. Meaning it's illegal to be homeless in this most livable of cities. If you were homeless here, the police could tell you to move along so you don't disturb me as I walk into a store. And you'd better take your stuff with you--that big coat of yours looks like it might be "sleeping material". (For more information. on homelessness in Portland, see The Burnside Cadillac**LINK TO IT** Well, I'd write more, but I've got to go. My landlord is coming over soon and I have to vacuum so I don't get in trouble. Who says you can't go home again? Nonetheless, I wish I owned a house.