PORTLAND, Ore. — A homeless man gathered laundry from inside his tent Tuesday morning. It’s a big day for him, he said — he just found a free place to clean his clothes that’s within walking distance from his campsite along Interstate 405 in southwest Portland.
“It’s like lullaby music by now. I’ve gotten way used to it,” Michael Saxton said of camping next to a busy, loud interstate.
He’s been on the corner of Southwest 13th Avenue for two weeks.
“Here is like a safe place. I can leave and come back and all my stuff’s still here,” he said.
That newfound security
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