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So then theyre going to this new neighborhood, and then the people there are feeling tread on. >> yes, yes, yes. >> and im just watching this wave happen all the way from the areas of the city that are traditionally associated with white people and money and all the way out to the areas of the city that are way, way, way out in the suburbs that people say, well, wait a minute. this used to be the country. >> mm-hmm. >> whats happened? all these city people are coming? >> then eventually theres l...

Project. notice anything familiar? yep, thats beverlys house right there. bens been kind enough to invite me on a tour of one of his new buildings under construction. it feels like ive just walked into the belly of the beast. hello. >> hello. >> hi. my names kamau. >> ben kaiser. how are you? >> good. thanks for letting us crash your construction site. >> welcome. welcome to portland as well. >> after a bit of small talk, it was time to get down to business. >> you basically represent the man. >...

>> 100%. but portland really is, in my opinion, turning from a town into a city right now. its exciting to watch. it has its growing pains of course. >> how do those growing pains affect the people who have lives there all their lives? i talked to an older black woman, and every so often someone knocks on her door and is offering to buy her home. somebody is telling them to make that phone call. >> we always think its a somebody. in my opinion, its an economic force. its not -- theres no one orc...