The article discusses the author's personal experience returning to Portland with a California license, highlighting the negative treatment received from locals who harbor preconceived biases against Californians. Although the author believed attitudes might have changed since the pandemic, they found that discrimination against transplants, particularly those from California, still exists, albeit to a lesser degree. The author emphasizes that harboring hatred for individuals based solely on their origin reflects xenophobia, challenging the notion of what it means to be a 'cool Portlander.'
If you hate these people simply because you don't like where they came from, then you're just like every other xenophobe out there.
The treatment I received when presenting my California license was horrid, revealing a deep-seated resentment towards transplants.
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