It might have just been a meme that grew legs, though without dredging through the internet it is really difficult to say either way.
I will say that changing the popular perception of a thing makes it easier to change that thing in reality, so the push to make Ohio look like a weird shithole housing an unlimited number of murderous degenerates attracts murderous degenerates who want to live in a weird shithole, similar to the media push for queer everything has made it trendy to be queer regardless if people are or are not.
It might have just been a meme that grew legs, though without dredging through the internet it is really difficult to say either way.
I will say that changing the popular perception of a thing makes it easier to change that thing in reality, so the push to make Ohio look like a weird shithole housing an unlimited number of murderous degenerates attracts murderous degenerates who want to live in a weird shithole, similar to the media push for queer everything has made it trendy to be queer regardless if people are or are not.
The Portland effect, causing a locale to become a weird shithole filled with an unlimited number of murderous degenerate homosexuals
Ah, so that is what they meant by " Keep Portland weird."