because people in prineville have guns and would probably shoot trespassers. people in portland are nice but naïve, and think they can save the world, one spanging, youthful hobo at a time. no, it doesn't work that way. you can be kind but we cant help every single kid that jumps a freight train from out of state. I blame those dicks because they have hijacked our collective sympathy, well not mine.. so stop giving beggars change, use a GOOD bike lock,  and maybe word will get out people in portland are stingy. missing a 2k road bike? I see tons in the hands of juggalo crooks down along the river every week.  they wouldn't come here unless the picking were easy. we're all complicit in this matter......