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TOP 5 PLACES IN EUGENE TO
CRY IN PUBLIC, RANKED
Did it all start on November 8? Or was it January 20?
Whenever it happened, there have been gallons of tears flowing around town the last
couple months. Here are some of the best places we know of to weep in public:
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Skinner’s Butte
Eugene founder Eugene Skinner’s homestead was here, and today you can
enjoy sweeping views of the Eugene cityscape and the southern Willamette
Valley. While on Skinner’s Butte think on how your dad never, ever took
you hiking. Not once. Have a nice cry.
UO Campus
The University of Oregon Campus is home to some of Eugene’s oldest
and nicest architecture. Which is good, because most of the city’s newest
architecture is cheap student housing that looks like it was designed in a
failed Communist state in eastern Europe. While touring, remember there’s
only one way to survive college, and it rhymes with “sighing.”
Hult Center Lobby
The Hult Center is a monument to Eugene’s commitment to the performing
arts. While in town, be sure to stop by, because when you’re throwing a
huge fit, you require good acoustics. And a really big audience.
Pre’s Trail
Runner Steve Prefontaine is like the James Dean of track and field and a
patron saint of our fair city because he crashed his car and died. We even
built running trails in his honor. World-famous running trails filled with
world-famous runners? What better reason could there be to go scarlet red
in your cry zones?
5th Street Market
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With great shopping, restaurants and romantic atmosphere, the 5th Street
Public Market is a grand place to take a date, except if you had even the
possibility of a date, you wouldn’t be reading “Top Places to Cry in Public
in Eugene.” Would you? — By Will Kennedy