Yes that plywood is all from election prep! The city was just preparing for the worst but nothing happened. None of these buildings are boarded up now. Thanks for the great video. So nice to see downtown coming back. And one block north of pioneer square will be the James Beard Public Market, starting to open next year!
Yeah, it’s really unfortunate you kept pointing it out, but didn’t ask any locals about the boarded windows. 😕They were only put in place in case of riots, post election. So, you’ve given a very false impression of “What’s it Really Like Now?” You should really edit this to add an obvious statement overlay, at the first mention of the boarded windows, that they’re temporary precautions for election 2024. Also, some of the drug laws reverted, in September of 2024.
I used to live in Portland. The last time we visited a couple of months ago, NONE of the restaurants we used to love are open. Lots of For Lease signs downtown. You may say it's coming back. I hope so. Sadly, some things are lost forever. Now let's talk about PSU. They just had to do budget cuts and enrollment has dropped. MAYBE this has something to do with the pro Hamas RIOTING that was allowed. It's fine to protest. They did 2 million dollars' worth of damage. Crazy.
@@calmon-ground962downtown does have a ways to go. But nearby surrounding neighborhoods are thriving and new restaurants are opening all the time. I think the James Beard Market at 6th/Alder, starting to open later next year, will really invigorate the area.
@@calmon-ground962 Yes, and it was the PSU Library that was trashed. It was Antifa and pro-Philistine supporters, destroying all the culture they could find.
It cracks me up how in denial some people are. Things were "that bad" Or "every big city" the media didn't have to make things looks worse than they were, in fact they probably pulled punches. I've lived here since 1985 so I've seen the downward spiral, I wouldn't recommend anyone move here. The rent prices don't reflect the quality of life, the people here are some of the most unfriendly toxic people who aren't living in reality. Every time you go downtown it's like attending a circus side show. It's the poster child for how not to run a city and it's a magnet for everything that's wrong with the US wrapped into 1 city.
Well-said my friend. Thanks for sharing. I also couldn’t recommend anyone move there. There’s a whole world out there and people tend to forget that Latin America and Asia have some incredible options as far as big, clean, safe, thriving cities to choose from. Thanks for checking out the video
That’s your opinion, I think Portland is beautiful and very cheap for the west coast and it has tons to do and good food and accepting culture, if you’re an old fart move to Hillsboro or Gresham
@@cat_luver16for real for a west coast city living hour from y and ocean like it’s not bad and the city pretty chill def on the east side but the nature around is the true winner
The funniest part is all the "content creators" making the "What is Portland like!" video is.. they go to the same part. Downtown, Old town and NEVER go up to 20th NW, or to Hawthorne, Alberta, Mississippi etc. It's weak content and lazy. You did not even show 10th and Burnside? Get your clicks!
I feel like @theropemonster is, at least making a sincere effort. It’s unfortunate he caught all the boarded up buildings the couple of days after the election, as we haven’t been living that way for years. Also, yeah, almost every content creator seems obsessed with going to VooDoo downtown, arguably the worst couple of square blocks in the city, for content.
@@burtcorral8538 YES! Voodoo Donuts is JUST an expensive donut shop with MORE HAIR AND TATTOOS. Only tourists go there to stand in long lines and then wonder why?.............................esullo
The fact that no one was shooting up or smoking crack in the background tells me it is much safer than Seattle right now. Thanks for the info, your video is a lot more real than the others I've seen about Portland.
Thanks for the feedback my friend, much appreciated! Yes, Seattle is a disaster. Hope things improve there if even just little by little. All the best to you.
Coming from someone thats lived here for 40 plus years, its still disgusting. Sadly, people that are saying "its a beautiful city" have ABSOLUTELY no clue to what it truly was like prior to how its like now (you dont know what you dont know, kinda thing) It will take a solid 15 to 20 years to get back to its original amazing self again.
Yep, truth. I left in 1984 and returned in 2000. I was shocked and wondered what the heck happened to the Portland I grew up in. It's gone, I think, forever. I left, I live in México, I know, forever.
Portland is ABSOLUTELY lovely for a city. I moved to Portland from Atlanta in 2001. I lived in both urban and downtown areas. I am very familiar with homeless people, big cities, and how you will encounter all sorts of people whether you want to or not... and I still love Portland more. I would take Portland over Atlanta ANY DAY!!! My mother-in-law, who lives in Salem asked me "did they rebuild all those buildings that burned to the ground in Portland"? I was like, NONE of the buildings in Portland burned to the ground. Portland is fine. And that's my final verdict: PORTLAND IS FINE.
Oregon born, raised in Portland, I won't be returning. However, I am so happy it is improving!!! 🎉 🎉 I left in 2010. Exhausted from the conflict, the regulations, and the emotional mayhem. "I have rights, you don't, I am going to sue you." If someone or an organization doesn't like what kind of business you run, what you serve on the menu, or one of their many other grievances, they threaten to shut you down, boycott, and even put you out of business. As said, it's exhausting. The best to Portland always!! 💛Peace to all!! ☮ Keep Oregon Beautiful!! 🌲🌲🌲
I have been in Portland for 8 years and love it. I was there protesting in 2017-2019. I will never forget when I came here for my granddaughter's birth in 2011. At the same time my brother was dying in Houston. The day they turned the machine off on him, I was upset and went to the zoo. I guess the bus driver heard me talking to family members on the phone, but I got off at the wrong place and apparently looked confused. The driver got off, said he was sorry about my brother and asked where I was going. Then he helped me back on the us and said he would tell me where to get off. When we were here for our daughter's wedding in 2014, I had just had my 2nd hip replacement and my hubby was pushing me in my walker, which is always a bad idea and we fell in a parking lot. People stopped on the street and came to help. I have fallen a couple of times since I moved here and each time people stopped to help me.
I live downtown. Last week the Portland Clinic downtown closed after 100 years downtown because of the drug dealing. The Central library almost always had drug dealing going on around it on the built in benches where people can hang out and do drugs. The inside is used mostly homeless people, lacking women and kids visiting I think. Why is there no day center for people without homes? The Chase Bank by Pioneer square is closing. I was downtown on Black Friday. Not busy except Nordstroms. There aren't many shops downtown. Powell's was busy. Downtown does NOT have a vibe. Less tents but lots of drugs and homeless. The city needs housing. The Safeway on 10th and Jefferson is still a cesspool.
Thanks for sharing this! Sad to hear but yes that’s the tend… businesses packing up and moving on or simply giving up on Portland. The drug issue is terrible there and the homelessness as well. I did not know that about the Portland Clinic closing. Sad news. Thanks for watching
I was born in Portland ,so was my 4 year old daughter, it's a great city.i live in the country now.less traffic and chaos.but Portland is chill for a city.
I'm downtown every week. Been living here since '99 (well, my first stint was in the early 80s) and this city has grown a ton! I've been to all fiddy states and love to meet, talk, and sketch people. It's not as bad as the media made it to be. I love Portland and will be watching for you lovely Sketchy People.
Awesome!! Thanks for checking out the video! And yea, the mass media is definitely not to be trusted… at the end of the day they know that fear sells, so that’s what they sell. All the best to you my friend.
I will say it does seem a bit less grimy and a little less homeless but it’s DEAD down there 7 days a week. Easily the most boring and lifeless city I’ve been to. Only people down there are also just Portland weird types. Zero urban hip bars, stores, restaurants, or well dressed interesting people. Sucks as there’s a giant chunk of the city that isn’t worth the time to visit. Same can be said for much of the neighborhoods. Moved here from a much larger city a few years back and am amazed how lifeless and dead Friday and Saturday nights are on the main stretches of the “cool neighborhoods”. Think the people that are still here are just content living life like a cat at home.
Totally agree. Coming back there after being in Mexico City, which is vibrant and teeming with life, I couldn’t believe how boring and bland it felt. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts
person who lives in portland here seems you haven't gave it a chance. my father, mother and sister live here on a quiet neighborhood next to a school, it is really nice weather and neighbours are nice.
I have lived here for forty years, and the old life is gone. Few people even go out after dark to walk the dog! The screaming schizophrenics are out there all night! (Mental Hospitals are VOLUNTARY NOW!) Heaven help people who drive home after two AM: the bars close at 2:30 AM for the gunfights in the parking lots, and then the drunks flee the wrong way on the streets and freeways! Don't forget the idiot young fools closing off boulevards for burn-out drifting shows, and speed racing crashing into pedestrians waiting for buses. For a year or so the drug gangs loved to have side-by-side GUN BATTLES driving at speed down city streets. That fun ended when some of them made their pistols fully automatic and able to SPRAY bullets. You CANNOT get a taxi at late night unless it is straight from a hotel to the airport with no stops; only sleep-deprived Ubers might come because they are DUMB. Ya, don't go out at night...........................elsullo
I've lived in Oregon my whole life and almost every single time I've been to Portland, something made me feel unsafe. Once I had a group of people approach me from different directions like a pack of wolves to prey. I had to sprint to my car to escape their pursuit. They were running at me, shouting. I barely got out because I was near my car. This was probably 2015 or 16
🫤It’s really unfortunate you kept pointing it out, but didn’t ask any locals about the boarded windows. They were only put in place in case of riots, post election. So, you’ve given a VERY false impression of “What’s it Really Like Now?” You should really edit this to add an obvious statement overlay, at your first mention of the boarded windows, that they were only temporary precautions for election 2024. Also, some of the drug laws reverted, in September of 2024. I’ve been here since 1995, and the thing about Portland is that it was uncommonly safe and “nice” for a city with a million+ metropolitan area population. We were kinda freakishly lucky, back then. Now, it looks more like you’d expect any good sized city to be. It’s beautiful, here. Amazing food scene, incredible parks & nature, great shopping, (local & designer), and the people are great. I’d never move back to the Midwest or California, though I still visit both.
I miss the 90s Portland, Portland was a lot of fun then. Went to downtown Portland 3 years ago and it was sad to see the cesspool it became. The politicians allowed it all to get in the state it has become. The city had no choice but to start cleaning it up recently.
Cesspool is the right word, unfortunately. Hopefully things keep improving but I think the stain of this era will be hard to fully wash out. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Our brilliant State Legislators thought building another much needed State Prison was shameful and expensive, so they pushed a "voter referendum" on the ballot to legalize ALL DRUGS (in "personal amounts") and so not have to arrest and imprison them! BRILLIANT! Crime statistics plummeted by defining it away when it was passed by ONE PERCENT of the "public." Oddly, THOUSANDS of drug addict bums moved here in caravans of junker motorhomes and trailers. Most of those genius Legislators are still getting re-elected by the non-genius voters................................elsullo
As someone who lived in the city pre-2020, and now post-2020, it’s almost night and day in 2024, thank God. It’s not back to pre 2020 levels obviously, but is on the mend. I miss the hell out of PDX in the 2010’s, but we can’t go back, only forward. I’d say in about five years, it’ll be back to a rather strong city. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻
We walked all over downtown for 4-5 hours a few weekends ago with our 9 year olds. Never felt unsafe at all it was just like it used to be really. Lots of people out enjoying downtown
I stopped going downtown in 2018. I have been on the westside since '05, the city has just nosedived. People are still in denial, locals mostly. Drugs are a real issue here. People ODing or just in the Fent lean, is common. Homelessness is still a huge issue.
I live in Washington county. Less than 30 mins from Portland. I took a test run from Beaverton to the airport on MAX which would be convenient. It's right at 1hr from the transit station. 70% of the ride is Ok but going through parts of downtown on both legs of the trip, a few people got on just being anti-social and annoying. Smoking weed, being loud with music. The police were at the stop near the Lloyd Center but never boarded the train. It also got a bit crowded in places. I don't want to deal with that and luggage. Also, the train goes to a few spots away from traffic. There are still pockets of tents cities away from view. Yes, Portland is much better but they still have a long way to go. From major cities across the US to those across Europe I don't see where downtown has anything to brag about. There is still a pack of fentanyl zombies at night in pockets, so beware. The new airport upgrades are very nice, so credit for that.
Totally agree, the airport is at least looking incredible! But yea, long way to go for Portland and for me personally, I don’t think I could ever move back. Certain cities in Latin America have much more appeal to me if I was going to live long term in a big city. Thanks for sharing your experience with the MAX, interesting stuff
We all think the problems in our cities are somehow special and unique, but these issues -- housing problems/homelessness/fentanyl -- are hitting cities across the country (I've seen them first hand red and blue states), and WFH for 25 million people completely shifted where people live around LCOL and to smaller towns. I think despite everyone feeling more divided than ever, people in Portland are actually coming more together towards a middle ground on being "compassionate" and having a clean livable city, and our core problem isn't about ideas so much as failure of elected officials to execute.
Yes, Portland has come a long way in the last couple of years. There are still a few spots around the area needing work but they're on it and in my experience most of Portland is back to normal. I was just downtown a few days ago and it was clean and quiet and beautiful. Those boarded buildings were because of the election...back to normal now. Businesses need to work on getting employees back downtown.
Portland gets a bad wrap from people who don’t live in Portland. I usually drop by in Portland 3 times a year, since I’m coming in from Seattle & it’s only getting better each time I visit. The last time I went was during the end of summer this year & it was popping. Saturday Farmers Market was bustling. Pearl District was crowded & ChinaTown was cracking! I will say a lot of downtown was empty especially by Pioneer Square & Pioneer Place was empty/desolate which was weird to see on a sunny day…but overall no tents, maybe 1 or 2 druggies & definitely no protests. Work From Home definitely affected Portland in the worst way…more than Covid or Politics, but it’s slowly coming back.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, definitely agree that it’s coming back but some things just may not return to the pre work-at-home era. I was happy to see the streets and parks cleaner but still need to get back to Mexico 🇲🇽. Thanks for watching ❤️
@@theropemonster most definitely. I’m just glad someone’s on the ground speaking positive about Major West Coast Cities. Too many UA-camrs speak negative on the Westcoast & they don’t even live in the cities, it’s ridiculous & all for click bait. But yeah enjoy Mexico! Love that country, was just in Cancun traveling around Quintana Roo in August. I just like seasons a little more lol. Viva 🇲🇽!
Yes parts of Portland are definitely is better now than 2020. Some parts are exactly the same. Some places are worse but not too many. I grew up here. When I was a kid, everywhere was safe.
Voodoo Doughnuts #1 is shown. Go to #2 for no lines and a bigger store. It's a few miles east, at NE 15th and Sandy, right across the Willamette River.
These videos should show the beautiful suburbs of Portland. If i just seen the downtown areas of any city it will look discouraging. Beaverton, Hillsboro, lake oswego, happy valley, Sellwood, Milwaukee, etc, are all beautiful places and minutes away from downtown.
Absolutely agree! I don’t spend much time there so I didn’t get a chance to do a lot of filming, but I’ll definitely do those videos in the future! Thanks for watching
"If you have to ask, you cannot afford it." Food businesses, even push carts and trailers, are dying due to taxes and regulations----including public complaints about the COOKING SMELL! We used to have a lot of "cart pods" but the landlords forced them into high prices and they are gone now from rent raises..............................elsullo
IT MUST BE TRUE! I have read editorials and ads in several firearms periodicals that both Minneapolis AND Portland were burned to the ground by COMMUNISTS! Wake up people!...................................elsullo
I've lived in Portland for 15 years. Both west side of the Willamette and east. I rarely go to the west side these days, but yea, things are looking up for sure. We just enacted a new form of city government and elected a new mayor. Time will tell, but I have high hopes. Thanks man!
I was up there a couple of weeks ago for a Blazers game. Around the Rose Quarter has always been fine, IMO. I go up there sometimes for Blazer games. But we went to a restaurant on the way near the Quarter and I’m not sure what neighborhood it was in? But it had graffiti everywhere and boarded up buildings around the restaurant, which was an upper class restaurant. Just ruined the ambience of the place. I still won’t go up there by myself.
Yea there’s some rough patches near the high end restaurants on east Burnside where my cousins work. They have to escort the female employs to their cars because of the vagabonds being aggressive. Not good for business either! Thanks for sharing
Having moved out of Portland 3 years ago I would say it definitely appears to be cleaner. Having worked downtown for years I would say fewer people are hanging out there. I also need to let you know that as of next month Multnomah County is reinstating their passing out of tents & tarps. They have also decided not to expand the Clean & Safe program that was purposed to cover more of the downtown core. Once the tents & tarps start getting passed out again I'm sure there will be an uptick in the sidewalk camping. I would hope to see them move forward not backwards but I'm guessing now that they have expanded their City Council and elected more social justice warriors to both the city and county seats there's little likelihood of that.
Wow, lots of value added there with all that information, albeit (more likely than not) unfortunate news for Portland as far as safety and cleanliness goes. Many thanks for checking out the video and contributing to the conversation!
There is a continual political battle between the City Council Portland Government and the superimposed Multnomah County Government, almost all of them female warriors fighting for dominance. The County hands out millions of dollars worth of free tents and tarps to the "houseless" and the City spends millions of dollars tearing them down and cleaning up the mountains of trash they bring to the sidewalks! If they used that wasted money to build low income housing the poor would not have to live on the public sidewalks................................elsullo
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Sorry, but that exact area had a huge cheap apartment building burned down by a mean drug addict thug that the Police had many calls with before. Sixty people homeless and one died, plus lots of pets. The abandoned magnificent old stone church burned too. (Southwest corner.)...............................elsullo
You should plan a trip to the east side. Things there look as bad as ever. Rampant trash, graffiti , and tents. No quality of life for the working class people who are stuck there.
Thanks for the suggestion Mark! I did actually do a video in Laurelhurst if you haven’t yet seen that one and yes it’s still got its rough patches indeed
Yes do a video on 122nd and Burnside . That’s where they pushed all the criddlers to. It’s crawling with them out there and it’s not fair to the working people of Portland. Portland has been doing this for years just moving the homeless and addicts around to make one area look better .
Even the TV cameras rarely go to the Southeast. Drive-by screamers and motorcycle gangs make it hard to record. They may be afraid of snipers too............................esullo
Portland always gets better when the rainy season starts and the drug camper lifestyle people pack up and move off to fairer climes. To know if it's actually trending better, you need to compare it in the Summer months after those people have returned from Austin or wherever.
portland dude here portland is pretty nice, just give some people their distance and i'm sure you'll be finer than aged wine edit: that sounded wrong, but i'm just tryna say its beautiful in these neighborhoods, and the city has so many opportunities
The company I work is downtown but we can work from home permanently and they higher from across the country. If we want to we can work in the office but I prefer to work at home. There was a stretch of time they would not let us come in the office. It is looking better downtown but even last summer there was a group of people that took over the 1st floor of the Portland State Library and destroyed part of it. A lot of the lunch spots left and have not come back.
Thanks for sharing Cindy! It’s so mind-boggling when “protesters” destroy their own city and drive out businesses that they could have worked for… then they complain that there are no jobs. Pathetic. I’m glad you can work from home. I used to do deliveries to downtown and it was a nightmare… like a zombie movie with all the fent and drugged up people. All the best to you.
I visit Portland three times a year and plan to move to Sellwood, which resisted the overall shitification downtown suffered. Things seem to be improving and overall, it's a great little city that has never felt unsafe. Just grimy and sad, thanks to the decriminalization of drugs.
All I know is that Portland once had the combination in its pocket, but seems to have lost it. They’re not even being considered for things like MLB expansion any more.
That’s a good point about the MLB Expansion team considerations… back when I was in high school, there was a legitimate chance of that actually happening 😕. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts
I'm 56 now. I've lived in and grew up in north Portland through the 80s with the gang issues and all but none compares with the BS that happened during 2020 till present. It's recovering for sure but it's going to take allot more years before I recommend moving here. I currently live in sthelens Oregon just outside Portland where I moved during the whole BS and I still am armed when I have to go to Portland for appointments or visiting friends. I love Portland. It's a beautiful city but it got ruined twice because of actions of non native Oregonians. I will get flack for saying that but I really don't care. It's my opinion. I hope Portland completely recovers but I really think it's going to take one more generation er two!😉
😔… so sad but true. Only answer I have found is to geo arbitrage, work remotely, and spend my dollars in other countries like Ecuador or Mexico where they’re actually worth something still. Fun fact: Ecuador uses the dollar yet cannot simply print more, so rather than inflation, they have a deflationary environment. Great for expats. There are downsides of course but it’s a trade off. One big drawback right now in Ecuador is scheduled blackouts and lack of energy. Nevertheless, I lived happily there and enjoyed being able to afford a rich lifestyle of delicious produce, 2 bedroom house with yard for $260usd/month, great hiking etc. Thanks for watching and best of luck to you and yours!
Don't kid yourself, just because it looks better now, Portland is a going down. The mass exodus of big and small businesses has killed the city, without workers commuting in to work, there is no hope for a thriving economy to support diverse number of restaurants and stores. Less foot traffic equals fewer restaurants, fewer restaurants equals less foot traffic, it is a downward spiral.
Such a valid point! The video I did previously in Portland in May 2023 I talked more about that subject. Even in some of my Mexico City videos filmed in CDMX I drew parallels to Portland such as the Nike store on the east side shutting down due to blatant theft and vandalism, meanwhile, the location in Zocalo, CDMX is safe and thriving. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Here’s that other Portland video “5 Reasons I Left Portland”: ua-cam.com/video/nxZP9mIaOig/v-deo.htmlsi=WGQ1acZye_xnaAZN
Ya, you will LOVE all of the hills! Portland is NOT a flat city except for the far Eastside where there are no traffic laws........................elsullo
I was here in 2020 and it was a shithole, filthy, riots every night, graffiti everywhere, litter, statues torn down and still missing, tents everywhere, needles, deranged behavior all.over the place, hearing flashbangs from the riots at night. What is that kid talking about? It was awful all over except for the West Hills. Has it improved? Yes, at GREAT cost to the taxpayers of Oregon, the entire state contributed to Multnomah county's clean-up. My local bank is boarded up right now in anticipation of post election rioting and I expect it will stay up until after inauguration. This town is very left wing and has large contingent of antifa and supporters. The school kids are given days off to "protest" which I assume is grooming for antifa, this in a state which ranks 45 in educational rankings and schools ranked among the worst in the nation. Portland needs a change of attitude if change is REALLY going to happen.
@@Nickeltoe77 Actually I am at a loss to understand why the entire state has to contribute to Multnomah cleaning up their mess, especially when we have all this wasted male energy lying around on the streets. Start with making these people "make amends" to Portland for the damage they have done to our town.
@@Rosemary-m5t just like many of the people in Multnomah county wonder why their tax dollars have to be spent on the outlying portions of the state. Tough 💩 to both sides.
Looks like you visited on a good day. I was there on Oct 5 and I walked from a parking garage near 10th to Providence park both in daylight and at night. With both walks I felt unbelievably unsafe. There was someone on every corner. The drugs, the urine, the feces, the sketchiness.
Yea I must’ve gotten lucky. Definitely not my favorite place… felt wayyyy safer living in Mexico City the last couple of months and it’s so much cleaner. Thanks for sharing your experience and checking out the video!
@ yeah when I saw that guy near Voodoo saying it was dirty I was like 😂 yes, it is sir. Esp on 3rd. I’m glad you got to walk around feeling somewhat safe that day, though. It looked really nice out.
I live in Vancouver now, but I was downtown having my phone battery changed at the Apple Store and had two hours to kill, so walked around the downtown core. It was mostly deserted (on a Friday afternoon), with empty storefronts and permanently boarded up windows on others. Yes, much cleaner and felt much safer than a few years ago, but far from the bustling, beautiful, most enjoyable downtown I remember from several years ago. I used to really enjoy going downtown Portland - not I try to avoid it.
Thanks for sharing your experience and checking out the video! I definitely felt the same vibe you’re describing. The businesses leaving should be a major concern for anybody living there long term.
Born & raised in Portland. Its a rat hole. Most of us have moved out to neighboring communities. We wont even go downtown to eat or shop. We have the city government to blame.
Siiii no recuerdo la verdad pero merecía más aún! Pero yaaaa voy pa la playa jaja! Una pregunta: Crees que sería muy peligroso ahora manejar desde Los EEUU hasta como Cancún?
@theropemonster Uy, depende por cual frontera cruces, pero a como he escuchado, cualquier carretera tiene algo de riesgo, obvio no tan exagerado como dicen, quizás uno de cada mil, solo procura cruzar tipo 10 a.m. y no pares, y ya vas preguntando en el camino como esta cada tramo, porque lo que si sé, es que manejarás muchísimo! Vas a tener que hacer 2-3 paradas a descansar o parar y estirar tus piernas cada 3 horas. Cuídese!
Been looking at jobs in Portland and Vancouver, Washington. California is just too expensive and I'm having a hard time finding a job. Sadly, this is because of the people voted in to the government by Oregon's citizens. This is what you voted for.
Well, I didn’t vote for that… I just stay in Mexico and rarely leave 🤠🌮☀️🏝️. There’s a big world out there… have you considered looking for a remote job and giving up city life? I know it’s not for everyone, but I see and have seen a growing number of (happy) people raising their families in Ecuador and Mexico. Even if you want or need a big city… CDMX, Guadalajara, Monterey are all great options in Mexico and they’re generally way cleaner and safer than major US cities. Thanks for watching and best wishes on the move/job hunt!
Are the eight blocks of downtown better than during George Floyd and a global pandemic? Sure. Does anything the news covered represent actual Portland? No. You seem like a nice guy but I don’t think anyone here considers the pioneer Starbucks or the Apple store to be “Portland” either… please consider covering Alphabet, knob Hill, Water Ave, Woodlawn, Mississippi, Alberta, Cully, St. Johns, Hawthorne, Division, Clinton, Woodstock, Milwaukee, Sellwood, and all things boroughs in the future.
Excellent ideas there! I love Mississippi, Hawthorne, Sellwood and Alberta and will definitely do videos there in the future! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and checking out the video
As much as this guy is trying to sugarcoat it, all of the boarded up buildings show that Portland is still a hellhole, Not a place to bring the family for any reason.
@@aaronjhnsnagreed. Born and raised. The worst donut shop in the city. It’s funny to watch people toting giant pink boxes of garbage donuts through old town though✌️
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Your video can use some improvement. You jump around too much, and your on screen overlays are way to short to read. Not to mention....BORING. Better luck next time.
Haha well thanks for the feedback and for watching anyway. Impossible to cater to everyone’s varying attention spans these days. Maybe someday I’ll win you over 😎
Yes that plywood is all from election prep! The city was just preparing for the worst but nothing happened. None of these buildings are boarded up now. Thanks for the great video. So nice to see downtown coming back. And one block north of pioneer square will be the James Beard Public Market, starting to open next year!
Awesome info!! Thanks for sharing my friend!
Yeah, it’s really unfortunate you kept pointing it out, but didn’t ask any locals about the boarded windows. 😕They were only put in place in case of riots, post election. So, you’ve given a very false impression of “What’s it Really Like Now?”
You should really edit this to add an obvious statement overlay, at the first mention of the boarded windows, that they’re temporary precautions for election 2024.
Also, some of the drug laws reverted, in September of 2024.
I used to live in Portland. The last time we visited a couple of months ago, NONE of the restaurants we used to love are open. Lots of For Lease signs downtown. You may say it's coming back. I hope so. Sadly, some things are lost forever. Now let's talk about PSU. They just had to do budget cuts and enrollment has dropped. MAYBE this has something to do with the pro Hamas RIOTING that was allowed. It's fine to protest. They did 2 million dollars' worth of damage. Crazy.
@@calmon-ground962downtown does have a ways to go. But nearby surrounding neighborhoods are thriving and new restaurants are opening all the time. I think the James Beard Market at 6th/Alder, starting to open later next year, will really invigorate the area.
@@calmon-ground962 Yes, and it was the PSU Library that was trashed. It was Antifa and pro-Philistine supporters, destroying all the culture they could find.
It cracks me up how in denial some people are. Things were "that bad" Or "every big city" the media didn't have to make things looks worse than they were, in fact they probably pulled punches. I've lived here since 1985 so I've seen the downward spiral, I wouldn't recommend anyone move here. The rent prices don't reflect the quality of life, the people here are some of the most unfriendly toxic people who aren't living in reality. Every time you go downtown it's like attending a circus side show. It's the poster child for how not to run a city and it's a magnet for everything that's wrong with the US wrapped into 1 city.
Well-said my friend. Thanks for sharing. I also couldn’t recommend anyone move there. There’s a whole world out there and people tend to forget that Latin America and Asia have some incredible options as far as big, clean, safe, thriving cities to choose from. Thanks for checking out the video
That’s your opinion, I think Portland is beautiful and very cheap for the west coast and it has tons to do and good food and accepting culture, if you’re an old fart move to Hillsboro or Gresham
@@cat_luver16for real for a west coast city living hour from y and ocean like it’s not bad and the city pretty chill def on the east side but the nature around is the true winner
@@cat_luver16 You must be one of the pigs that live here...
The funniest part is all the "content creators" making the "What is Portland like!" video is.. they go to the same part. Downtown, Old town and NEVER go up to 20th NW, or to Hawthorne, Alberta, Mississippi etc. It's weak content and lazy. You did not even show 10th and Burnside? Get your clicks!
Been there bro. It’s literally my home. Enjoy it. I’ll take MX
How is Hawthorne? I used to like to go shopping up there before all the mayhem. If it’s safe again, I’d love to go up there.
I feel like @theropemonster is, at least making a sincere effort. It’s unfortunate he caught all the boarded up buildings the couple of days after the election, as we haven’t been living that way for years. Also, yeah, almost every content creator seems obsessed with going to VooDoo downtown, arguably the worst couple of square blocks in the city, for content.
@@burtcorral8538 YES! Voodoo Donuts is JUST an expensive donut shop with MORE HAIR AND TATTOOS. Only tourists go there to stand in long lines and then wonder why?.............................esullo
The fact that no one was shooting up or smoking crack in the background tells me it is much safer than Seattle right now. Thanks for the info, your video is a lot more real than the others I've seen about Portland.
Thanks for the feedback my friend, much appreciated! Yes, Seattle is a disaster. Hope things improve there if even just little by little. All the best to you.
Coming from someone thats lived here for 40 plus years, its still disgusting. Sadly, people that are saying "its a beautiful city" have ABSOLUTELY no clue to what it truly was like prior to how its like now (you dont know what you dont know, kinda thing) It will take a solid 15 to 20 years to get back to its original amazing self again.
Thanks for sharing! Sadly, I agree. I wouldn’t move back at this time as things are.
Yep, truth. I left in 1984 and returned in 2000. I was shocked and wondered what the heck happened to the Portland I grew up in. It's gone, I think, forever. I left, I live in México, I know, forever.
Portland is ABSOLUTELY lovely for a city. I moved to Portland from Atlanta in 2001. I lived in both urban and downtown areas. I am very familiar with homeless people, big cities, and how you will encounter all sorts of people whether you want to or not... and I still love Portland more. I would take Portland over Atlanta ANY DAY!!! My mother-in-law, who lives in Salem asked me "did they rebuild all those buildings that burned to the ground in Portland"? I was like, NONE of the buildings in Portland burned to the ground. Portland is fine.
And that's my final verdict: PORTLAND IS FINE.
No it's not.
Why don't you show them the real spot China town and Burnside. You showed them the weak spots. I'm a delivery driver Portland still looks like shit.
Oregon born, raised in Portland, I won't be returning. However, I am so happy it is improving!!! 🎉 🎉 I left in 2010. Exhausted from the conflict, the regulations, and the emotional mayhem. "I have rights, you don't, I am going to sue you." If someone or an organization doesn't like what kind of business you run, what you serve on the menu, or one of their many other grievances, they threaten to shut you down, boycott, and even put you out of business. As said, it's exhausting. The best to Portland always!! 💛Peace to all!! ☮ Keep Oregon Beautiful!! 🌲🌲🌲
I have been in Portland for 8 years and love it. I was there protesting in 2017-2019. I will never forget when I came here for my granddaughter's birth in 2011. At the same time my brother was dying in Houston. The day they turned the machine off on him, I was upset and went to the zoo. I guess the bus driver heard me talking to family members on the phone, but I got off at the wrong place and apparently looked confused. The driver got off, said he was sorry about my brother and asked where I was going. Then he helped me back on the us and said he would tell me where to get off. When we were here for our daughter's wedding in 2014, I had just had my 2nd hip replacement and my hubby was pushing me in my walker, which is always a bad idea and we fell in a parking lot. People stopped on the street and came to help. I have fallen a couple of times since I moved here and each time people stopped to help me.
Thanks for sharing!
In the Name and Blood and Power of our Lord Jesus Christ, may God bless you😊
I live downtown. Last week the Portland Clinic downtown closed after 100 years downtown because of the drug dealing. The Central library almost always had drug dealing going on around it on the built in benches where people can hang out and do drugs. The inside is used mostly homeless people, lacking women and kids visiting I think. Why is there no day center for people without homes? The Chase Bank by Pioneer square is closing. I was downtown on Black Friday. Not busy except Nordstroms. There aren't many shops downtown. Powell's was busy. Downtown does NOT have a vibe. Less tents but lots of drugs and homeless. The city needs housing. The Safeway on 10th and Jefferson is still a cesspool.
Thanks for sharing this! Sad to hear but yes that’s the tend… businesses packing up and moving on or simply giving up on Portland. The drug issue is terrible there and the homelessness as well. I did not know that about the Portland Clinic closing. Sad news. Thanks for watching
I was born in Portland ,so was my 4 year old daughter, it's a great city.i live in the country now.less traffic and chaos.but Portland is chill for a city.
I'm downtown every week. Been living here since '99 (well, my first stint was in the early 80s) and this city has grown a ton! I've been to all fiddy states and love to meet, talk, and sketch people. It's not as bad as the media made it to be. I love Portland and will be watching for you lovely Sketchy People.
Awesome!! Thanks for checking out the video! And yea, the mass media is definitely not to be trusted… at the end of the day they know that fear sells, so that’s what they sell. All the best to you my friend.
I live in Portland and love the vibe. It’s soooo beautiful.
I will say it does seem a bit less grimy and a little less homeless but it’s DEAD down there 7 days a week. Easily the most boring and lifeless city I’ve been to.
Only people down there are also just Portland weird types. Zero urban hip bars, stores, restaurants, or well dressed interesting people. Sucks as there’s a giant chunk of the city that isn’t worth the time to visit.
Same can be said for much of the neighborhoods. Moved here from a much larger city a few years back and am amazed how lifeless and dead Friday and Saturday nights are on the main stretches of the “cool neighborhoods”. Think the people that are still here are just content living life like a cat at home.
Totally agree. Coming back there after being in Mexico City, which is vibrant and teeming with life, I couldn’t believe how boring and bland it felt. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts
This is true. Cleaning up downtown is one thing... getting people and businesses to come back is another.
@@theropemonsterlol every time I come back to Portland from Mexico City I feel like I have arrived at a little beaver pelt trading post on a river.
person who lives in portland here
seems you haven't gave it a chance. my father, mother and sister live here on a quiet neighborhood next to a school, it is really nice weather and neighbours are nice.
I have lived here for forty years, and the old life is gone. Few people even go out after dark to walk the dog! The screaming schizophrenics are out there all night! (Mental Hospitals are VOLUNTARY NOW!) Heaven help people who drive home after two AM: the bars close at 2:30 AM for the gunfights in the parking lots, and then the drunks flee the wrong way on the streets and freeways! Don't forget the idiot young fools closing off boulevards for burn-out drifting shows, and speed racing crashing into pedestrians waiting for buses. For a year or so the drug gangs loved to have side-by-side GUN BATTLES driving at speed down city streets. That fun ended when some of them made their pistols fully automatic and able to SPRAY bullets. You CANNOT get a taxi at late night unless it is straight from a hotel to the airport with no stops; only sleep-deprived Ubers might come because they are DUMB. Ya, don't go out at night...........................elsullo
I’m so happy you returned and found peace at your home again….❤
Thanks Kelly!
I've lived here in Portland 12 years, I've never not felt safe walking the streets daily
12 years? why are you still here?
You clearly live in an expensive neighborhood, one where the Police even come when called!..........................elsullo
@@elsullo2I live off 82nd and Sandy.. super spendy.
I've lived in Oregon my whole life and almost every single time I've been to Portland, something made me feel unsafe. Once I had a group of people approach me from different directions like a pack of wolves to prey. I had to sprint to my car to escape their pursuit. They were running at me, shouting. I barely got out because I was near my car. This was probably 2015 or 16
Could it be things are stabilizing after Uncle George's and Uncle Klaus's venture capital ran out?
🫤It’s really unfortunate you kept pointing it out, but didn’t ask any locals about the boarded windows. They were only put in place in case of riots, post election. So, you’ve given a VERY false impression of “What’s it Really Like Now?”
You should really edit this to add an obvious statement overlay, at your first mention of the boarded windows, that they were only temporary precautions for election 2024.
Also, some of the drug laws reverted, in September of 2024.
I’ve been here since 1995, and the thing about Portland is that it was uncommonly safe and “nice” for a city with a million+ metropolitan area population. We were kinda freakishly lucky, back then. Now, it looks more like you’d expect any good sized city to be.
It’s beautiful, here. Amazing food scene, incredible parks & nature, great shopping, (local & designer), and the people are great. I’d never move back to the Midwest or California, though I still visit both.
Gang wars in the 90s were fun huh?
I miss the 90s Portland, Portland was a lot of fun then. Went to downtown Portland 3 years ago and it was sad to see the cesspool it became. The politicians allowed it all to get in the state it has become. The city had no choice but to start cleaning it up recently.
Cesspool is the right word, unfortunately. Hopefully things keep improving but I think the stain of this era will be hard to fully wash out. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
Our brilliant State Legislators thought building another much needed State Prison was shameful and expensive, so they pushed a "voter referendum" on the ballot to legalize ALL DRUGS (in "personal amounts") and so not have to arrest and imprison them! BRILLIANT! Crime statistics plummeted by defining it away when it was passed by ONE PERCENT of the "public." Oddly, THOUSANDS of drug addict bums moved here in caravans of junker motorhomes and trailers. Most of those genius Legislators are still getting re-elected by the non-genius voters................................elsullo
As someone who lived in the city pre-2020, and now post-2020, it’s almost night and day in 2024, thank God. It’s not back to pre 2020 levels obviously, but is on the mend. I miss the hell out of PDX in the 2010’s, but we can’t go back, only forward. I’d say in about five years, it’ll be back to a rather strong city. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻
I sure hope so as well! Thanks for sharing!
We walked all over downtown for 4-5 hours a few weekends ago with our 9 year olds. Never felt unsafe at all it was just like it used to be really. Lots of people out enjoying downtown
Yea because they push all the addicts to the east side . The east side never gets any love.. it’s a dumping ground. Get your shit together Portland !
Thank you for this...I've lived in Portland for 4 years
Awesome, thanks for checking out the video my friend
I stopped going downtown in 2018. I have been on the westside since '05, the city has just nosedived. People are still in denial, locals mostly. Drugs are a real issue here. People ODing or just in the Fent lean, is common. Homelessness is still a huge issue.
Agreed, long way to go to get back to “normal”. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
I live in Washington county. Less than 30 mins from Portland. I took a test run from Beaverton to the airport on MAX which would be convenient. It's right at 1hr from the transit station. 70% of the ride is Ok but going through parts of downtown on both legs of the trip, a few people got on just being anti-social and annoying. Smoking weed, being loud with music. The police were at the stop near the Lloyd Center but never boarded the train. It also got a bit crowded in places. I don't want to deal with that and luggage.
Also, the train goes to a few spots away from traffic. There are still pockets of tents cities away from view. Yes, Portland is much better but they still have a long way to go. From major cities across the US to those across Europe I don't see where downtown has anything to brag about. There is still a pack of fentanyl zombies at night in pockets, so beware. The new airport upgrades are very nice, so credit for that.
Totally agree, the airport is at least looking incredible! But yea, long way to go for Portland and for me personally, I don’t think I could ever move back. Certain cities in Latin America have much more appeal to me if I was going to live long term in a big city. Thanks for sharing your experience with the MAX, interesting stuff
I have just semi retired (not working. Living off savings). I want to do 6mo-1yr in Vienna. Trying to work that out.
I have just semi retired (not working. Living off savings). I want to do 6mo-1yr in Vienna. Trying to work that out.
We all think the problems in our cities are somehow special and unique, but these issues -- housing problems/homelessness/fentanyl -- are hitting cities across the country (I've seen them first hand red and blue states), and WFH for 25 million people completely shifted where people live around LCOL and to smaller towns. I think despite everyone feeling more divided than ever, people in Portland are actually coming more together towards a middle ground on being "compassionate" and having a clean livable city, and our core problem isn't about ideas so much as failure of elected officials to execute.
I think there might be some meaning here if only I knew what the abbreviations meant? NOT EVERYONE DOES!.........................elsullo
Yes, Portland has come a long way in the last couple of years. There are still a few spots around the area needing work but they're on it and in my experience most of Portland is back to normal. I was just downtown a few days ago and it was clean and quiet and beautiful. Those boarded buildings were because of the election...back to normal now. Businesses need to work on getting employees back downtown.
Thanks for sharing Judy! So happy to see the progress ❤️🌲
It’s encouraging to see the wretched graffiti being cleaned up. Let’s keep it that way!
Portland gets a bad wrap from people who don’t live in Portland. I usually drop by in Portland 3 times a year, since I’m coming in from Seattle & it’s only getting better each time I visit. The last time I went was during the end of summer this year & it was popping. Saturday Farmers Market was bustling. Pearl District was crowded & ChinaTown was cracking! I will say a lot of downtown was empty especially by Pioneer Square & Pioneer Place was empty/desolate which was weird to see on a sunny day…but overall no tents, maybe 1 or 2 druggies & definitely no protests. Work From Home definitely affected Portland in the worst way…more than Covid or Politics, but it’s slowly coming back.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, definitely agree that it’s coming back but some things just may not return to the pre work-at-home era. I was happy to see the streets and parks cleaner but still need to get back to Mexico 🇲🇽. Thanks for watching ❤️
@@theropemonster most definitely. I’m just glad someone’s on the ground speaking positive about Major West Coast Cities. Too many UA-camrs speak negative on the Westcoast & they don’t even live in the cities, it’s ridiculous & all for click bait. But yeah enjoy Mexico! Love that country, was just in Cancun traveling around Quintana Roo in August. I just like seasons a little more lol. Viva 🇲🇽!
I agree. Businesses need to get their employees back to the city for the good of all.
Yes parts of Portland are definitely is better now than 2020. Some parts are exactly the same. Some places are worse but not too many. I grew up here. When I was a kid, everywhere was safe.
I grew up there too. Sad to see what it has become. Thanks for sharing
Make a follow up video walking the same streets at 9pm
Such a solid idea!! Back in Mexico though so it will be some time in the future. Thanks for watching
Voodoo Doughnuts #1 is shown. Go to #2 for no lines and a bigger store. It's a few miles east, at NE 15th and Sandy, right across the Willamette River.
Great point!! Thanks for sharing that 😎
These videos should show the beautiful suburbs of Portland. If i just seen the downtown areas of any city it will look discouraging. Beaverton, Hillsboro, lake oswego, happy valley, Sellwood, Milwaukee, etc, are all beautiful places and minutes away from downtown.
Absolutely agree! I don’t spend much time there so I didn’t get a chance to do a lot of filming, but I’ll definitely do those videos in the future! Thanks for watching
How is the job market? What if I wanted to start a business? Are there a lot of red tapes for a food business?
That’s not really my area of deep knowledge but hopefully someone here in the comments section can answer that?! Thanks for checking out the video
"If you have to ask, you cannot afford it." Food businesses, even push carts and trailers, are dying due to taxes and regulations----including public complaints about the COOKING SMELL! We used to have a lot of "cart pods" but the landlords forced them into high prices and they are gone now from rent raises..............................elsullo
@@elsullo2 smh. I can def afford to do a business. Asking because I come from California where it takes a year to get all the permits u need.
It’s horrible… everything is on fire! Don’t move here! Whatever you do… don’t move here! Protect yourselves and go to Idaho, or Utah
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IT MUST BE TRUE! I have read editorials and ads in several firearms periodicals that both Minneapolis AND Portland were burned to the ground by COMMUNISTS! Wake up people!...................................elsullo
I've lived in Portland for 15 years. Both west side of the Willamette and east. I rarely go to the west side these days, but yea, things are looking up for sure. We just enacted a new form of city government and elected a new mayor. Time will tell, but I have high hopes. Thanks man!
Awesome hearing from you and getting your perspective! Thanks for checking out the video!
I think "we' elected 3 communists and essentally emasculated the mayoral position. Frankly I'm very worried.
I was up there a couple of weeks ago for a Blazers game. Around the Rose Quarter has always been fine, IMO. I go up there sometimes for Blazer games. But we went to a restaurant on the way near the Quarter and I’m not sure what neighborhood it was in? But it had graffiti everywhere and boarded up buildings around the restaurant, which was an upper class restaurant. Just ruined the ambience of the place. I still won’t go up there by myself.
Yea there’s some rough patches near the high end restaurants on east Burnside where my cousins work. They have to escort the female employs to their cars because of the vagabonds being aggressive. Not good for business either! Thanks for sharing
they were boarded up because of the possible outcomes from the elections. sorta surprised how long they remained up tbh.
Hello, I was wondering if you are going back to Playa again or are you not ever going back because of what happened there,thanks
Absolutely going back 😎🏝️❤️
Cool , I own a condo there and I would always watch your videos when you were there so I am glad you will be back
@ absolutely my friend thanks for sticking with the channel. Fresh PDC content dropping soon! Are you heading back as well?
Yes just got back home after 10 days for the day of the dead going back down for New Years til the 8th
Having moved out of Portland 3 years ago I would say it definitely appears to be cleaner. Having worked downtown for years I would say fewer people are hanging out there. I also need to let you know that as of next month Multnomah County is reinstating their passing out of tents & tarps. They have also decided not to expand the Clean & Safe program that was purposed to cover more of the downtown core. Once the tents & tarps start getting passed out again I'm sure there will be an uptick in the sidewalk camping. I would hope to see them move forward not backwards but I'm guessing now that they have expanded their City Council and elected more social justice warriors to both the city and county seats there's little likelihood of that.
Wow, lots of value added there with all that information, albeit (more likely than not) unfortunate news for Portland as far as safety and cleanliness goes. Many thanks for checking out the video and contributing to the conversation!
There is a continual political battle between the City Council Portland Government and the superimposed Multnomah County Government, almost all of them female warriors fighting for dominance. The County hands out millions of dollars worth of free tents and tarps to the "houseless" and the City spends millions of dollars tearing them down and cleaning up the mountains of trash they bring to the sidewalks! If they used that wasted money to build low income housing the poor would not have to live on the public sidewalks................................elsullo
Portland Oregon Will Always Have A Place In My ❤ > Lived There May 2001 - Apr 2002 SW Columbia & 13th > Thinking About Moving Back - The TriMet / Portland Streetcar Systems r Awesome As Well As The ☕ ☕ coffee Scene
For sure the coffee is incredible! Thanks for watching 🙂
Sorry, but that exact area had a huge cheap apartment building burned down by a mean drug addict thug that the Police had many calls with before. Sixty people homeless and one died, plus lots of pets. The abandoned magnificent old stone church burned too. (Southwest corner.)...............................elsullo
You should plan a trip to the east side. Things there look as bad as ever. Rampant trash, graffiti , and tents. No quality of life for the working class people who are stuck there.
Thanks for the suggestion Mark! I did actually do a video in Laurelhurst if you haven’t yet seen that one and yes it’s still got its rough patches indeed
Yes do a video on 122nd and Burnside . That’s where they pushed all the criddlers to. It’s crawling with them out there and it’s not fair to the working people of Portland. Portland has been doing this for years just moving the homeless and addicts around to make one area look better .
Even the TV cameras rarely go to the Southeast. Drive-by screamers and motorcycle gangs make it hard to record. They may be afraid of snipers too............................esullo
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Portland always gets better when the rainy season starts and the drug camper lifestyle people pack up and move off to fairer climes. To know if it's actually trending better, you need to compare it in the Summer months after those people have returned from Austin or wherever.
Excellent point! Thanks for sharing that!
portland dude here
portland is pretty nice, just give some people their distance and i'm sure you'll be finer than aged wine
edit: that sounded wrong, but i'm just tryna say its beautiful in these neighborhoods, and the city has so many opportunities
Much appreciated!! Thanks for checking out the video 🌲❤️
@@theropemonster ofc!
Portland is one of the coolest cities on earth.
being a hipster or a wierdo is not cool
It's a dump.
@@bradypatton1094 Do you live there? When were you last there? Or is this just your opinion with no factual information to indicate "It's a dump"?
The company I work is downtown but we can work from home permanently and they higher from across the country. If we want to we can work in the office but I prefer to work at home. There was a stretch of time they would not let us come in the office. It is looking better downtown but even last summer there was a group of people that took over the 1st floor of the Portland State Library and destroyed part of it. A lot of the lunch spots left and have not come back.
Thanks for sharing Cindy! It’s so mind-boggling when “protesters” destroy their own city and drive out businesses that they could have worked for… then they complain that there are no jobs. Pathetic. I’m glad you can work from home. I used to do deliveries to downtown and it was a nightmare… like a zombie movie with all the fent and drugged up people. All the best to you.
I visit Portland three times a year and plan to move to Sellwood, which resisted the overall shitification downtown suffered. Things seem to be improving and overall, it's a great little city that has never felt unsafe. Just grimy and sad, thanks to the decriminalization of drugs.
Love Sellwood, just had coffee there the other day at Slow Pour! Best wishes with your move 🌲❤️
All I know is that Portland once had the combination in its pocket, but seems to have lost it. They’re not even being considered for things like MLB expansion any more.
That’s a good point about the MLB Expansion team considerations… back when I was in high school, there was a legitimate chance of that actually happening 😕. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts
The only unsafe place in Portland is the night clubs in downtown on a weekend night. That's why I don't go there.😊
I'm 56 now. I've lived in and grew up in north Portland through the 80s with the gang issues and all but none compares with the BS that happened during 2020 till present. It's recovering for sure but it's going to take allot more years before I recommend moving here. I currently live in sthelens Oregon just outside Portland where I moved during the whole BS and I still am armed when I have to go to Portland for appointments or visiting friends. I love Portland. It's a beautiful city but it got ruined twice because of actions of non native Oregonians. I will get flack for saying that but I really don't care. It's my opinion. I hope Portland completely recovers but I really think it's going to take one more generation er two!😉
Thanks for sharing!! Let’s hope it keeps trending in the right direction!
Go East of 84. It’s a disgrace. The working class has been forgotten. It’s sad.
😔… so sad but true. Only answer I have found is to geo arbitrage, work remotely, and spend my dollars in other countries like Ecuador or Mexico where they’re actually worth something still. Fun fact: Ecuador uses the dollar yet cannot simply print more, so rather than inflation, they have a deflationary environment. Great for expats. There are downsides of course but it’s a trade off. One big drawback right now in Ecuador is scheduled blackouts and lack of energy. Nevertheless, I lived happily there and enjoyed being able to afford a rich lifestyle of delicious produce, 2 bedroom house with yard for $260usd/month, great hiking etc. Thanks for watching and best of luck to you and yours!
Don't kid yourself, just because it looks better now, Portland is a going down. The mass exodus of big and small businesses has killed the city, without workers commuting in to work, there is no hope for a thriving economy to support diverse number of restaurants and stores. Less foot traffic equals fewer restaurants, fewer restaurants equals less foot traffic, it is a downward spiral.
Such a valid point! The video I did previously in Portland in May 2023 I talked more about that subject. Even in some of my Mexico City videos filmed in CDMX I drew parallels to Portland such as the Nike store on the east side shutting down due to blatant theft and vandalism, meanwhile, the location in Zocalo, CDMX is safe and thriving. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Here’s that other Portland video “5 Reasons I Left Portland”:
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Portland Is the Bike Friendly City, or should be.
Ya, you will LOVE all of the hills! Portland is NOT a flat city except for the far Eastside where there are no traffic laws........................elsullo
You were right the first time.....Christmas cups
Haha thanks my friend! All the best to you
I was here in 2020 and it was a shithole, filthy, riots every night, graffiti everywhere, litter, statues torn down and still missing, tents everywhere, needles, deranged behavior all.over the place, hearing flashbangs from the riots at night. What is that kid talking about? It was awful all over except for the West Hills. Has it improved? Yes, at GREAT cost to the taxpayers of Oregon, the entire state contributed to Multnomah county's clean-up. My local bank is boarded up right now in anticipation of post election rioting and I expect it will stay up until after inauguration. This town is very left wing and has large contingent of antifa and supporters. The school kids are given days off to "protest" which I assume is grooming for antifa, this in a state which ranks 45 in educational rankings and schools ranked among the worst in the nation. Portland needs a change of attitude if change is REALLY going to happen.
Thanks for sharing! Big changes definitely need to come or the overall trajectory will still be pretty awful for sure
At great cost to the taxpayers. Yeah, you mean the place where an overwhelming % of people live. Go figure 🤦♂️
@@Nickeltoe77 Actually I am at a loss to understand why the entire state has to contribute to Multnomah cleaning up their mess, especially when we have all this wasted male energy lying around on the streets. Start with making these people "make amends" to Portland for the damage they have done to our town.
@@Rosemary-m5t just like many of the people in Multnomah county wonder why their tax dollars have to be spent on the outlying portions of the state. Tough 💩 to both sides.
@@Rosemary-m5t and please explain what “wasted male energy lying around the streets” exactly is. wtf?
When was this filmed? The plywood could be from the Election night prep they didn't end up needing.
Filmed on Nov. 9th. Post election. Good point though. Thanks for watching
Looks like you visited on a good day. I was there on Oct 5 and I walked from a parking garage near 10th to Providence park both in daylight and at night. With both walks I felt unbelievably unsafe. There was someone on every corner. The drugs, the urine, the feces, the sketchiness.
Yea I must’ve gotten lucky. Definitely not my favorite place… felt wayyyy safer living in Mexico City the last couple of months and it’s so much cleaner. Thanks for sharing your experience and checking out the video!
@ yeah when I saw that guy near Voodoo saying it was dirty I was like 😂 yes, it is sir. Esp on 3rd. I’m glad you got to walk around feeling somewhat safe that day, though. It looked really nice out.
I live in Vancouver now, but I was downtown having my phone battery changed at the Apple Store and had two hours to kill, so walked around the downtown core. It was mostly deserted (on a Friday afternoon), with empty storefronts and permanently boarded up windows on others. Yes, much cleaner and felt much safer than a few years ago, but far from the bustling, beautiful, most enjoyable downtown I remember from several years ago. I used to really enjoy going downtown Portland - not I try to avoid it.
Thanks for sharing your experience and checking out the video! I definitely felt the same vibe you’re describing. The businesses leaving should be a major concern for anybody living there long term.
Born & raised in Portland. Its a rat hole. Most of us have moved out to neighboring communities. We wont even go downtown to eat or shop. We have the city government to blame.
Agreed. Downtown and parts of the east side are at cesspool status. Glad to be back in Mexico 🇲🇽🏝️😎. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Dude, delete this, please. I'm trying to buy a home someday. The prices were starting to drop.
Lol
I was there last month and it is BEAUTIFUL! 🌲❤️ The media EXAGGERATES if you didn’t know lol.
Well it WAS that bad in 2020 just a few months tho
I want to move to Portland from Kansas City
Now into December Nothing has changed! Portland is only getting worse and worse! There’s is absolutely no change!
@@IdeologyPill yes that trend is going to be difficult to break. I definitely don’t miss living there. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
13:00 Genial!
Cuánto le diste?
Vale mínimo 5 o 10!
Siiii no recuerdo la verdad pero merecía más aún! Pero yaaaa voy pa la playa jaja! Una pregunta: Crees que sería muy peligroso ahora manejar desde Los EEUU hasta como Cancún?
@theropemonster Uy, depende por cual frontera cruces, pero a como he escuchado, cualquier carretera tiene algo de riesgo, obvio no tan exagerado como dicen, quizás uno de cada mil, solo procura cruzar tipo 10 a.m. y no pares, y ya vas preguntando en el camino como esta cada tramo, porque lo que si sé, es que manejarás muchísimo! Vas a tener que hacer 2-3 paradas a descansar o parar y estirar tus piernas cada 3 horas.
Cuídese!
I have lived here all my life and Portland is a toilet.
You can keep.
The plywood is definitely from the pre election prep that ended up being not needed but better safe than sorry!😉
Where are the people?
Maybe they all moved to Mexico like me?! 😜🇲🇽❤️. Thanks for checking out the video!
Thank you for this realistic view of our city of roses.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
I have live in Portland for forty years, and this video IS NOT REALISTIC except for ONE district at ONE time of day...........................elsullo
Great video thanks for showing us current conditions in Portland. 😊😊😊❤
My pleasure, thanks for watching and supporting the channel! 🌲❤️
при этом есть фанера и бомжи.
мужик, хватит бегать перед трамваем с телефоном, это не безопасно
Been looking at jobs in Portland and Vancouver, Washington. California is just too expensive and I'm having a hard time finding a job. Sadly, this is because of the people voted in to the government by Oregon's citizens. This is what you voted for.
Well, I didn’t vote for that… I just stay in Mexico and rarely leave 🤠🌮☀️🏝️. There’s a big world out there… have you considered looking for a remote job and giving up city life? I know it’s not for everyone, but I see and have seen a growing number of (happy) people raising their families in Ecuador and Mexico. Even if you want or need a big city… CDMX, Guadalajara, Monterey are all great options in Mexico and they’re generally way cleaner and safer than major US cities. Thanks for watching and best wishes on the move/job hunt!
в Зеленограде очень чисто
Nice, thanks for sharing!
Portland annoys me, It's dull, and the traffic is fucked!
Agreed. To the point I moved very, very far away. Thanks for watching.
checking in from the alphabet,love living here
Thanks for checking in my friend! 🌲❤️
360 views--You are moving your camera too fast ...
Thanks for the feedback 😎❤️
Are the eight blocks of downtown better than during George Floyd and a global pandemic? Sure. Does anything the news covered represent actual Portland? No. You seem like a nice guy but I don’t think anyone here considers the pioneer Starbucks or the Apple store to be “Portland” either… please consider covering Alphabet, knob Hill, Water Ave, Woodlawn, Mississippi, Alberta, Cully, St. Johns, Hawthorne, Division, Clinton, Woodstock, Milwaukee, Sellwood, and all things boroughs in the future.
Excellent ideas there! I love Mississippi, Hawthorne, Sellwood and Alberta and will definitely do videos there in the future! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and checking out the video
As much as this guy is trying to sugarcoat it, all of the boarded up buildings show that Portland is still a hellhole, Not a place to bring the family for any reason.
local folk hang out at voodoo?? smh.
I was mostly there to get people’s FIRST IMPRESSIONS of Portland. I don’t think I ever said it was a local hangout. Anyway, thanks for watching
@@theropemonsteryour video description and commentary literally started off with “where locals …”
@ true lol but not everyone I ran into happened to be local, so I rolled with it.
I am a local, and people who live here don’t frequent Voodoo, only tourists.
@@aaronjhnsnagreed. Born and raised. The worst donut shop in the city. It’s funny to watch people toting giant pink boxes of garbage donuts through old town though✌️
я не люблю пальмы
Sometimes coconuts fall off and hit people so I see your point, I think 🤔
Alt text: norp leverages clickbait headline to farm engagement, celebrates incredibly basic brands that say nothing about Portland itself, has bad information
Are Nike and Starbucks not PNW companies?! 😅
You reek of T rump. Who ya been hangin' out with?
@@ilikestuff7598 😅😅… been hanging out with a bunch of expats in Mexico living our best lives 😎🏝️☀️🏐.
Your video can use some improvement. You jump around too much, and your on screen overlays are way to short to read. Not to mention....BORING. Better luck next time.
Haha well thanks for the feedback and for watching anyway. Impossible to cater to everyone’s varying attention spans these days. Maybe someday I’ll win you over 😎
Boycott Tesla. What is wrong with y'all?
Because Elon believes in freedom of speech?
U Need 2 listened 2 .. X 🎸🥁🎸🎤 .. Worlds a Mess .. Then Get Use 2 It ....
Noted haha, thanks for watching