The rain here is not as bad as people make it out to be, usually just light drizzle. Many places in the US get more rain than Portland. But the Homeless, that is a real problem here.
Gabriel, I really found Portland to be one of the friendliest cities I have ever visited. It was such a welcomed change from WONKY Seattle, its silliness, unreasonable rules, and pissy demands! Portland truly seemed to me to much more grown-up, mature, you know?
You guys should have a little more sympathy for the homeless. I'm out here in portland homeless and pregnant, while me and my boyfriend don't do drugs we have a healthy amount of empathy for these people. Sit down with someone sometime and just hear their story.
And to get their fix they break into cars, rob people, and steal shit to pay for more heroin. They need to be locked up and forcefully made to detox, and then put in a bootcamp for 3 months so they can get their crap together.
Back in 2014 I spent about 3 months in Portland just around the corner from PGE park. I tried really hard to like it, but it never happened. Too many homeless wrecking the environment. It was sickening what I saw. For example, a guy pissed on the shelter at a MAX stop while people were sitting in it. Broad daylight. I have no empathy for the homeless. 99% of them can find a job but don't. No excuses. Portland's big library downtown was swarming with idiots littering the sidewalks and being obnoxious +ucks.
Portland isn’t for everyone but it feels more like home than My home town of San Diego and NYC where I lived for 8 years. Has it’s pros and cons but I’ve never felt more myself than I have here.
Meltin John I am in Portland. I lived in Tampa for3 years. I liked it alright there as well. I think people get depressed here when they let the weather dictate the activity they do. I do see how people could get depressed here though. I do a lot of different things to keep busy and on the up and up. Silk ropes, rock climbing, hiking, camping, etc.
@@NeilBaker722 It wouldn't be a city without scum. I love dirty broken down buildings, rats, foreigners, tagging ect.. Perfect clean cities are boring and plain.
Since my Dad was born in Portland I've been watching videos of old Portland from the '30s & '40s and people have commented how the city has gone downhill then I see your video. I guess every city is the same, good and bad. I still want to visit one day.
My Daughter spent 2 years there for college but found the weather difficult - so much rain so she returned to North Carolina. It’s a funky town. Lotsa homeless folk when I visited.
Born and raised in Portland and it’s changing rapidly. A lot of buildings has been torn down and apartments put up bars, historical places are gone that I loved to go to. I grew up in SE 50th Clinton area omg that area changed! I’m 43 now so it’s just sad it’s not Portland anymore.
@@vexxevxevvex2622 Wow ya you might be correct actually because 2008 was the last good days now that I analyze it. It wasn't the beginning of a good renaissance. It was on its way to an end. So 1998 actually sounds right since you figure Seattle was hot in 1992.. then it got filled up and Portland in the late 90s got trendy when or before bands like the White Stripes came out or the Strokes. It has to be a severe minority of people living in the current Portland thinking its as good as it used to be. It can be confusing because Portlandia came out in like 2011-2012 or so promoting Portland so I thought 08 was the beginning of the new renaissance but wouldn't shock me if the first one was actually in 1998 when there was so much availability and was much nicer with even more creative types. 2012-2014 or so seemed to be the very end of a once good city though and now we're past any good days this place ever had. upcoming collapse is headed for the area I feel and a lot of the west now as LV and Phoenix are due to fill up too.
@@MeltinJohn I agree. Portland has been going to shit for the past 20 years. But I think AZ and even LV should be all good. It's really just the Pacific NW that's in trouble
@@vexxevxevvex2622 Lets hope you're right but if these other states crowd up, you can rest assure they'll be refugees from Portland and not all of them are going to vote for a non democrat party. You know that. The west is fucked period I think.
Dude what did you film this with? stabilization looked amazing! I saw in another vid you said you returned your gopro 7 so i got curious? When i use my 7 it gets choppy when i slowly move from side to side because it tries to stabilize the image when in fact i just want slow movement... so i gave up on it unfortunately :/
Yes I returned the GoPro 7, so this is filmed with the new one. Unfortunately it has the exact same issue, which is also a stabilization issue but it's different from what you described. It sounds like you didn't apply the latest updates yet, because what you described there sounds like the problem I was having with it when I first got it. Then I applied their updates, which fixed that issue and now there's a different issue. I might make a video about it if I get the chance. The other issue only happens in low lighting or indoor lighting though, so otherwise it does pretty good while filming during the day. So you might want to apply the latest updates and then give it another try and see if that's an improvement.
Gabriel Traveler great to know, I will definitely give it a go as it would definitely be nice to have improved audio and stabilization from the 6 that I have resorted to using. Are you able to explain the low light issue to me?
@@JumpingPlaces Easier to show you. I'm going to upload a raw clip, I'll post it unlisted and then post the link here. Then you can see the problem. So I'll post the link here in a little while once it's uploaded. Also I'll be curious to hear if you have the same problem. I returned my GoPro 7 twice, and all three cameras have had the same problem. So it's clearly an issue with the stabilization update, because it didn't have this problem before applying the update. They had the other problem you mentioned, and I'm not exactly sure which one is worse, but at least it does a good job when filming in strong lighting.
Gabriel Traveler cheers mate, yeah I saw those jumps... I’m gonna try and update my 7 tomorrow and test it out. Will let you know how it goes. Also I quit my job like 6 weeks back to travel full time.. you were one of the biggest inspirations for me to do so, extremely grateful!
He says lots of neighborhoods have been renewed what he means is gentrified which raises the cost of everything for people who have lived in those neighborhoods all their lives and they are forced out by it.
I was in Portland back in 1995. Working on my bachelor's degree and working at Intel. At the time I thought it was one of the best cities I've been to. I absolutely loved the micro breweries. Best beer in the northwest. I noticed this video doesn't show Martin Luther King boulevard. wonder why🤔
@@baileygregg6567 Can you imagine all those looking down right now (if they can) pissed off that they spent their entire lives pouring their souls into that city only for it to end up like this.... :(
Why is it that every “Portland Oregon “ video on UA-cam has a bunch of comments on saying how Portland is horrible now? I have a job offer in Portland and was thinking of moving there but I’ve seen a lot more negative comments than good ones. What’s REALLY wrong with it?
pdxbuckeye I have, it’s a bit more pricey than I expected BUT less than where I’m from. Where I’m from you’re lucky to get a run down super small studio for like 1300!
It has kind of gone down a bit in the last 15 years. The locals I knew 25 years ago were forced out by the rising cost of rent and have been replaced by hipsters and the homeless. Politically I am a traditional democrat so please to post that I’m a disgruntled conservative.I see lots of needles on the street people now are allowed to sleep in the middle of the sidewalk and the city is putting tons of boulders near the highway on -ramps so the homeless can’t pitch tents there. I’m the working class so I’m kind of sneered at these days I still love my town but it’s getting worse.
Summers are AMAZING here. Strange that we haven’t yet got a MLB team; get on that, Manfred. My preference is the A’s because of their team colors and more-with-less team attitude. Out-of-staters have moved in and deranged our housing prices, though.
@@junkiemonkeys I dont live around that but i bet you never picked up a piece of corn in your life huh adan even though your family is from around that
Cool city. I like the rain and cold weather, but there were many homeless and needles on the street. I met many nice people that treated me very well. Loved Powell's city of books.
Wow I lived in Portland Oregon since I was born till i was 4, I immigrated overseas and damn I've heard good memories about this place from my parents :)
It's amazing why you sticks up for antifa and all those people so much. It really makes me think seriously he's probably got a son or a daughter or some sort of relative in antifa and he doesn't want to out them or something.
So how much for room for rent in that area ,and what type of jobs they got there ,is the graffiti a drawing art all day or part time job ..sounds cool ..
The Hollywood district of Portland is absolutely crawling with homeless... I have an apartment right in the heart of it all. Anyway, my father is homeless right there in the Hollywood district. He goes by the name sarg. His real name is RON. He's a drunk, alcoholic, prick most of the timel, and the most selfish person alive. He's losing his mind slowly, due to dementia. But he has all his capacities still, so, there's nothing the state can do. Anyway, give him some change if u see him. He Flys his sign on the corner of 39th and Sandy, across from star bucks. Thanks.... 😥
I don't have a Trump hat, I am not one of those idiots however, I'd love to see Antifa try to bother me. I'd dropkick em. One thing I notice is the middle ground revolutionary is not appreciated in Portland. You gotta be a full out nutcase on either side politically or extremely childish. I notice that as a non Portland native who lives here now.
always wanted to ask,, how do you decide where your going to go? do you have flights/ferrys pre booked,, so example do you know where you will be in say oct?
I booked my flight to Mexico just two days ago. Lots of factors go into deciding where I'm going next, but ultimately it's usually a pretty spontaneous decision. I sometimes have a general idea of where I'm going next but nothing is ever for certain until I book my next flight. I don't have any other flights booked out of Mexico, so I don't know how long I'll stay there or where I'll go next, though I have some ideas of what I'll be doing. But I really don't know where I'll be next month or for the rest of the year.
Just found your channel and was scrollin through and seen you did a vid on 503!! My city! Fuckin love the graff u flicked in this vid. I actully know a couple of the painters in this vid! So tight! Dope vlog! Keep it up fr
I absolutely love Portland. The architecture is anazing. It has that Gotham City look. Another great video. I'm surprised you haven't been contacted by a production company for some sort of travelogue type show. Maybe think about doing a video of the Oregon Coast from Astoria to Gold Beach and Brookings, maybe include Crescent City. Keep on doing what you do. I really look forward to your next video. I get all psyched when the notification that you've posted a new video pops up on my screen.
Thanks William. I have some videos showing the Oregon coast and also a bit of Crescent City: ua-cam.com/video/A8Dn1PPQXM4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/ZbXcxSdCfB0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/rbLHQvi6IcQ/v-deo.html
Yeah I think that's where he's coming from. A lot of the comments under this video are from people who have probably never been to Portland, but have some sort of bias against it because of the Portlandia show and things they've seen in the news with Antifa protests, etc. Portland has definitely gotten more expensive to live in, no doubt about that. So I guess that's what Meltin John is referring to. But it's not only for the rich by any means. For one thing, gas is less expensive than California and probably rent is still more affordable than LA, SF or Seattle. It's pretty typical for much of the US. There are expensive houses and also cheaper houses and apartments. And it's not all liberals by any means, though it's been trending that way in recent years. But the rest of Oregon is a lot more conservative. Funny how a lot of people are making politically skewed comments here when I never mentioned anything remotely political in the video.
@@MeltinJohn PS. I left Portland in 2009, ten years ago. So in a sense yes, I'm a decade behind. I had several different one-bedroom apartments for around $450-550 per month. I'm sure those apartments are more expensive now. Regardless, most people in Portland are far from rich.
I love Portland, I've been there a few times. I'm surprised the population is so small, I thought there were more people that lived in Portland. Have a great time in Mexico. (also I love so many of the food carts around the university).
It just depends on your skills and what sort of work you might be looking for, etc. There are definitely plenty of opportunities, but I haven't lived there in a decade and don't know what the employment situation is like now.
I loved Portland when I visited there several years ago. Powell's Books was a great spot to hang out. I can't wait to see your Mexico videos. I was in Mexico City in January. That is an awesome city. I watched your videos you did from there to help me prepare for my trip.
Seeing this reminds me of the show “Portlandia”- a hilarious show with a lot of seeds of truth! I kept expecting Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen to show up, lol. 😂
Portlandia was very close to the truth when it started. It is much less so now. The traffic in particular is nasty and cutthroat now - not the overly polite version in Portlandia. Everyone moved here and brought where the came from with them. There a few too many rats in the cage now. Still its a great place to visit.
Hey Gabriel I am currently hitchiking up highway 101 and just got rides through Ukiah and Willits yesterday! I remember watching your videos where you said that is where you are from. This is my first time in Northern California and I love it. I am going to Eugene and then Portland. I have a problem though, I think all I want to do is hitchhike now Question: Have you ever used the app couchsurfing to find a person who will let you stay with them in a new city?
Right on man! Yes I was raised in Willits and my mom now lives in Ukiah. I haven't made use of couch surfing all that much but it's a good way to go to save some bucks and meet people. I did plenty of couch surfing before there was even a website about it though. Have a great time and stay dry, the forecast shows a lot of rain up here right now.
there are negatives quotes about Portland but which city or country is the best or safety at all. i think each city or country offers a variety of opportunities to know more about its culture and people's approaches. i love travelling and meet new great places
RIP city, also. Lived here over 30 years. Thanks for doing us. Never seen a rat here, but I guess it depends on where you live (on the street?). And almost NO rain compared to Oregon 50 years ago.
I was homeless in PDX for like eight months. Runnin from the law at home in northern Michigan. Tough time in Portland. Absolutely beautiful city though. Kind of like a bigger version of Grand Rapids. Not as cool as Detroit, though. :P
Drew McGinnis they couldn't extradite me back to Michigan if I was caught but my life was not going well so I finally decided to go back and turn myself in
Probably a smart move. I did the same thing except I ran to Oregon from Virgina and made a bunch of money so I decided to hire a 5 figure lawyer for a simple probation violation and still ended up doing 6 months 🤦 I ran for 20 months though so it was worth it
Hello Gabriel! Portland is a beautiful city..I loved the flowering trees and the street art.. Thank you for showing us where you lived... All the restaurants and used clothing stores.. My kinda place.. So much to see... Well Mexico!!! 🤣 I can't wait! You always do a fantastic job of explaining everything you're showing in your video... Take care and God Bless you! I bid you peace! 🍃😊🍃
Very cool city indeed, good beers, bars, FOOD and NATURE around is amazing...but...oh my...the people...homeless everywhere, and I have been in South America, but it is a different type of poverty. Here you see homeless that obviously are into hard drugs like heroin...on top of that many people around that aren’t homeless, seem high all the fucking time. I didn’t feel safe at all
Thank you so much for making this video for us, l spent one year there and it was the happiest year ever, l love how friendly the people of this city are
Gabriel could u please tell me about an Affordable area in Portland? I'm trying to move there to start over. I have been struggling with work and looking to get a job there this yr. Please help me thats all I ask
If that is one of the coolest cities in the USA, I feel sad for the less cool cities..... The USA as a whole is as cold as Portland weather, no wonder you travel the world
I'd rather live in Texas.. not Austin but somewhere like San Antonio than live in Portland now. Portland is also pretty damn cold too seeing its not as wintery. It fools you and just a 20 degree difference from the east coast much of the winter so it doesn't get bitter cold, but it still is bitter cold at say 35 vs 15.. In fact the other night it was 56 there while it was 45 in the Portland area.To me though, this is the same almost nowadays, just to the west. Plus I believe some Portland natives or NW natives, people from Colorado relocated to New Hampshire. If anyone moved to any east coast city right now at the level they came to Portland, it would be flooded. There already enough now and cost is driven up. ALSO as quick as people poured into Portland, they can also come OUT too. After the California exodus, there will be a NW exodus.
Love the State of Oregon, By the looks of your videos it really has everything. I've quite enjoyed your past videos of Oregon, for example the video you did on Lake Wallowa; that was awesome. I really hope down the track that you will invest some more time exploring Northern California from Ukiah to Oregon. It's ABSOLUTELY amazingly beautiful and it's important that all that beauty gets recorded and video and recognized for what it is. I couldn't get enough of watching your videos from that area. Anyways I look forward to your upcoming videos on Mexico, that should be Awesome! I really hope you do the Greek Islands this year. ABSOLUTELY love athena Greek Islands and all your videos of over there. My favorite Greek Island is ANAFI, love all that hiking you did there and quite enjoyed that Klasidi beach! 😁✌
Hi Gabriel, What gave it away was a picture of the Great Pyramid of Cholula, if you go to Mexico City see if you can go to any restaurants that have bugs to eat a new adventure.
Rats, Rain, Ranting Hipsters, Homeless and Heroin. Oh the sweetness of home...
You just summed up half the cities in America nowadays lol
New York is like that also
@@SuperActualized Yeah what's with the poop? Human Poop everywhere.
So which is a good liveable US city then according to you
The rain here is not as bad as people make it out to be, usually just light drizzle. Many places in the US get more rain than Portland.
But the Homeless, that is a real problem here.
UA-cam: Portland is a shit-hole!!
Reddit: Portland is amazing!!
Gabriel, I really found Portland to be one of the friendliest cities I have ever visited.
It was such a welcomed change from WONKY Seattle, its silliness, unreasonable rules, and pissy demands!
Portland truly seemed to me to much more grown-up, mature, you know?
You guys should have a little more sympathy for the homeless. I'm out here in portland homeless and pregnant, while me and my boyfriend don't do drugs we have a healthy amount of empathy for these people. Sit down with someone sometime and just hear their story.
Most are useless junkies though. Not all, but enough to ruin things for those who are not.
You're on the internet... yet you're homeless?
@@gymnast121397 Homeless people have access to phones and the internet just like the rest of us. Have several seats miss.
@Kenny J Bad decisions.
Azrael Brassard I believe you I wasn’t on drugs when I was homeless
Why on earth are the Portland haters watching this video ? I watch videos about things I like.
I wanted a laugh, and I got it.🤣😁😆🤣😂😁😅😀😄😃😂😘
I saw a documentary from Portland about some teen heroin addicts that roamed the streets looking for their next fix. It was very interesting but sad.
What's the name is the documentary?
And to get their fix they break into cars, rob people, and steal shit to pay for more heroin.
They need to be locked up and forcefully made to detox, and then put in a bootcamp for 3 months so they can get their crap together.
I've been to Oregon 3 times and twice in Portland. The city is definitely cool and might want to revisit. Love the cloudy, grungy and 90's vibe.
Be careful where you step.
Vincent S you must have travelled through with blinders on. Portland is a shithole. Liberal bunch of snow flakes.
You must love drug needles and turds all over the place.
Vincent S You still have the visitors view and one where you probably walked and didn't run into the homeless spots much. Only that can explain it.
Did you like ANtifa threatening single women walking down the street too? Guess you didn't because you are a man. Idiot.
Back in 2014 I spent about 3 months in Portland just around the corner from PGE park. I tried really hard to like it, but it never happened. Too many homeless wrecking the environment. It was sickening what I saw. For example, a guy pissed on the shelter at a MAX stop while people were sitting in it. Broad daylight. I have no empathy for the homeless. 99% of them can find a job but don't. No excuses. Portland's big library downtown was swarming with idiots littering the sidewalks and being obnoxious +ucks.
Portland isn’t for everyone but it feels more like home than My home town of San Diego and NYC where I lived for 8 years. Has it’s pros and cons but I’ve never felt more myself than I have here.
Are you in Antifa? Because in 2019 I cant think of one reason someone would say that. Its a depressing place. I liked life in Florida better.
Meltin John I am in Portland. I lived in Tampa for3 years. I liked it alright there as well. I think people get depressed here when they let the weather dictate the activity they do. I do see how people could get depressed here though. I do a lot of different things to keep busy and on the up and up. Silk ropes, rock climbing, hiking, camping, etc.
The rain and cold weather are my favorite parts about Portland. Wish it snowed more though.
Same, it’s a cool city, but sometimes you just wanna be wrapped in a blanket next to a fire watching Netflix when it’s 10f outside
The Forger 10 degrees? Can only remember 2 or 3 times in the last 45 years it’s been that cold here. Could be wrong though
Fast forward it's now a total dump
You SAID it....sad for sure, just like Seattle and Frisco!!
Portland, like Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles is being ruined by the homeless problem.
Neil Baker Oh go back to Idaho
That's what makes up a city in some ways. I love slum just like some people like ripped jeans.
Facts. I’ve live in the inner east of Portland my whole life and the bums are multiplying by the day
@@TheRichie213 Ripped jeans don't smell of rancid urine or defecate on the sidewalk.
@@NeilBaker722 It wouldn't be a city without scum. I love dirty broken down buildings, rats, foreigners, tagging ect.. Perfect clean cities are boring and plain.
Meanwhile, 4yrs later in 2023...
Portland is a beautiful city, i went there on 2014 i liked it a lot
Mike CG shhhhhh
Shit
That’s the year that I moved here.
@@zurirecca1111 do you know regret it?
Was😢
Since my Dad was born in Portland I've been watching videos of old Portland from the '30s & '40s and people have commented how the city has gone downhill then I see your video. I guess every city is the same, good and bad. I still want to visit one day.
PaulTakeoTravels the only real problem with Portland is the homeless. Everything else is pretty nice
If trash, drugs, homeless people and high cost of living is your thing this place is for you!
My Daughter spent 2 years there for college but found the weather difficult - so much rain so she returned to North Carolina. It’s a funky town. Lotsa homeless folk when I visited.
Born and raised in Portland and it’s changing rapidly. A lot of buildings has been torn down and apartments put up bars, historical places are gone that I loved to go to. I grew up in SE 50th Clinton area omg that area changed! I’m 43 now so it’s just sad it’s not Portland anymore.
Why Americans hate walking? No walking culture
Hani Alturk
Go to New York and fucking see people running
I walk and take a bus or train. No big deal
Ahhh the smell of urine in the morning.
Despite all the negativity here.... Portland is a great city
Wow this aged poorly
Sadly🙁
"Gabriel takes a trip down memory lane as he tours Portland"
I think you're just feeling nostalgic, Gabriel. Portland doesn't appear to be very cool or hip (your words). Just some attempts at gentrification.
Yea this guy is living in 2008. I used to think the same thing back then.
@@MeltinJohn More like 1998
@@vexxevxevvex2622 Wow ya you might be correct actually because 2008 was the last good days now that I analyze it. It wasn't the beginning of a good renaissance. It was on its way to an end. So 1998 actually sounds right since you figure Seattle was hot in 1992.. then it got filled up and Portland in the late 90s got trendy when or before bands like the White Stripes came out or the Strokes.
It has to be a severe minority of people living in the current Portland thinking its as good as it used to be.
It can be confusing because Portlandia came out in like 2011-2012 or so promoting Portland so I thought 08 was the beginning of the new renaissance but wouldn't shock me if the first one was actually in 1998 when there was so much availability and was much nicer with even more creative types.
2012-2014 or so seemed to be the very end of a once good city though and now we're past any good days this place ever had. upcoming collapse is headed for the area I feel and a lot of the west now as LV and Phoenix are due to fill up too.
@@MeltinJohn I agree. Portland has been going to shit for the past 20 years.
But I think AZ and even LV should be all good. It's really just the Pacific NW that's in trouble
@@vexxevxevvex2622 Lets hope you're right but if these other states crowd up, you can rest assure they'll be refugees from Portland and not all of them are going to vote for a non democrat party. You know that. The west is fucked period I think.
Are you starting to get a feel for where you want to end up some day?
joey gnarly not liberal shit hole Portland!!!!
Portland looks really cool, would love to check out the soccer team there too the Portland Timbers great vid as always!
We have 2 teams here. The Timbers and The Thorns!
I want to see a thorns game so bad omg
Dude what did you film this with? stabilization looked amazing! I saw in another vid you said you returned your gopro 7 so i got curious? When i use my 7 it gets choppy when i slowly move from side to side because it tries to stabilize the image when in fact i just want slow movement... so i gave up on it unfortunately :/
Yes I returned the GoPro 7, so this is filmed with the new one. Unfortunately it has the exact same issue, which is also a stabilization issue but it's different from what you described. It sounds like you didn't apply the latest updates yet, because what you described there sounds like the problem I was having with it when I first got it. Then I applied their updates, which fixed that issue and now there's a different issue. I might make a video about it if I get the chance. The other issue only happens in low lighting or indoor lighting though, so otherwise it does pretty good while filming during the day. So you might want to apply the latest updates and then give it another try and see if that's an improvement.
Gabriel Traveler great to know, I will definitely give it a go as it would definitely be nice to have improved audio and stabilization from the 6 that I have resorted to using. Are you able to explain the low light issue to me?
@@JumpingPlaces Easier to show you. I'm going to upload a raw clip, I'll post it unlisted and then post the link here. Then you can see the problem. So I'll post the link here in a little while once it's uploaded. Also I'll be curious to hear if you have the same problem. I returned my GoPro 7 twice, and all three cameras have had the same problem. So it's clearly an issue with the stabilization update, because it didn't have this problem before applying the update. They had the other problem you mentioned, and I'm not exactly sure which one is worse, but at least it does a good job when filming in strong lighting.
Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/1l_678A7psQ/v-deo.html You'll see the glitch at about 20 seconds into the video and again at 45.
Gabriel Traveler cheers mate, yeah I saw those jumps... I’m gonna try and update my 7 tomorrow and test it out. Will let you know how it goes. Also I quit my job like 6 weeks back to travel full time.. you were one of the biggest inspirations for me to do so, extremely grateful!
He says lots of neighborhoods have been renewed what he means is gentrified which raises the cost of everything for people who have lived in those neighborhoods all their lives and they are forced out by it.
💘💙PORTLAND💙💘 my beautiful hometown.
I was in Portland back in 1995. Working on my bachelor's degree and working at Intel. At the time I thought it was one of the best cities I've been to. I absolutely loved the micro breweries. Best beer in the northwest. I noticed this video doesn't show Martin Luther King boulevard. wonder why🤔
My father worked at Bridgeport Brewery oh, he's dead now he doesn't have to see what happened to Portland anymore😒🌃💀🇺🇸🔥
@@baileygregg6567 Can you imagine all those looking down right now (if they can) pissed off that they spent their entire lives pouring their souls into that city only for it to end up like this.... :(
Why is it that every “Portland Oregon “ video on UA-cam has a bunch of comments on saying how Portland is horrible now? I have a job offer in Portland and was thinking of moving there but I’ve seen a lot more negative comments than good ones. What’s REALLY wrong with it?
If you have a job offer, I would check out the rent before accepting the position.
pdxbuckeye I have, it’s a bit more pricey than I expected BUT less than where I’m from. Where I’m from you’re lucky to get a run down super small studio for like 1300!
It's great here
It has kind of gone down a bit in the last 15 years. The locals I knew 25 years ago were forced out by the rising cost of rent and have been replaced by hipsters and the homeless. Politically I am a traditional democrat so please to post that I’m a disgruntled conservative.I see lots of needles on the street people now are allowed to sleep in the middle of the sidewalk and the city is putting tons of boulders near the highway on -ramps so the homeless can’t pitch tents there. I’m the working class so I’m kind of sneered at these days I still love my town but it’s getting worse.
I belong to India and i like those places which are not much crowded. Fantastic video.
Idiot.
Summers are AMAZING here. Strange that we haven’t yet got a MLB team; get on that, Manfred. My preference is the A’s because of their team colors and more-with-less team attitude. Out-of-staters have moved in and deranged our housing prices, though.
Is that a typo?coolest city?
Yes cool. What's not cool is the boring suburbs and open corn fields which is probably more your speed
@@junkiemonkeys I dont live around that but i bet you never picked up a piece of corn in your life huh adan even though your family is from around that
@@Jess1234 Jesus. Was that English?!
@@pacmanc8103 did I stutter phillip little cox
GO Blazers !
Wendy Laca Man!!!! Did you witnessed that COLD BLOODED 3 LAST NIGHT!!!!!! Jesus.
I've just watched the sitcom Grimm, all the seasons, and this city is very interesting and beautiful!
Proud to be a Portland native but it’s getting out of hand here now with traffic and weirdos. Don’t move here unless you have something to contribute
Lol
Well.... that didn’t age well
Cool city. I like the rain and cold weather, but there were many homeless and needles on the street. I met many nice people that treated me very well. Loved Powell's city of books.
Lived in Portland all my life, visited many others. It’s been interesting watching it change, expand and go through its growing pains.
Gotten bad since I was a kid😿
Doesn’t look crowded at all. Looks peaceful for a city. Don’t see a lot of car traffic either
That’s because all the hipsters were still sleeping.
Wow I lived in Portland Oregon since I was born till i was 4, I immigrated overseas and damn I've heard good memories about this place from my parents :)
Cool! Thanks for sharing. I spent some time in the Pacific Northwest and I really liked the culture and sort of artistic community there.
What a great video! I live in Portland also vlog. I love your description of the city and all of its beautiful areas.
Thanks.
Street art and smoothies are two things that when I see them I think Gabriel lol!
Chris Brown and sandals ha ha
From gabe to gabe, thanks. What kind of camera are you using?
Howdy Gabe. This is filmed with a gopro 7.
“NOT ANY MORE” !!! OUR ONCE BEAUTIFUL CITY, HAS BEEN TRASHED BY ANTIFA, WITH MAYOR TED WHEELER’S,BLESSINGS...
It's amazing why you sticks up for antifa and all those people so much. It really makes me think seriously he's probably got a son or a daughter or some sort of relative in antifa and he doesn't want to out them or something.
I love your jovial enthusiasm! Really heart warming
*I love it ur video* i lived there for 4 years & have good memories about Oregon 😍
Excellent.
I look forward to your Mexico blogs!!!!!!
Keep on traveling brother! God bless you!
I work in that building with all the graffiti. It’s a veterans supportive housing facility.
So how much for room for rent in that area ,and what type of jobs they got there ,is the graffiti a drawing art all day or part time job ..sounds cool ..
The Hollywood district of Portland is absolutely crawling with homeless... I have an apartment right in the heart of it all. Anyway, my father is homeless right there in the Hollywood district. He goes by the name sarg. His real name is RON. He's a drunk, alcoholic, prick most of the timel, and the most selfish person alive.
He's losing his mind slowly, due to dementia. But he has all his capacities still, so, there's nothing the state can do. Anyway, give him some change if u see him. He Flys his sign on the corner of 39th and Sandy, across from star bucks. Thanks.... 😥
Nothing cooler than getting your head cracked open for showing conservative political beliefs! Welcome to Portland! :p
I don't have a Trump hat, I am not one of those idiots however, I'd love to see Antifa try to bother me. I'd dropkick em. One thing I notice is the middle ground revolutionary is not appreciated in Portland. You gotta be a full out nutcase on either side politically or extremely childish. I notice that as a non Portland native who lives here now.
@Selim Sultan Akbar Try it in Texas. Don't come. JUST DONT.
:)
Can you really sleep til 11am in Portland?
Yes
always wanted to ask,, how do you decide where your going to go? do you have flights/ferrys pre booked,, so example do you know where you will be in say oct?
I booked my flight to Mexico just two days ago. Lots of factors go into deciding where I'm going next, but ultimately it's usually a pretty spontaneous decision. I sometimes have a general idea of where I'm going next but nothing is ever for certain until I book my next flight. I don't have any other flights booked out of Mexico, so I don't know how long I'll stay there or where I'll go next, though I have some ideas of what I'll be doing. But I really don't know where I'll be next month or for the rest of the year.
@Chad Hoskins Precisely.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Omg...all Gabriels are alike!!..Lol!
Good tour video. Nice work. Thanks!
Oh GOD this city is really great 💜
Looks like there's a lot of murals I like that.
My Home City. ❤
Same but dam they don't mention the economic failings...😞🇺🇸
The older you get the more gorgeous you become, oh yeah, Portland is quite lovely.
Just found your channel and was scrollin through and seen you did a vid on 503!! My city! Fuckin love the graff u flicked in this vid. I actully know a couple of the painters in this vid! So tight! Dope vlog! Keep it up fr
Cool man.
Gabe is the Man!
I absolutely love Portland. The architecture is anazing. It has that Gotham City look. Another great video. I'm surprised you haven't been contacted by a production company for some sort of travelogue type show. Maybe think about doing a video of the Oregon Coast from Astoria to Gold Beach and Brookings, maybe include Crescent City. Keep on doing what you do. I really look forward to your next video. I get all psyched when the notification that you've posted a new video pops up on my screen.
Thanks William. I have some videos showing the Oregon coast and also a bit of Crescent City:
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@@GabrielTravelerVideos Again, only good for rich people.
Meltin John, not sure what you mean. Only rich people can live in Portland or drive around the state? That doesn't make any sense.
Yeah I think that's where he's coming from. A lot of the comments under this video are from people who have probably never been to Portland, but have some sort of bias against it because of the Portlandia show and things they've seen in the news with Antifa protests, etc. Portland has definitely gotten more expensive to live in, no doubt about that. So I guess that's what Meltin John is referring to. But it's not only for the rich by any means. For one thing, gas is less expensive than California and probably rent is still more affordable than LA, SF or Seattle. It's pretty typical for much of the US. There are expensive houses and also cheaper houses and apartments. And it's not all liberals by any means, though it's been trending that way in recent years. But the rest of Oregon is a lot more conservative. Funny how a lot of people are making politically skewed comments here when I never mentioned anything remotely political in the video.
@@MeltinJohn PS. I left Portland in 2009, ten years ago. So in a sense yes, I'm a decade behind. I had several different one-bedroom apartments for around $450-550 per month. I'm sure those apartments are more expensive now. Regardless, most people in Portland are far from rich.
I love Portland, I've been there a few times. I'm surprised the population is so small, I thought there were more people that lived in Portland. Have a great time in Mexico. (also I love so many of the food carts around the university).
The Metro area is over 2 million people.
Portland, Maine is also well worth a visit!
im from greece and i wanna move to Portland. Is it a city of oportunities? I also like it because its not a huge city like other US cities
It just depends on your skills and what sort of work you might be looking for, etc. There are definitely plenty of opportunities, but I haven't lived there in a decade and don't know what the employment situation is like now.
I loved Portland when I visited there several years ago. Powell's Books was a great spot to hang out. I can't wait to see your Mexico videos. I was in Mexico City in January. That is an awesome city. I watched your videos you did from there to help me prepare for my trip.
Right on. I look forward to making some better ones in Mexico. That was four years ago so a lot has changed since then.
Seeing this reminds me of the show “Portlandia”- a hilarious show with a lot of seeds of truth! I kept expecting Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen to show up, lol. 😂
17:51 At least Jeff Goldblum makes an appearance, though! 😂😂😂
Portlandia was very close to the truth when it started. It is much less so now. The traffic in particular is nasty and cutthroat now - not the overly polite version in Portlandia. Everyone moved here and brought where the came from with them. There a few too many rats in the cage now.
Still its a great place to visit.
This town used to be cool but it's barely surviving on the past. Most of the decent people left town and the wackos moved in.
*starts the video 5 steps away from pure green dispensary*
Starts out at Portland's best dispensaries Pure Green.
Brothers is number #1. On Division.
Hello I travel on the orange and blue train. I visited the USS BLUEBACK 581 and planetarium. Very cool. Saludos
Hey Gabriel I am currently hitchiking up highway 101 and just got rides through Ukiah and Willits yesterday! I remember watching your videos where you said that is where you are from.
This is my first time in Northern California and I love it. I am going to Eugene and then Portland. I have a problem though, I think all I want to do is hitchhike now
Question: Have you ever used the app couchsurfing to find a person who will let you stay with them in a new city?
Right on man! Yes I was raised in Willits and my mom now lives in Ukiah. I haven't made use of couch surfing all that much but it's a good way to go to save some bucks and meet people. I did plenty of couch surfing before there was even a website about it though. Have a great time and stay dry, the forecast shows a lot of rain up here right now.
The rest of Oregon is great!
Tude Flaming Eugene is debatable. Liberal snow-flake infested. Probably needs to go with moron run Portland.
Thanks for the tour Gabriel, love seeing spring, trees blossoming ❤ murals are beautiful. Take care. Be safe ❤🙏❤
Thank you very much, it's so informative
Interesting to know that Oregon has 200 years of brewing tradition.
Portland has to much rain for me, but the people are cool!
Not people in the city now I hate to tell you or suburbs. Everyones rude mostly.
there are negatives quotes about Portland but which city or country is the best or safety at all. i think each city or country offers a variety of opportunities to know more about its culture and people's approaches.
i love travelling and meet new great places
Portland looks great, looking forward to your Mexico's videos.
Greetings from San Luis Potosi, Mexico
RIP city, also. Lived here over 30 years. Thanks for doing us. Never seen a rat here, but I guess it depends on where you live (on the street?). And almost NO rain compared to Oregon 50 years ago.
How much are the rooms for rent out there in Portland
I was homeless in PDX for like eight months. Runnin from the law at home in northern Michigan. Tough time in Portland. Absolutely beautiful city though. Kind of like a bigger version of Grand Rapids. Not as cool as Detroit, though. :P
You end up getting caught or turn yourself in?
Drew McGinnis they couldn't extradite me back to Michigan if I was caught but my life was not going well so I finally decided to go back and turn myself in
Probably a smart move. I did the same thing except I ran to Oregon from Virgina and made a bunch of money so I decided to hire a 5 figure lawyer for a simple probation violation and still ended up doing 6 months 🤦 I ran for 20 months though so it was worth it
Drew McGinnis that was the plan.
Go to rimsky korsakoffee !! Opens at 7. Weird stuff happens when you go there.
Can I get some chicken shawarma please ?
Hello Gabriel! Portland is a beautiful city..I loved the flowering trees and the street art.. Thank you for showing us where you lived... All the restaurants and used clothing stores.. My kinda place.. So much to see... Well Mexico!!! 🤣 I can't wait! You always do a fantastic job of explaining everything you're showing in your video... Take care and God Bless you! I bid you peace! 🍃😊🍃
Very cool city indeed, good beers, bars, FOOD and NATURE around is amazing...but...oh my...the people...homeless everywhere, and I have been in South America, but it is a different type of poverty. Here you see homeless that obviously are into hard drugs like heroin...on top of that many people around that aren’t homeless, seem high all the fucking time. I didn’t feel safe at all
Are you going to be in the USA for a while, or just stopping over before going overseas again?
I'm flying to Mexico in a couple days.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos That's awesome! Have a great trip!
Thank you so much for making this video for us, l spent one year there and it was the happiest year ever, l love how friendly the people of this city are
Gabriel could u please tell me about an Affordable area in Portland? I'm trying to move there to start over. I have been struggling with work and looking to get a job there this yr. Please help me thats all I ask
Awesome video man! Could you make a video of your top 10 favorite counties you have been to? That would be amazing!!
Did you go to the Portland Rose Garden?
Yeah I've visited it years ago when I lived there.
Awesome video bro 👍👌
If that is one of the coolest cities in the USA, I feel sad for the less cool cities..... The USA as a whole is as cold as Portland weather, no wonder you travel the world
I'd rather live in Texas.. not Austin but somewhere like San Antonio than live in Portland now. Portland is also pretty damn cold too seeing its not as wintery. It fools you and just a 20 degree difference from the east coast much of the winter so it doesn't get bitter cold, but it still is bitter cold at say 35 vs 15.. In fact the other night it was 56 there while it was 45 in the Portland area.To me though, this is the same almost nowadays, just to the west. Plus I believe some Portland natives or NW natives, people from Colorado relocated to New Hampshire. If anyone moved to any east coast city right now at the level they came to Portland, it would be flooded. There already enough now and cost is driven up.
ALSO as quick as people poured into Portland, they can also come OUT too. After the California exodus, there will be a NW exodus.
I took dmt and I phosphorylated into psilocin!!!
Love the State of Oregon, By the looks of your videos it really has everything. I've quite enjoyed your past videos of Oregon, for example the video you did on Lake Wallowa; that was awesome. I really hope down the track that you will invest some more time exploring Northern California from Ukiah to Oregon. It's ABSOLUTELY amazingly beautiful and it's important that all that beauty gets recorded and video and recognized for what it is. I couldn't get enough of watching your videos from that area. Anyways I look forward to your upcoming videos on Mexico, that should be Awesome! I really hope you do the Greek Islands this year. ABSOLUTELY love athena Greek Islands and all your videos of over there. My favorite Greek Island is ANAFI, love all that hiking you did there and quite enjoyed that Klasidi beach! 😁✌
I might head back to Greece again this summer, we'll see.
I'm a UA-camr in Portland Oregon. I'd love to meet you if your still in Oregon. I actually live in the Hollywood District. Hit me up.
Cool, I'm in Mexico right now. I don't live in Portland at the moment but it's a hub for me, so I pass through occasionally.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos awesome next time ur in town hit me up!!
Hi Gabriel, What gave it away was a picture of the Great Pyramid of Cholula, if you go to Mexico City see if you can go to any restaurants that have bugs to eat a new adventure.
You should check out San Miguel de Allende. It's between Mexico City and Guadalajara. Cool town with a artsy vibe
0:33 Under those signs near that grass is a homeless camp. Really sad