This song brings back so many memories. So sad the show is gone, it really was genius. The intro song screams Portland. I lived there for a year and I miss it a lot.
@@quinngayton8010 I lived there for a year back in like 2008. It really was gorgeous. I don’t believe the hype, but I’ve seen a lot of videos of these far left Progressive cities. A lot of them are doing too well. I think Portland got a lot better in the last year or two. But Seattle I think is a different case no?
malanie: wish San Francisco was still like that. Now it's all techies. If it wasn't for the immigrants, there would be nothing interesting here at all.
Just started watching this show yesterday on Netflix. I had been meaning to watch it since it started, but man, I never regretted not watching it as I do now. This show is the bomb, man.
Funny coincedence- I started watching this yesterday on Netflix- not bad, pretty funny and silly, which is good!!!@ I especially liked this opening song part!!!@
@@Viva_la_naturaIt was genius at the time because the show was describing something believed to be fringe. It’s less funny now because the fringe culture the show described has become mainstream and we’re all living it. It’s pretty depressing.
Yeah it's definitely hit and miss for me but they do have some really good bits and I personally like the overall concept of the show, I mean at least it's original. I can definitely see why a lot of people don't like it though you really can't take it seriously and there are a lot of unfunny bits p.s. nice user name haha
Walked by a maybe 30- or 40- something white lady yesterday talking to some dude about how she's just always wanted to go to Portland and live there and RETIRE there. Successfully suppressed the urge to sing "The dream of the nineties is alive in Portland" as I passed her. #LifeGoals
Nicoli Dominn . Likely two bars into your singing that tune would have ignited her to either dance, or finishing the tune herself with her pinkish-brown plaid shirt, flowing in the wind as she glanced across the street where her next internet cafe rest break will go dwon.
Ah yea, don't move here. I've lived in Portland all my life. Please please please, go away. It really used to be the place to retire, but now it's over flowing with wannabes and crime.
This show might be part of the reason of 55 thousand new Portlanders in the past decade. Not saying it's THE reason, but this show turned heads to this city, no doubt.
90's the next decade of nostalgia. But in all seriousness I would have liked to move to Portland in another life but California hipsters have made it so damn expensive.
Yes, what Wise Wizard said. Is Portland still a thing?.....now that we know Russ Bruv is alive and working with boats, we need to know if the dream is indeed still alive in Portland?
I was born and raised in Portland and ever since this place got popular its been a mecca for hipsters. Hipsters. From all over the country, mostly from California, with a high expectation for Portland to be their hipster home for their hipster accessories. Wide-rimmed glasses, beards, piercings, prius or bicycle. And everyone is an elitist about something. Because of Portland's high residential demand from these hipsters, its become too expense for Portland natives to live here. The traffic is so bad it takes me an hour to drive less than 10 miles after work and the area is expecting another 100,000 people within the next couple years.
+AJAENGR I live on FOPO, and if its 4Pm it take 45min - hour just to get across the Ross Island, the struggle is real brother I understand your feels. It's fucking nuts how many of my Neighbors are from the mid-west and if you say you where born here its supersizing to them. "you have never lived in another city?" no I have not sorry to disappoint.
+aaron4820 people that are actually from Portland own cars, most likely a 1999 Subaru outback that there parents bought them there senior year of high school and now there 30 and still have the same car.
i LOVE living in Portland! I'm telling you, "the dream of the 90's is alive in Portland." I moved here from the LA area a few months ago & I will never ever look back. Oregon is best state I've ever lived. it's perfect to me, I've lived in a few different states & I will say Oregon is the best state of them all.
+Sarah Ann Aboueljoud people in Portland are way different than in Cali, Oregon is the only place I've ever been where the people are more understanding & tolerant of each other. I'll never live anywhere else as long as I live.
+cali_ kush70 Dude you are seriously so lucky, I've been wanting to live in Portland forever now but I'm just stuck here in Sac maybe I should go for college next year I dunno
Is hipster some kind of catch-all term these days for anyone who's a little quirky or "different"? Just trying to understand. Though it kinda sucks people are so judgmental like that :-/ Especially in this so called "progressive" day and age. And don't get me wrong, I wouldn't call myself a hipster, but it still seems like it'd be better than being one of those Type A, wannabe "alpha" types who act like they've got their shit all together, like how most of the people are where I live and most of the people on the net :-/ Someone should do a show parodying them - its only fair, right? :-) Hey, I tried being like them for years - just didn't work out. "If you can't join them, do your own thing". At least the characters on Portlandia stay true to themselves and seem like individuals I can somewhat relate to as a human being. Well, some of the characters, haha. Others are a bit out there, I agree. But who are we to judge? Doesn't seem like they're hurting anyone. Live and let live. Wish I could find more people like that. If that makes me a "hipster", so be it. Sorry for the rant and long post, just get tired of being called things like "pretentious" by internet douchebags who don't know a thing about me. If they don't like me and don't want to even try to understand, they should just leave me the fuck alone and ignore me like most people in my life and like people did to my other post on here (I'm used to it, so whatever) :-/ Yet for some reason I keep trying to put myself out there (even with a busted keyboard, took forever to type this lol) and do something positive with my life... Since no one else seems to stick up or care for people like us. Please check out my Channel if anyone relates to what I'm saying (made it for people like us) - Thank You.
@@charlottek2074 ill compare whatever the fuck i want Charlette. Heres why, education is not based within a memorized form of slogans, true education....is the true polar opposite spectrum to any topic,.the area of degrees, of variables that recognize the how to intercept the understanding.
I recall a time when anyone could afford to live downtown Portland - if you wanted to. Up until 2007 I had a 2 bed close to downtown in the South Burlingame district for $450 - yes the entire apt. Up until that time before housing crisis homes were selling and apts sat empty. The unit I found had been empty for 6 months. This would never happen now. Hipsters took over and now can’t afford it. Million dollar condos etc. So crazy!
"That girl" is Carrie Brownstein. She was born in Seattle, and has always lived in the pacific northwest. She moved to Portland about 13 years ago. That may not make her a native, but it's a lot closer than most of the people that live here these days.
She’s from Olympia! She went to Evergreen State College, and the name of her band is Sleater-Kinney. I only know this because I live in Olympia and I love her and when I read her wiki page I was overjoyed when I read she is from the same city as me
when to Portland, Oregon about 10 years ago, and I from New Zealand, love the song, and the city, such a nice place, and love Portlandia series, hope it keep,s going, from Rick, Dunedin, New Zealand
Portland used to be the place where young people go to retire, but now with skyrocketing costs and people flocking here, you can't work part-time at a coffee shop and afford a studio anymore. Sorry, folks.
Remember when Portland was "cute"? It's sort of like when parents sigh and say "Well, there were signs, symptoms really, but we really didn't pay enough attention." Then they find out about the string of murders.
My daughter is watching Portlandia on Netflix and now I miss living there :( even though I only lived there for a couple of years because that’s where the work was
Do you remember in the 90's when they used to set up autonomous zones, set fire to police departments and loot stores? - that still exists in Portland.
Except in portland the attitude is much angrier than we were back in the 90s. We were pessimistic and sad but it was turned inward. We weren't throwing rocks at Starbucks and setting courthouses on fire🤣🤣
Yeah well maybe if people cared more politically in the 90s Clinton wouldn’t have deregulated Wall Street, make the media a monopoly of 5 owners and passed a crime bill that put people in jail for long period for non violent drug offenses.
I am watching this in 2020 as a person born in the early 90's. All I can think is, this is the first presidential race where all the 90's and 2000 babies can vote. Let's make the dream happen.
We’re just as far removed from the filming of this as this was to the 90s
First of all, how dare you point out that time exists
@@samanthanash6370it doesnt though
I gave up clowning years ago. The delivery is so spot on, hilarious
Well in Portland, you don't have to.
"Portland is a city where young people go to retire."
Bags are packed guys! See ya in Portland!
Be there soon!
! !
oatis111 Catch y'all there
+Kirsten Quigley I live in portland an my old elementry school was on portlandia
Insane lynx x really? that's awesome.
***** Do you live in Portland?
Portlandia is a legit documentary about Portland.
+arose1027 i thought it was about gays in portland!
it's not a documentary, it's a heavily improvised mockumentary sketch comedy hahaa
arose1027 true that is just the way we are
Says the person who visited Portland once for two days, I'm sure.
cali_ kush70 no shit
Any time I hear the mention of Portland, this song immediately pops into my head, and I come back to watch this video.
Their chemistry is remarkable and this show never gets old
Now old... Did not age well.
when I lived in Portland I got on the tram and there was a guy dressed like a jester for no apparent reason lol
did you ask him if he had any quests?
When he got home he probably told the story about how he saw someone on the tram dressed like a normal person for no reason.
I miss this kind of Portland
Man, miss this Portland. I lived there when this video and Portlandia came out. What a ride.
sammee
Yeah it's nothing like that anymore
This song sticks in my head.
where young people go to retire. lol!
my favorite! LOL
Old folks go to Florida , aka God's waiting room .
I have yet to visit Portland, but this song makes me soooo happy. Oh, the 90's...I miss you.
Its a homeless first shithole
"Portland is a city where young people go to retire".
I can't believe this is already over 5 years old.
phuturephunk What's sorta funny is flannel shirts took off again.
7 years now.
Bill Davis 8 years freaking old! I can’t believe how fast time has been flying. Seems like every few months it’s 4th of July again.
hello from end of 2019
phuturephunk I remember I didn’t get this at all at the time. Now, 9 years later it’s aged nicely.
This song brings back so many memories. So sad the show is gone, it really was genius. The intro song screams Portland. I lived there for a year and I miss it a lot.
Hey. Little secret. The show isn’t gone. It’s alive…
In Portland.
@@quinngayton8010 lol omg this comment I made. I had no idea what a shit hole Portland would become.
@@The_Primary_Axiom it’s still a beautiful city. Very livable. Don’t believe the hype. Portland is what you make it.
@@quinngayton8010 I lived there for a year back in like 2008. It really was gorgeous. I don’t believe the hype, but I’ve seen a lot of videos of these far left Progressive cities. A lot of them are doing too well. I think Portland got a lot better in the last year or two. But Seattle I think is a different case no?
"All the hot girls wear glasses" 90's 4ever
This is a legitimate banger.
"I gave up clowning years ago" lmao
"You're looking kinda San Francisco right now"
*takes off earrings*
"Welcome to Portland"
+Melanie Del Rey ...you forgot the nose ring as well! lulz
I'm in SF right now and never see anyone wearing earrings or a nose ring...
malanie: wish San Francisco was still like that. Now it's all techies. If it wasn't for the immigrants, there would be nothing interesting here at all.
@@milascave2 what kind of immigrants are u talking about? by that u mean more tacos and regaetton? what an cultural improvement....
@@royery yep we’ve had enough burnt steak with ketchup
Northen California, Oregon, and Washington should secede from the US and become the nation of the 90s.
+Diego Candia Already a thing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement)
I'd be all over that.
I wish I could hug you right now hosank. Thank you for letting me know of this.
Diego Candia We're already a nation of clowns.
It will be fucking awesome.
"My flannel shirt still looks fly," lolololol
I'm moving to Portland's "little sister" Olympia, WA. I hope the dream of the 90s is alive there as well.
Seattleeeee
+SeaTown206 the mayor would prefer if it didn't sound like it came from Seattle.
+Jaylie Piatt I would say Eugene Oregon would be Portland's little sister.
I live in Olympia, Wa and it is Portland's little sister. and the dream of the 90s is completely alive here.
+Jaylie Piatt That's actually, Seattle.
"My flannel shirt still looks fly!" Ohhh shit we're going to Portland.... lol...
Just started watching this show yesterday on Netflix. I had been meaning to watch it since it started, but man, I never regretted not watching it as I do now. This show is the bomb, man.
Funny coincedence- I started watching this yesterday on Netflix- not bad, pretty funny and silly, which is good!!!@ I especially liked this opening song part!!!@
it is!
GOD DAMN IT FRED YOU FUCKED OUR CITY UP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lmoa
Were all on our way!! So Cal sucks now, were coming!
William Seroyer Booohahhaaha!
this portland came before portlandia
I know, that is why they made a TV show about it.
Just got back from Portland last week. It was ... it was exactly as this video described. God it was beautiful!
10 years ago 😢 😭
How about now?
They are making fun of liberalism...not saying it's good. I'm not a conservative but it is a monumental smackdown of liberals.
@@Viva_la_naturaIt was genius at the time because the show was describing something believed to be fringe. It’s less funny now because the fringe culture the show described has become mainstream and we’re all living it. It’s pretty depressing.
I love the song and sooooooo miss the 90's!
What sucks is that this is probably the best part about Portlandia. I wanted this show to be so awesome...and it just comes up short too often for me.
Yeah it's definitely hit and miss for me but they do have some really good bits and I personally like the overall concept of the show, I mean at least it's original. I can definitely see why a lot of people don't like it though you really can't take it seriously and there are a lot of unfunny bits p.s. nice user name haha
Yeah man, I completely agree. When it starts like this I was so hopeful, then... Nope.
Its a decent show. C+ for me...
You probably haven't watched the show much. It's a success.
Season 5 is pretty good, love the gothic will bit - I laughed - out loud, even ARRRH.
If only Portland was this fun today.
fav line: brownstein: "so, from what i can surmise from what ur positing, portland is....."
Sort of sad to see 2010 as the date. Anyone else feel like time is going by too fast :(?
late 2000s and early 2010s were the best (maybe because i was a teenager back then) now i gotta face reality and time's not coming back
Aeon stay strong
Despite everything I stand for, this is a great song.
Hipster.
Walked by a maybe 30- or 40- something white lady yesterday talking to some dude about how she's just always wanted to go to Portland and live there and RETIRE there.
Successfully suppressed the urge to sing "The dream of the nineties is alive in Portland" as I passed her.
#LifeGoals
mistake
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BOMB.COM!
I think this was me...
Nicoli Dominn . Likely two bars into your singing that tune would have ignited her to either dance, or finishing the tune herself with her pinkish-brown plaid shirt, flowing in the wind as she glanced across the street where her next internet cafe rest break will go dwon.
Ah yea, don't move here. I've lived in Portland all my life. Please please please, go away. It really used to be the place to retire, but now it's over flowing with wannabes and crime.
This show might be part of the reason of 55 thousand new Portlanders in the past decade. Not saying it's THE reason, but this show turned heads to this city, no doubt.
You know all joking aside, this is almost 100% accurate XD I've live in Portland all my life, and I was like "Oh, is this our new city anthem?"
90's the next decade of nostalgia. But in all seriousness I would have liked to move to Portland in another life but California hipsters have made it so damn expensive.
This actually makes me want to go to Portland.
+PT568 I live in portland and my elementry school from a few years ago was on portlandia
Now you can retire hhhhhh.
I just went and it was dope. This vid is pretty accurate
What about now ? Still wanna be there? Or are you there now lol
Yes, what Wise Wizard said. Is Portland still a thing?.....now that we know Russ Bruv is alive and working with boats, we need to know if the dream is indeed still alive in Portland?
I was born and raised in Portland and ever since this place got popular its been a mecca for hipsters. Hipsters. From all over the country, mostly from California, with a high expectation for Portland to be their hipster home for their hipster accessories. Wide-rimmed glasses, beards, piercings, prius or bicycle. And everyone is an elitist about something. Because of Portland's high residential demand from these hipsters, its become too expense for Portland natives to live here. The traffic is so bad it takes me an hour to drive less than 10 miles after work and the area is expecting another 100,000 people within the next couple years.
"The dreams of the 90's is alive in Portland"
+AJAENGR Your mistake is that you decided to drive when you could just trade a few vinyl for a double decker unicycle and use it on the sidewalk...
+reversehalo777 Hipster bullshit and uniformity IS "adventure" to hipsters
+AJAENGR I live on FOPO, and if its 4Pm it take 45min - hour just to get across the Ross Island, the struggle is real brother I understand your feels. It's fucking nuts how many of my Neighbors are from the mid-west and if you say you where born here its supersizing to them. "you have never lived in another city?" no I have not sorry to disappoint.
+aaron4820 people that are actually from Portland own cars, most likely a 1999 Subaru outback that there parents bought them there senior year of high school and now there 30 and still have the same car.
Sold! I want to to Portland to recapture my youth
Such a great song!! Fred is so talented.
i LOVE living in Portland! I'm telling you, "the dream of the 90's is alive in Portland." I moved here from the LA area a few months ago & I will never ever look back. Oregon is best state I've ever lived. it's perfect to me, I've lived in a few different states & I will say Oregon is the best state of them all.
Yea it's pretty sweet. I'm heading back there in a month or so. Been there twice, it's pretty tight
+cali_ kush70 go home
That sounds so awesome. omg, what are the people like?
+Sarah Ann Aboueljoud people in Portland are way different than in Cali, Oregon is the only place I've ever been where the people are more understanding & tolerant of each other. I'll never live anywhere else as long as I live.
+cali_ kush70 Dude you are seriously so lucky, I've been wanting to live in Portland forever now but I'm just stuck here in Sac maybe I should go for college next year I dunno
I have never been to Portland, but the music and the video clip are 100% 90's spirit!
(shit...i comment 8 years after that video uploaded)
Love this song still after all these years. Great show.
i lived in Portland for years and i love this song!
Now featuring a reboot of the 92 LA Riots
😂
"where all the hot girls wear glasses, yeeeeeahh"
Where everyone is a hipster.
Is hipster some kind of catch-all term these days for anyone who's a little quirky or "different"? Just trying to understand. Though it kinda sucks people are so judgmental like that :-/ Especially in this so called "progressive" day and age. And don't get me wrong, I wouldn't call myself a hipster, but it still seems like it'd be better than being one of those Type A, wannabe "alpha" types who act like they've got their shit all together, like how most of the people are where I live and most of the people on the net :-/ Someone should do a show parodying them - its only fair, right? :-) Hey, I tried being like them for years - just didn't work out. "If you can't join them, do your own thing".
At least the characters on Portlandia stay true to themselves and seem like individuals I can somewhat relate to as a human being. Well, some of the characters, haha. Others are a bit out there, I agree. But who are we to judge? Doesn't seem like they're hurting anyone. Live and let live. Wish I could find more people like that. If that makes me a "hipster", so be it.
Sorry for the rant and long post, just get tired of being called things like "pretentious" by internet douchebags who don't know a thing about me. If they don't like me and don't want to even try to understand, they should just leave me the fuck alone and ignore me like most people in my life and like people did to my other post on here (I'm used to it, so whatever) :-/ Yet for some reason I keep trying to put myself out there (even with a busted keyboard, took forever to type this lol) and do something positive with my life... Since no one else seems to stick up or care for people like us. Please check out my Channel if anyone relates to what I'm saying (made it for people like us) - Thank You.
SilentLaughter8 here is the truth : we all are a hipster to someone's eyes
Gotta relax dude! Don't stress yourself over shit that doesn't really matter.
The nightmare of the 40's is alive in Portland
I drove Uber for 5yrs in Portland... And wow the show was spot on... I miss it so much... Tukrrrrr
i had this stuck in my head all day at work lol
This song is hilarious and sad at the same time for so many reasons. Fuck.
It use to be alive here. The 90s unfortunately are officially dead in Portland
Vancouver is Portland with Health care.
Vancouver BC ?
I would love to leave the US for Canada.
***** This is the greatest comment of all time.
***** Hahaha, I have upwards of 100 conclusive statements as to why you are incorrect.
+fuck your .monitering systems --->can't compare Vancouver to Portland. Portland is a whole different trip.
@@charlottek2074 ill compare whatever the fuck i want Charlette. Heres why, education is not based within a memorized form of slogans, true education....is the true polar opposite spectrum to any topic,.the area of degrees, of variables that recognize the how to intercept the understanding.
I am sold, gonna pack up and move to Portland!
June 28, 2024...I still love Portland
I recall a time when anyone could afford to live downtown Portland - if you wanted to. Up until 2007
I had a 2 bed close to downtown in the South Burlingame district for $450 - yes the entire apt. Up until that time before housing crisis homes were selling and apts sat empty. The unit I found had been empty for 6 months.
This would never happen now. Hipsters took over and now can’t afford it. Million dollar condos etc. So crazy!
they need to make a portlandia 2, they'd have endless material these days! Portland is a city where young people go to lose their catalytic convert.
Yeah that only happens in Portland
that damn caterpillar convert!
It would be way too depressing
LOL, "In Portland you can go to a record store and sell your C.D's".
JohnQ1127 BEST LINE! 😂😂😂😂
In Portland, you can go to a record store.
"That girl" is Carrie Brownstein. She was born in Seattle, and has always lived in the pacific northwest. She moved to Portland about 13 years ago. That may not make her a native, but it's a lot closer than most of the people that live here these days.
She’s from Olympia! She went to Evergreen State College, and the name of her band is Sleater-Kinney. I only know this because I live in Olympia and I love her and when I read her wiki page I was overjoyed when I read she is from the same city as me
I thought And hoped this would have been the series intro
Just perfect, what an amazing show, thanks for this!
My flannel shirt still looks fly
I still remember a friend showing me this promo when the show was just coming out. It was pretty much the coolest thing ever, haha.
This never gets old! Love it
Never realized she said "put a bird on something and call it art" lol
I could, and do, watch this constantly.
I don't think people in the 90's dreamt of Portland as a warzone or a shithole.
crazy to think this is already 12 years old! "the dream of the oughts"
when to Portland, Oregon about 10 years ago, and I from New Zealand, love the song, and the city, such a nice place, and love Portlandia series, hope it keep,s going, from Rick, Dunedin, New Zealand
Thank You!! I am 53 and so sick of people not being able to understand HUMOUR!!! We need to laugh to survive!!
omg I miss the 90s
Okay why am I finding this show in 2021 and why is it fucking perfect
I fucking miss the 90's so much. What a time to be alive.
Portland used to be the place where young people go to retire, but now with skyrocketing costs and people flocking here, you can't work part-time at a coffee shop and afford a studio anymore. Sorry, folks.
gotta Love Portland. Just returned and it's a city with it's own vibe for sure.
Wait until you see the year 2 0 2 2
Oh man I miss Oregon so much
I still love this song!
95 to 2000 in Portland 🙌🏽💗
Fond memories of three years spent in Portland. I mean, I live in Paris now and love it, but I miss Portland in many ways.
Anyone else watching this in 2020?
this still makes me want to live in portland #the90srule
Remember when Portland was "cute"? It's sort of like when parents sigh and say "Well, there were signs, symptoms really, but we really didn't pay enough attention." Then they find out about the string of murders.
66 people are from San Francisco.
I love this song! Sounds like my kind of city.
My daughter is watching Portlandia on Netflix and now I miss living there :( even though I only lived there for a couple of years because that’s where the work was
I just started this show and I love it
Too bad the final season is this year :(
Portland sounds awesome.
Do you remember in the 90's when they used to set up autonomous zones, set fire to police departments and loot stores? - that still exists in Portland.
Its called Battle of Seattle and anti-globalisation movement. Look it up.
Man, I don't think any comedy show sold me within the first three minutes
Can someone send me a pamphlet for retirement?
Except in portland the attitude is much angrier than we were back in the 90s. We were pessimistic and sad but it was turned inward. We weren't throwing rocks at Starbucks and setting courthouses on fire🤣🤣
Yeah well maybe if people cared more politically in the 90s Clinton wouldn’t have deregulated Wall Street, make the media a monopoly of 5 owners and passed a crime bill that put people in jail for long period for non violent drug offenses.
Thank you Dodger for introducing me to this song
I watched this show when I was a kid, how many memories
God you're young
90s started 30 years ago. Boy, I feel old.
This makes me want to go to portland.
Search it up on twitter first though
Can you buy my house?
Can't wait untill this show is on air!
This music is great!
I am watching this in 2020 as a person born in the early 90's. All I can think is, this is the first presidential race where all the 90's and 2000 babies can vote. Let's make the dream happen.
ummmmm people born in 2003-2009 can't vote in this election, dawg
How's that working out?
I'm from SF so the ending always cracks me up
this never gets old
My flannel shirt still looks fly.