@@decayingcorpse-xv also what about San Francisco and then you have the city of brotherly love Philadelphia crime infested graffiti on the buildings homeless veterians drug addicts petty thiefs and stick up kids. City of brotherly went from bad to worst within a decade or so failed schools failed communities broken homes broken education system crime spreadings slums all across city unemployment homelessness crime corrupt people in power running that city to the ground a broken failed system plenty of job losses. Needles and human fesses in the streets and contrabands what not and drugs in the streets graffiti on walls thats what the city of brotherly love has to Offer nowadays besides the Philly cheese steaks there are some famous who came out of Philadelphia like Will smith jazzy jeff boys 2 men rapper Freeway Beanie segal and few other receipants Boys 2 men were big in the 90’s when the boy bands were exploding.
I actually think u should shut up Portland is my birth place and yes the homeless are mostly kind and you mean art from the past some of that paint was from people who are gone in this time of life and there art is left and Portland will always be beautiful
@@brokenbeautifuly21 you obviously don’t live downtown like I do. It’s not Art it’s fing vandalism. And the homeless people are not kind. They are thieves and criminals for the most part and drug addicts. Some are mentally ill and I think they should be helped, but that is the minority. Most homeless people in Portland Choose to live that way. My wife and I have our bikes, stolen on a regular basis and our cars broken into almost once a month Portland is hell. BTW: Since my first post, we have left downtown Portland and now live in beautiful downtown Vancouver, Washington.
I love how we had to be on the lookout for dirty needles... piss... shit.. getting robbed and begged into oblivion... the city is dead. Thanks Democrat's
Nonsense. I take public transportation several times a week. Have never had anything worse than someone playing music on their phone loud enough that the rest of us on the bus could hear it.
As someone who just escaped Portland.... my advice is this: Visit Oregon. It's a gorgeous state with an amazing coast line, mountains, valleys, waterfalls, great food, nice small towns to visit. So much nature to explore. Avoid Portland.
@Enraged Labs because it has turned into literal crap. Crime, drugs, homeless situation out of control. All you have to do is Google some recent articles about Portland, even ones written by Portland media. Businesses are closing or moving in droves. For the first time in decades there are more people moving out if the Portland area than moving to it. Says a lot.
@@tjanderson6561 Damn that sucks to hear. I have watched Grimm and really wanted to visit Portland, but everywhere I look I see comments like this saying it has a homeless and drug epidemic.
San Fran Portland. Born and raised social liberals have taken over and unless your rich and can live anywhere it's a crap hole now. Homeless and people from everywhere because of the cities policys. Crime goes unchecked with no traffic enforcement people drive like they want. The gentrification of a once great city. 😭
Homeless people tend to live in cities because that's where people are and thus food (garbage) and shelter are. Perhaps the policies are too welcoming to homeless people...not enough spiked benches? Idk, anyway...I think that's more of a psychological / cultural issue. The country is lost, still complaining about black Little Mermaid as if the people who write movies and books didn't spend hundreds and hundreds of hours meticulously planning myriad nuance for someone to care about skin color. How about taxing the rich and getting better healthcare? I don't think homeless people are going to go away magically, but it seems that quite a lot of people have disregarded 30 years of public Internet to pray for help instead. How about some more reading? I will always ask them to read more books...books, not propaganda. Seems to be more imperative to consider these issues than finding more ways to break ourselves up into groups (gemini, bisexual, etc.). Btw, the liberal of 1800 was probably conservative to the liberal of 1850. The liberal of 1850 was conservative to the liberal of 1900. The liberal of 1900 was conservative to the liberal of 1950. Do you see where I'm going? Best to think of things as right and wrong. Jesus was right, not that I'm dumb enough to be Christian, but it's probably best to stop thinking of things in terms of liberal and conservative and ask what is right for the collective whole and wrong for the collective whole. Many socialist countries and even the US itself sort of side with the liberals who have overrun Portland. Even religion is dying and most of those European countries have a non-theist majority. Happy to say the same will be true for the US by the 2040s at this rate of change and if European countries can be of any reliable predictor. Toodaloo. It has been a pleasure educating a pleb from my helicopter-all-knowing-ness uber vantage point on society and culture.
@@pickacaranddriverHomeless people should not be homeless. That is not normal. Many cities around the world have solved this issue without hostile architecture
Great video! I used to live in Portland, and I go back every chance I get. Just keep in mind that as beautiful as it is, it's still a big city with big city crime and other problems. I would recommend the aerial tram to get a really great view of the City of Roses.
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I have deployed to 3rd world countries and war zones. I felt safer driving the streets of kandahar at night than driving a Portland road during the day. I wont go there at night and if i need to i go armed. If you want to visit the region you are much better off going to vancouver WA. Its 20 minutes away on a day with little traffic which doesnt happen much anymore. Mt Saint Helens is to the north. And Mount Hood about a hour away the columbia river gorge is beautiful year round. There are small towns neighboring Vancouver like camas that are safe.
1. Come thirsty! Portland remains one of America's great craft beer cities and as of early 2023 there are at least 70 craft breweries within the city limits. There's about a dozen wineries and hundreds more in the nearby area. 2. European and Asian visitors who take the video's advice to travel here by Amtrak should temper their expectations for speed; we don't have high speed rail. It takes about 4 hours from Seattle to Portland via Amtrak. 3. There's live entertainment to be had every night somewhere. We get first-name acts through town a lot. Theater, music, spoken word, dancing, and who knows what else are all available. 4. Voodoo Donuts are fine. I think you can do better at the many other donut places around town. But the Saturday Market, shown in the video, is nearby and well worth your time. 5. Do not pay attention to the comments suggesting Portland is some sort of crater with nothing but violence and homelessness. It's a city of 630,000+ people, and we live and work here and the worst thing that's ever happened to me is I forgot to lock my car doors once and someone stole my McMenamin's passport and about $10 in change. 6. It does rain here a lot outside of the summer months. Maybe bring some rain gear, or at least be ready to buy some. 7. Multnomah Falls is about half an hour east of the city, pretty much only accessible from a parking lot you can get to from a left-lane exit on interstate 84. Public transportation doesn't go there. The parking lot fills up quickly, so if you want to see the falls up close (and they are spectacular), that's something I suggest doing early in the morning. 8. The best views are available either at Council Crest Park or from the viewing balcony at OHSU, which you can get to by gondola from near the west bank of the river near the Tilikum Crossing bridge. ...On clear days, of course. On a clear day, you should be able to see at least four volcanoes from there.
I moved here from SoCal several years ago. Made a lot of friends quickly. Have not encountered any violence, nor any particular resentment of Californians. Well, of *Southern* Californians.
I live across the river in washington and we avoid going to Portland. Closest we get is just passing through. And sometimes my work sends me there but i bring my bullet proof vest. I call it a dead city. Its lived out its best days decades ago. Its full of regressive policies and ideas and has become a Marxist leftist echo chamber where if you voice an opinion that doesnt march in lockstep with theirs you will be violently attacked and its ok with other portland residents. I am young but do not like the "city lifestyle " i spend most of my time out in the woods and exploring areas far away from the crowds. And tourist traps. The past 10 years this region has exploded and made us want to move. 20 plus years ago it was the best kept secret. Somehow word got out. I wish portland wasn't terrible cause its full of old buildings and history which i enjoy.
How is your little paradise in vantucky? 😂😂 I left Portland last summer but unfortunately I still have family there so have made a couple trips back. Went to see my sister in Vancouver just last month and it's turning into little pdx with the tents popping up. If you think the Columbia River is gonna save you from the stench of Portland you're sadly mistaken.
@@erikgunderson2904 Does Portland, Oregon have a high crime rate? With a crime rate of 55 per one thousand residents, Portland has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 18. Up 124.00% since last year! To answer your question? You have been lucky so far! Good Luck!
@@erikgunderson2904 I have lived in PDX metro my entire life & the burning dumpster fire it has become in the last 15 years is sad. The Portland of the late 80's 90's & early 2000's was a place to be proud to be from not anymore.
Someone we know wanted to get a group together and visit Portland. I said ‘he’ll no,don’t go’. It’s not safe. Looks like the backdrop for the movie Robocop.
@@Anvanho Just put PORTLAND in yuotube search bar. Do you like seeing homeless people living in tents everywhere? Do you like seeing Homeless people urinating, defecating and shooting up or smoking Meth\Fentynal in broad daylight in the middle of the street? Where steal soled shoes or boots as used neeldes litter the streets and parks. Do you like getting robbed? Do you like visiting abandoned and closed businesses. They just lost both Walmart's, hell even the Book store she mentioned has either closed or is planning on it. If you go in the summer or what is called Riot Season, don't plan on bringing any clothes you brought with you home as tear gas and pepper spray gets in EVERYTHING and does not come out no matter how many times you wash it. Does that answer your question lol
Don't forget there are 6000 homeless Oregonians living on the streets of Portland and it's not pretty.
Can I move in with you? 29 year old from California. Looking for a place to crash 😆
Neither is Chicago now with the crime skyrocketing and homeless rising
What are the odds OP doesn’t live in Oregon at all? A 100%?
If you like homeless camps and graffiti everywhere, please do come to Portland it would rival any city in the country.
What about downtown LA 👀
@@decayingcorpse-xv also what about San Francisco and then you have the city of brotherly love Philadelphia crime infested graffiti on the buildings homeless veterians drug addicts petty thiefs and stick up kids. City of brotherly went from bad to worst within a decade or so failed schools failed communities broken homes broken education system crime spreadings slums all across city unemployment homelessness crime corrupt people in power running that city to the ground a broken failed system plenty of job losses. Needles and human fesses in the streets and contrabands what not and drugs in the streets graffiti on walls thats what the city of brotherly love has to
Offer nowadays besides the Philly cheese steaks there are some famous who came out of Philadelphia like Will smith jazzy jeff boys 2 men rapper Freeway Beanie segal and few other receipants Boys 2 men were big in the 90’s when the boy bands were exploding.
@@decayingcorpse-xv that place its own story of twists and tales go to Philadelphia and san Francisco Alot of garbage there as well
I actually think u should shut up Portland is my birth place and yes the homeless are mostly kind and you mean art from the past some of that paint was from people who are gone in this time of life and there art is left and Portland will always be beautiful
@@brokenbeautifuly21 you obviously don’t live downtown like I do. It’s not Art it’s fing vandalism. And the homeless people are not kind. They are thieves and criminals for the most part and drug addicts. Some are mentally ill and I think they should be helped, but that is the minority. Most homeless people in Portland Choose to live that way. My wife and I have our bikes, stolen on a regular basis and our cars broken into almost once a month Portland is hell. BTW: Since my first post, we have left downtown Portland and now live in beautiful downtown Vancouver, Washington.
Best thing is nature
Worst thing is people
Not mentioned is the rampant crime, drugs, and homeless situation
right.
Visit Portland
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if you are looking for cheap drug
first rule: Don't travel to Portland. It's a huge third world country scene and it will all be a waste of your time and money. Good Luck to you alll
Cheaper ways to stay? Like sleeping in parks or on the streets?
not anymore haha they banned street camping bc of the homeless
I love how we had to be on the lookout for dirty needles... piss... shit.. getting robbed and begged into oblivion... the city is dead. Thanks Democrat's
Very rosey picture of a very wilted rose.
Well said.
just know this about public transportation , very very risky its a shit show
Nonsense. I take public transportation several times a week. Have never had anything worse than someone playing music on their phone loud enough that the rest of us on the bus could hear it.
As someone who just escaped Portland.... my advice is this:
Visit Oregon. It's a gorgeous state with an amazing coast line, mountains, valleys, waterfalls, great food, nice small towns to visit. So much nature to explore.
Avoid Portland.
why would you recommend avoiding Portland?
@Enraged Labs because it has turned into literal crap. Crime, drugs, homeless situation out of control. All you have to do is Google some recent articles about Portland, even ones written by Portland media.
Businesses are closing or moving in droves. For the first time in decades there are more people moving out if the Portland area than moving to it. Says a lot.
@@tjanderson6561 any good cities around Portland you recommend? or is that entire area of Oregon bad?
Because it is a shit hole
@@tjanderson6561 Damn that sucks to hear. I have watched Grimm and really wanted to visit Portland, but everywhere I look I see comments like this saying it has a homeless and drug epidemic.
you did an amazing job hiding the death and destruction that has seized this great city
Just drive past Portland, don't stop. Spend your money elsewhere.
Don’t ever go there
Oh no! Why not?
I visited Portland recently. It was a riot!
Good one
You forgot to mention the open air drug taking and all the tents on the street
Portland's new motto: It's not as bad as San Francisco.
About to be
It’s worse
the best part of portland oregon is the departures area of the airport.
rofl yep
San Fran Portland. Born and raised social liberals have taken over and unless your rich and can live anywhere it's a crap hole now. Homeless and people from everywhere because of the cities policys. Crime goes unchecked with no traffic enforcement people drive like they want. The gentrification of a once great city. 😭
Homeless people tend to live in cities because that's where people are and thus food (garbage) and shelter are. Perhaps the policies are too welcoming to homeless people...not enough spiked benches? Idk, anyway...I think that's more of a psychological / cultural issue. The country is lost, still complaining about black Little Mermaid as if the people who write movies and books didn't spend hundreds and hundreds of hours meticulously planning myriad nuance for someone to care about skin color. How about taxing the rich and getting better healthcare? I don't think homeless people are going to go away magically, but it seems that quite a lot of people have disregarded 30 years of public Internet to pray for help instead. How about some more reading? I will always ask them to read more books...books, not propaganda. Seems to be more imperative to consider these issues than finding more ways to break ourselves up into groups (gemini, bisexual, etc.). Btw, the liberal of 1800 was probably conservative to the liberal of 1850. The liberal of 1850 was conservative to the liberal of 1900. The liberal of 1900 was conservative to the liberal of 1950. Do you see where I'm going?
Best to think of things as right and wrong. Jesus was right, not that I'm dumb enough to be Christian, but it's probably best to stop thinking of things in terms of liberal and conservative and ask what is right for the collective whole and wrong for the collective whole. Many socialist countries and even the US itself sort of side with the liberals who have overrun Portland. Even religion is dying and most of those European countries have a non-theist majority. Happy to say the same will be true for the US by the 2040s at this rate of change and if European countries can be of any reliable predictor. Toodaloo. It has been a pleasure educating a pleb from my helicopter-all-knowing-ness uber vantage point on society and culture.
@@pickacaranddriverHomeless people should not be homeless. That is not normal. Many cities around the world have solved this issue without hostile architecture
Seems like the problem is not the city but your political view.
Great video! I used to live in Portland, and I go back every chance I get. Just keep in mind that as beautiful as it is, it's still a big city with big city crime and other problems. I would recommend the aerial tram to get a really great view of the City of Roses.
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Thank you for your support and kind words as always 🙏
What about the riots?
is it really that must of a hell hole? im planning to go this summer and want to stay close to portland. any safe hiking trails anyone can recommend?
Hell hole doesn't even begin to describe the way it is here.
I have deployed to 3rd world countries and war zones. I felt safer driving the streets of kandahar at night than driving a Portland road during the day. I wont go there at night and if i need to i go armed. If you want to visit the region you are much better off going to vancouver WA. Its 20 minutes away on a day with little traffic which doesnt happen much anymore. Mt Saint Helens is to the north. And Mount Hood about a hour away the columbia river gorge is beautiful year round. There are small towns neighboring Vancouver like camas that are safe.
@@americanmilitiaman88 I’m from Newark new jerz . It ain’t that bad
It really isn't some kind of warzone.
@@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD I'm from ChiRaq and wouldn't go to Portland it really is that BAD lol
Portland used to be a great city but not anymore
I got 99.99% of the stuff in my own country. So it's just a city?
1. Come thirsty! Portland remains one of America's great craft beer cities and as of early 2023 there are at least 70 craft breweries within the city limits. There's about a dozen wineries and hundreds more in the nearby area.
2. European and Asian visitors who take the video's advice to travel here by Amtrak should temper their expectations for speed; we don't have high speed rail. It takes about 4 hours from Seattle to Portland via Amtrak.
3. There's live entertainment to be had every night somewhere. We get first-name acts through town a lot. Theater, music, spoken word, dancing, and who knows what else are all available.
4. Voodoo Donuts are fine. I think you can do better at the many other donut places around town. But the Saturday Market, shown in the video, is nearby and well worth your time.
5. Do not pay attention to the comments suggesting Portland is some sort of crater with nothing but violence and homelessness. It's a city of 630,000+ people, and we live and work here and the worst thing that's ever happened to me is I forgot to lock my car doors once and someone stole my McMenamin's passport and about $10 in change.
6. It does rain here a lot outside of the summer months. Maybe bring some rain gear, or at least be ready to buy some.
7. Multnomah Falls is about half an hour east of the city, pretty much only accessible from a parking lot you can get to from a left-lane exit on interstate 84. Public transportation doesn't go there. The parking lot fills up quickly, so if you want to see the falls up close (and they are spectacular), that's something I suggest doing early in the morning.
8. The best views are available either at Council Crest Park or from the viewing balcony at OHSU, which you can get to by gondola from near the west bank of the river near the Tilikum Crossing bridge. ...On clear days, of course. On a clear day, you should be able to see at least four volcanoes from there.
So how do you guys feel about a guy from California moving over there, am I welcome or not? 😂
I moved here from SoCal several years ago. Made a lot of friends quickly. Have not encountered any violence, nor any particular resentment of Californians. Well, of *Southern* Californians.
Absolutely NOT.
I live across the river in washington and we avoid going to Portland. Closest we get is just passing through. And sometimes my work sends me there but i bring my bullet proof vest. I call it a dead city. Its lived out its best days decades ago. Its full of regressive policies and ideas and has become a Marxist leftist echo chamber where if you voice an opinion that doesnt march in lockstep with theirs you will be violently attacked and its ok with other portland residents. I am young but do not like the "city lifestyle " i spend most of my time out in the woods and exploring areas far away from the crowds. And tourist traps. The past 10 years this region has exploded and made us want to move. 20 plus years ago it was the best kept secret. Somehow word got out. I wish portland wasn't terrible cause its full of old buildings and history which i enjoy.
How is your little paradise in vantucky? 😂😂
I left Portland last summer but unfortunately I still have family there so have made a couple trips back. Went to see my sister in Vancouver just last month and it's turning into little pdx with the tents popping up.
If you think the Columbia River is gonna save you from the stench of Portland you're sadly mistaken.
Circa 2019
Many people want to visit Oregon but why would anybody want to visit Portland.
Cities are a destination.
I would suggest at a min pack 2 shot guns and maybe a few 9mm’s. Its best to fly low and see the land scape and then keep flying this land is lost.
@@californialover69 It's been sold out to the ongoing incestuous orgy between government and corporate powers.
Lol talk about dramatic. I visited recently and it was fine. Anyone whose this paranoid is clearly built as soft as a marshmallow.
You’re pathetic
Tent city
Just Do Not Go! Value your life and and families Life! Avoid at All Cost!
630,000+ people live here every day, more commute to work here every day, and somehow, every day, we don't get murdered.
@@erikgunderson2904 Does Portland, Oregon have a high crime rate?
With a crime rate of 55 per one thousand residents, Portland has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 18. Up 124.00% since last year! To answer your question? You have been lucky so far! Good Luck!
@@erikgunderson2904 I have lived in PDX metro my entire life & the burning dumpster fire it has become in the last 15 years is sad. The Portland of the late 80's 90's & early 2000's was a place to be proud to be from not anymore.
Someone we know wanted to get a group together and visit Portland. I said ‘he’ll no,don’t go’. It’s not safe. Looks like the backdrop for the movie Robocop.
He means good people
Don’t go!
Are people there nice and polite?
I’m about to visit, staying downtown, what is there to do and see?
Oh boy are you in for a shock 😂
@@richardbakermcelroy3456 I’m from California, I’ve seen homeless before.
Stay away.
I love that every American is saying "not as bad as *insert other American city*
To the rest of the world, America is a whole damn red flag
We try to focus on the positive side of the cities!
[cleanup on isle/highway 47] please...thank you...::static homosexuality & drugs::
Austin Texas is almost like Portland
Great video, thanks very much!
Thank you! 😁
Great video! Hope to go to Portland!
Why lol DON"T GO TO PORTLAND EVER.
@@radicalmoderate2730 Why?
@@Anvanho Just put PORTLAND in yuotube search bar. Do you like seeing homeless people living in tents everywhere? Do you like seeing Homeless people urinating, defecating and shooting up or smoking Meth\Fentynal in broad daylight in the middle of the street?
Where steal soled shoes or boots as used neeldes litter the streets and parks.
Do you like getting robbed?
Do you like visiting abandoned and closed businesses. They just lost both Walmart's, hell even the Book store she mentioned has either closed or is planning on it.
If you go in the summer or what is called Riot Season, don't plan on bringing any clothes you brought with you home as tear gas and pepper spray gets in EVERYTHING and does not come out no matter how many times you wash it.
Does that answer your question lol
Come visit us! I love it here :)
@@Anvanho Do your research. This place is terrible now.
I'm so stoked
Great Video
Thank you!
Portland is a great city
You mean "was".
*cough* HOGWASH!!! *cough*
Don’t… run