I travel west coast for work past few years. SD to Seattle. GF in Minnesota and her fams in Wi and went over there. Portland by far the worst out of anywhere with close tie of runner ups Seattle and SF, then LA is not too far off from there. The tent cities have been a thing in a lot of these cities, but it is by far the worst in Portland.
FYI those aren't tents, they are "tiny homes" and their very in vogue atm. the man checking doors was the neighborhood watch, who would lock your door if you forgot. The boarded up storefronts is to showcase our state and regionally produced lumber as there's tons of pride in the timber industry. The city has so much food surplus they even leave out free apple juice on the streets for everyone to enjoy.
It literally was until like 3 or 4 years ago. The mayor LITERALLY cheered as the dumpster fires were set ablaze in the 2020 riots... and the governor folded her hands and watched... as an Oregonian born & raised, Portland went from a proud destination for shopping & culture to a wasteland of feces so fast, we all got whiplash.
It still is, if you’re able to look beyond the rough edges. I challenge you to show me a city with more natural beauty than Portland. Especially in the spring. 😊
It still is. Downtown isn’t really where you want to be for that anyway, most of the parks and neighborhoods renowned for their beauty are in the inner southeast and the southwest.
That was before democrats stole the election and put a 6’5 man in the woman’s Olympics,…and not to be shadowed by the girl in the Speedo topless in the woman’s swim competition.
@@blakek1043 Nothing screams a “needed difference” like armed thugs and moronic college students playing revolutionary. Let’s not forget the people injured and killed in that little experiment. It’s time to grow up.
Seriously though... I live here in pdx. Yea there's a lot of what you see in this video but there's 100x more beauty in the parks, trails, rivers, etc. These shit on pdx videos are low-hanging fruit.
I was just in Portland last summer for about 15 days, and this was not at all my experience of the city. I traveled all around on public transportation and visited several of the public parks and college campuses, plus some breweries and wine shops in downtown. I never saw anything like this. Not saying it's not there, but I never encountered anything like this during my visit. My experience was really pleasant. I found Portland to be very charming and safe, if somewhat expensive.
I have lived in Portland almost my entire life and it’s not so bad, if you step back from downtown you will see amazing little neighborhoods with the sweetest people, adorable shops and the best Saturday market ever!
It's not so bad until you leave and you notice how being in a shitty environment influenced you into taking lower standards for what a civilisation should look like
@@tomw.4255 I think more often than not in big cities the “Downtown Area” is really just the center for each major district to intersect. Business, Medical, Legal, Retail, etc… They’re densely populated but aren’t necessarily the true _”hearts”_ of the city. Just the geographical centers. I say this because I agree with your entire comment except for “downtowns being main parts of most major cities”. Not when you’re looking for the actual culture. Downtowns are really just metropolitan hubs.
Seattle: A second rate San Francisco wannabe that as I recall, allowed a bunch Marxist clowns take over an entire section of the city where the rate of violent crime sky rocketed. 🤷♂️
Seattle & Portland are like the latex gloves that you can put on either hand, so the left is the same as the right is the same as the left. It's really bad here in Seattle too
As a general rule: Southern Californians absolutely Fing destroyed Portland. Their dirty, rude, selfish. Secondly most of the homeless are uneducated people from the Southeast US! Get a buzz ticket and massive government handouts especially for the druggie/criminal elements. Well done!!!
@@the-blue-barron2791 it depends what county you live in. If you live in Linn County, some 3/4 is very safe and some places in it can be ghetto. If you live in Lane County, very ghetto. If someone wants to move here, they really need to know how ghetto a specific place can be 😭 most people just pay attention to how we don’t have sales tax
It’s honestly not that bad. Has lower crime per capita then most other major cities. Besides a few secluded areas , it’s a beautiful city. People just realize they get attention from conservatives when they shit on Portland. I visit all the time and it’s tucking beautiful.
I was also thinking of moving there... Going to have to talk to whoever is in charge and make a better plan or not move there. Since I am a broke college student there is a high likelihood that I will not move there. I can't afford for stuff to be stolen.
If you're a little bish you won't be able to handle it anywhere. This dude is exaggerating. This area is right by the highway and yes, is a shitty area, but he's fucking lying about most of it.
I was working in Portland a couple years ago, a guy tried my door handle while I was sitting in my car in a parking garage. I also saw a homeless guy fighting his own reflection in a window.
Trying door handles in blue cities is a very lucrative business. I was visiting family in the bay area and left my truck unlocked once and was robbed. Meanwhile my neighbor in San Diego left his truck full of tools unlocked every day for 15 years and never had anything stolen
To be honest he’s showing the worst of the worst. Yes, we have problems, but it’s definitely not a third world country. I’ve never seen anyone checking car doors and really most of the crime and homelessness is in certain areas of downtown. It’s not actually that bad.
@@Name-ck9pv On the contrary, I live in a place with homeless tents on the street in front of my house. A few months ago, someone shot a bullet right outside my front yard. But it isn't as bad as he makes it seem.
@@carsonskiing😂 "I have homeless tents on my block and I got a Bullet shot through my window the other day but it's really not as bad as this you tuber makes it seem."😂😂 Dude you are the absolute embodiment of a Portlander - so clueless 😂 😂 When/ If you finally wake up you're gonna scratch your head and wonder why things are so bad and keep doing the same damn things and voting the same damn way smh
it’s because you visited Portland, some states downtowns are like that. As a person who lives in Oregon (but isn’t from there) I recommend: Bethany, Beaverton, Aloha, Cedar Mill, Astoria, Oregon City, Beach Cities, Eugene and some places in Salem.
This makes me so sad. I was born in Portland and grew up in Lapine, Redmond, and Bend. This breaks my heart because I love Portland to pieces and seeing it like this feels like my house burnt down.
And don’t buy anything, someone will just take it from you at gunpoint on your way out the door. Not to mention you can just run in with your friends and take everything off the shelves for free and the police will stand down
Honestly I'd move. The US is so vast, and such an interesting country. You have some of the most beautiful places in the world. Why the hell would someone be born, live and die in a shithole like Portland when you have a choice not too.
It's a mixture of things, but multiculturalism has failed big time. It does not work. It separates people in a horrible way. There's no understanding, so hatred builds.
Guess you weren't here in the 80s or 90s. I mean, shit it was early 2000s when we STOPPED having sewage overflows into the river every time it rained. Portland is worse than before, but only after improving dramatically. Portland was a grungy crustpunk town until it became the sanitized corporate version of itself.
This is my home town it used to be beautiful now I’m ashamed of it. I’m so glad you’re posting the truth about it because the representatives are freaking jokes
Same here. I was born there and spent the first part of my childhood living there, and then moved a couple hours away but still visited friends and shopped there often until I was grown. I now can’t even stand driving through, it’s just SO SAD and disappointing to see how much it’s gone downhill. 💔
@@MichaelJames-lz7ni personally, I left there in 2007, so the current government in that area was outside my choice. Regarding POTUS, that DEFINITELY wasn’t my vote 😅😅
Ugh, your politics are showing in what you choose to ridicule, and what you choose to show. Anyone who needs to ridicule bike lanes and bird habitat isn't worth listening to. Someone balanced and unbiased might be able to make your negative points with credibility. But you have none.
If bike lanes and bird sanctuaries are more of a priority than promoting a healthy economy, even in spite of a healthy economy, then I don’t think there’s much hope for it. Detroit, Portland and San Francisco shows you what happens when liberals have their way. Why do you think so many people are moving to Florida and Texas? Is it because of our “progressive” (read: regressive) policies?
I mean... all the crazy people (and crazy doctors) gotta go somewhere since those creepy asylums from the 1800's got shut down, and I guess that somewhere was Portland for quite a few of them.
@@susanmcallister4912 I don't think the problem is because of too many "blacks" as you stated in your comment. If you recall when all the "violence from white cops against black people" started making headlines in the news and BLM started to "peacefully protest"..…Portland was one of the cities they chose to protest in. I guess the city has not yet recovered from all the "peaceful protest".
Raised in the residential areas on the east side of the river. This city is a wasteland. I’m thankful to be raised in the towns adjacent and not the downtown. The closer you get to the main city, the worse it gets. Homeless, tent cities, criminals evading police at night dressed in black, trash everywhere, graffiti, businesses boarded up, prostitutes right next to a high school, the list could go on.
@@SerangelROM Everywhere has its faults. I wouldn’t recommend visiting remote aboriginal communities in Australia. It’s not your fault people are the way they are. I met many pleasant and interesting Americans.
@@ADogNamedStay Lol yeah that’s true. Just trying to make the closest comparison I could. More people were murdered in east Baltimore last year than in the whole of Australia (235). It’s a bit of a culture shock to read about 26 dead and 60 non fatal shootings in one month in just part of one mid sized US city.
As an American, I was appalled & saddened by Australia’s reaction, using law enforcement to throw maskless citizens in jail. And nothing you all can do because only a very select few can own a firearm. That’s so sad!! You all get used by the Australian government
All facts. I live 20 mins from portland and used to do all my shopping there. Now I drive 30 minutes in the other direction to do my shopping and avoid going to Portland at all costs.
I've felt like we are stuck in that darkest timeline since about 2015...I am starting to wonder if our current year situation would be better if the libyaians just Killed doc & Marty. 😂😁😏
@@suzyjohnson2974 As someone just outside of Seattle who goes their for work quite often, Portland is worse. I go there for work also. In Portland homeless people will be screaming/throwing piss bottles at people eating outside of restaurants. We don't get that in Seattle.
@@iliketohike Homeless in Seattle are better educated then the ones in Portland Please don't give ideas to our government officials because then they will throw other tax o top of tax for education to the poor homeless
Since NONE of these polititions live in the area, they will never give a shit. They go home with their 6 figure income, to their fancy homes in the good safe areas, have the best health insurance, schooling, and food that money can buy. They go on live a few times here n there to say a few words of how they'll fix homelessness and then move on. It's a fact!@ and it's designed that way, unfortunately.
Portland's allowance of such blatant lawlessness is a testimonial to their idiocy. Further the dream that was America overall is lost. When a political party is allowed to literally steal an election with video of it happening and is allowed and even defended by the just as corrupt media that system is no longer seen as viable. MANY Americans no long have ANY faith in our election system and are reasonable to reac this conclusion. The future election will consistantly have the fewest number of voters in history by percentage. Sooner or later those who feel disenfranchised will rise up which is their duty. Because in the comming years ALLA American cities will be like Portland and deservedly so.
I lived there in 1998 thru 2002 and it was an incredibly safe and beautiful city. The citizens said they knew it would be ruined due to the messed up leadership.
It’s not that bad! People get a very limited perspective of the city, mostly from news sources like fox news. It’s not even that bad where you are and even still it doesn’t get much worse. You get out of downtown and find a more peaceful area and it’s beautiful. It could be better, def needs work. It’s like people can’t handle even a bit of grime on their hands nowadays. However, I think that the homeless people living there really need help. That’s another issue. I just say instead of saying letting them be there makes it a third world country, instead we should give them a home.
Philly got you beat! Last week a homeless man set-up a tent in the middle of my living room. I was pissed. but he's letting us use his wifi and netflix account so we're cool now.
LMFAO!!! UR TOO FUNNY! In Philly I wouldn't be surprised if the homeless have Wi-Fi and Netflix while the hardworking people struggle to make ends meet.
Yes, our new corporate American values have reduced our communities to this...families are suffering...but on the up side the rich keep getting richer..
Progressive politics in a nutshell. Crime everywhere, impossible to maintain a business, police are unable both in manpower and by local law to do anything about it, but they got pride flags, bike lanes and other pretty sounding things around. What a bad joke.
I live in Oregon, about 2 hours away from Portland, and I can tell you that that city is it's own... thing. 100%, the rest of Oregon does not claim Portland as part of it.
@@blockrock44 geez, I’m here 10 years and hear it all the time from hubby’s fam from Eastern and Southern OR. Unfortunately, city psychopaths have the population to tilt all votes. It’s a weird situation to be sure. Sad and tough to take for the pink to purple rest of the state! I’m in Beaverton and…. Tapping foot till hubby retires and we can blow this joint!
I've been to a 3rd world country and yes, this is the truth. That feeling of not being safe.. it's not to make fun of poverty, but the issue is absolutely about leadership. My family comes from Colombia and yes, it's corrupt government. When the leaders are smart and wise, they know how to make sure their people are doing well, employeed, cared for, etc. And that habitat is not good enough. It needs to be bigger. You can't just have a tree and be proud of that habitat.
It looks like Haiti...I've been there and this is what it looks like dude!! Is it ever reported on, Heck No! Portland was once a Top 10 tourist destination and now all they attract is filth and vermin. Gee, what's to be embarrassed about? This is the end result of liberal policies gone crazy!!
There is still hope for Portland! The problem with these videos is that they only show the bad! There is still a bit of good! Especially in the outskirts! The hellscape is really only in the downtown area and the east side industrial area!
Perhaps this isn't just a Portland thing. Maybe the pandemic is shinging a light on how on a national level, we as a country, aren't taking care of our people. Portland, like many other cities in the States that are experiencing an uptick in houselessness, are not "third world countries" but in fact apart of a developed nation with a well established economy. Which then begs the question, if we are in abundance, where are the resources to help the people in our communities who need it? The slow response to even acknowledge the gravity of COVID-19 devastated all of us, but we're seeing the lasting effects with people in lower tax brackets. Inflation isn't matching people's wages and rent continues to rise, causing housing instability for millions. We're not investing into affordable mental health programs because it's more profitable to give people pills. And so long as it's legal for lobbyist to buy our politicians, this isn't going to change. The protests in Portland caused the initial wave of businesses being boarded up, were in a response to cops acting with impunity, killing innocent civilians, protecting capitol over people. And you know, racism. People are rightfully angry with America's illusion of a "fair and just" system advertising itself as a "melting pot" with "freedom" for it's people. Our government leaders care more about what's in their pockets than protecting and advocating for the well-being of the average American citizen. This is not a Portland thing. This is a national crisis on a fundamental level. We've decided to value money over people. Why are you participating in that? For validation on the internet? Bro? Pointing out, with superiority and disgust, people who are experiencing the failures of America in the most aggressive way through houslessness- is in fact disgusting. You're only seeing symptoms of something entirely more nuanced. But I'm sorry graffiti makes you feel uncomfy. Do better. Maybe try empathy.
@@harmonc.5101 You know there are several other countries where our most "liberal" democrats, based on their ideology, actually fall more in the category of a republican party. America's political agenda as a whole is right a leaning ideology. Those other countries that look at America's politics as being extreme right- don't struggle with social programs and houselessness like America does. Wherever your political alignment stands, I hope you realize that America is capable of better. But as long as their is gerrymandering and lobbying, our political leaders will not truly be serving the American people's interest, but rather be in the interest of corporations, which hurts all of us.
@@coranelson6098 I bet those "other countries" you're referencing have 1/100th of the population and don't have hundreds of thousands of people illegally entering on a weekly basis. Totally fair comparison tho right? "dEnMaRk gOoD nO hOmeLeSs"...yea it's also has 325,000,000 less people, is extremely homogeneous, and is the size of Massachusetts.
@@Dylan-xj8tb Absolutely, the countries I have in mind are more homogeneous then the States, and are undeniably smaller than our population. But you made it a straw man argument as soon as you brought up illegal immigrants being the reason we experience more houselessness in our populations than those other countries. The actual population we have that's foreign born is less than Canada, Australia, Switzerland and a lot of other European countries. Germany and Sweden have more immigrants to their population than the US. To be clear, I'm not advocating for the US to emulate one specific country. Every country has problems. But I do think it's worth questioning if America is supposed to be the best, why aren't other countries copying our system? Hopefully we can all agree that we can do better to take care of our people. That's all.
@@coranelson6098 lol other countries have completely copied our system. The entire continent of Europe was made up of dictatorships and monarchies with highly controlled economies and strict religious standards before the US became a superpower. Slight discrepancies in tax code and social program willingness today is a drop in the bucket
Nah. Not “Even the people who aren’t on heroin look like they are on heroin.” Not “Even the people who aren’t on heroin look like they are on heroin”. /
Funny thing when I was on heroin I had to deal with law enforcement frequently due to my job. No cop could tell because most drug addicts have jobs and you cant tell if they are high.
@@thumper84 now there giving out “harm reduction kits” with everything you need to smoke meth/ do herion 😂😂 what has the world come too? since when does america encourage drug use, oh right, since Sleepy Joe. btw, Oregon is a blue democrat tan state. ironic
I mean it looks nice, tents save up on rent. People are friendly, that guy is checking on car doorhinge safety, the garbage on the street is obviously to feed homeless pets and less shops open means less work load. Absolutely Love it !
I live on the east coast close to Philadelphia. The population of Philadelphia is over twice that of Portland, and we have nowhere near that many homeless encampments. Yeah, some people say it's everywhere, and in a sense, it's a correct statement, but not of Portlands' magnitude nor Los Angeles. Those places are truly third-world countries.
Who would've thought legalizing drugs and not prosecuting criminals would've turned out like this? The cost of living is high there too but Portland's problems were self inflicted due to stupidity.
They had to, The 2.3 million they got for the bird sanctuary was divided up amongst the people that voted for the sanctuary to begin with and to pay for their mansions and yachts
@@derpyllama1857 go slap yourself in the face this comment isn’t the place for serious responses. It was a joke post with a even funnier response by Robert. Stop taking life se serious you might enjoy your days more.
hey man, I am a foreigner who visited this city last year just for three days. Man, I didn't know American cities could be this messed up!! I almost got robbed by a guy who kept following me and saying "can we be friends?" while I was on my way to a hotel. I ended up giving him 5 dollars because I was afraid of getting into a fight with that guy. This city was for sure the most shithole among all cities I've visited around the world
I was told to buy "Voodoo Doughnuts" in Old Downtown Portland. The streets nearby were filled with homeless tents and smelled of sewage. The line to buy VD doughnuts was two blocks long, but I had pre-ordered so they were ready. As I was walking towards my car, a skanky 90 lb dreadlock guy with scabs everywhere approaches. "Give me some doughnuts.". I said "no". Then there were three of them screaming, swearing, and threatening me. I was sure the CNN headlines were going in one of two directions. "A 300 lb white man was killed trying to protect his doughnuts from poor Portland homeless people." Or "A 300 lb white man beat 3 poor homeless people unconscious over 3 dozen doughnuts."
@@jimwalker1242 Have you've been assaulted by a group? Nope. You throw objects to deter attention. Gives a person time to run for safety. Typically Wokie response
@@noxirs7059 I would throw my shoes, my keys, my wallet! But, God forbid.. I couldn't throw doughnuts? (And I'm about as anti-woke as a person can get.)
@@kevingilbert4635 Seattle is worse. I've done too much work up there. Had a homeless Trans person stealy coworkers license plate because he was parked to close to their homeless camp in a chase bank parking lot
@@wicked-smaht im not worried about it directly, but as a drifter theres too many sideshow clowns and people flexing their stock mustangs every chance they get. Now cops target every car with a loud exhaust just trying to go to work. Be a little more subtle and pick better spots. Stop being car enthusiasts for the clout.
When I was younger I couldn't wait to move to Portland, I lived in Canada and the UK so I couldn't wait to see the beautiful scenery there.....I left after 3 months.
Lmao I felt this way about nyc I lived there for 9 months I cried the whole time. My skin broke out worse than it ever had in my life! I was so happy to be gone now I live 30 mins north of nyc and have no gone back!!!
@@wplants9793 Yeah... Funny, isn't it? Maybe the crime is lower because the police were defunded? It isn't being documented as well, if they aren't responding to anything but violent crimes, and not keeping up with that? Numbers are like people, torture them enough and they tell you anything you want to hear.
I lived there from 2013-2016. Got out right before the riots. I’m not left wing, but it was a beautiful city. They’ve always had a homeless problem but never this bad.
My wife and I went when looking for a different city to move to and within a few hours decided it wasn’t the place for us in part because of this. Within the first few hours we saw this and met with a real estate agent who went more in depth on the issues and we were sold on moving to any where but Portland
Cry more about it on the internet, and not do anything about your bad living situation. If you are complaining about your living situation ON THE INTERNET, then your life isn't that bad.
@@Moon_Presence Bruh, he isn't complaining about where he lives... he is saying that where he lives is better than Portland, thus it is "insulting comparing us with this city"
Literally every state in America has a zone like this. The fact you can walk around with your phone out acting stupid shows how it’s better than most america. Also Portland is extremely nice with people that care.
You are high as fuck. Portland is a shit hole. Got my vehicle stolen twice last year. Once in Freddie’s parking lot and once at home in estacada. Both times found it no cat in NE. The homeless aren’t just in a ZONE but are over most of the city now. Drive down foster or Powell or go downtown anywhere.There’s good people here of course. But the vein and homelessness is getting more and more rampant by the month.
@@kylepitcock8282 I shouldn’t have to mention this but clearly I do every single red state is worse of than any blue state highest poverty lowest education highest divorce per capita an that’s just to start. Go ahead an live in you 💩 state blue states across America thank you for not moving.
@@rookere1604 We also have the highest rates of obesity, poorest health, both mentally and physically, and highest incarceration rate for a first world-nation. But we also have the best boom boom weapons so there’s that 💁♀️
So what’s your solution? Seems all of the criticism of homelessness and crime in big cities I see on the shorts seems not too have any solutions attached, just blame.
Ikr. It just turns into politics. Than again most who complain don’t want the cities to improve because as long as they struggle (which in all honesty, despite its faults, Portland is doing fine) it can be used as a political tool
This is literally what it's like though. It's this weird thing they do here where they virtue signal that they love the homeless while doing nothing to ameliorate their suffering.
The mental health system in Oregon is barbaric! Most of the homeless are either mentally ill folks not getting treatment, or drug addicts. Multnomah County has shut down nearly all support programs, and hospitals have huge shortages of beds available for people experiencing episodes. It’s completely heartbreaking. Gov. Brown, and all city and county leaders have completely let the people down. I honestly don’t know how they can look in the mirror or sleep at night. It’s a travesty.
@@lucindabrown4036 Mentally ill people on the margins of society have always existed. The urban growth boundary, lack of housing development, and inflood of tech workers haven't always existed in Portland. Cheap housing means fewer human beings living outside, even if they decide to take drugs or are mentally ill.
@@lucindabrown4036 not just Oregon. It’s America. They couldn’t care less about our mentally ill and it’s awful to see loved ones with kids that are schizophrenic thrown on the streets with nothing after being put in jail because people don’t want to see mentally ill people. It’s the ‘injustice’ system because they often arrest and oppress people they just don’t like.
just 5 years ago, when I moved out after living there for a decade, it was really nice. Downtown got progressively more sketchy towards the end, but it was nothing like it is now
@@katherenewedic8076 eh. that’s certainly relative. but compared to every big (or even medium sized) city I’ve ever lived in, it was Mayberry before it started trending towards third world status
@@trina7274 you sound like you come from Oregon. Other cities this size aren’t like this. I’ve love everywhere (military) PDX was walkable anywhere for me as a 5’4” woman any time. Even by the River. It was safe. May not next to La Grande. Lol but it is a shit show now.
@@cheeseontoastbrah These cities are ultra Left wing. They refuse to vote for anyone that is remotely conservative. This leads to just another Liberal being voted in and hopes that things will change. Funny how things aren't getting better.
@@kayceeyou i know but how daft can you be when you look around and its like well this is clearly not working and just continue thinking maybe it will change
@@cheeseontoastbrah they are morons. All highly indoctrinated and cult like. They aren't old school liberals who disagree with conservatives. They hardcore indoctrinated leftists who view anything right wing as pure evil, and anything not far left as right wing. With that type of logic and self righteous insanity, you get a population that will refuse to vote Republican even if it means destruction, starvation and death. And no matter how much they destroy, they will always blame republicans. (I'm not a republican. I'm an independent. I'm a liberal vegan. Have been my whole life. I grew up near and in Portland. The new left are indoctrinated authoritarian children. No longer openminded and reasonable freedom loving human beings. The centre right is where most reason is found nowadays. Vote modern Democrats out.)
You could try the conservative approach in Tennessee, and just outlaw homelessness. I'm sure charging them fines, or forcing them to do community service for zero pay will solve the problem.
I live in Portland and it’s literally like this everywhere if I walk out my front door rn it looks just like this rewind 10 years or so it was an amazing place and nothing like it is now it’s gotten very bad
It literally was a beautiful place until like 3 or 4 years ago. The mayor LITERALLY cheered as the dumpster fires were set ablaze in the 2020 riots... and the governor folded her hands and watched... as an Oregonian born & raised, Portland went from a proud destination for shopping & culture to a wasteland of feces so fast, we all got whiplash.
I get what youre gettin at but dude do you know what its like to fall through the cracks many homeless know the bible and God more than the Rich i mean Pew sitters
@@8Platinum8 If you're taking drugs every day, you didn't passively fall through the cracks, you actively sought out the crack (pun intended). People who fall through the cracks try to get out (many stories of this, utilizing services and supports to get out). Many CHOOSE the crack...
@@svalbard01 see where your an enemy to God here he came eating i. Drinking and they called him a drunkard and glutton 2‼️ many homeless know the bible and clearlly actually know Jesus At this Point He doesnt know you “I NEVER KNEW YOU 3 i accepted Yeshua at 4 and fought to get to church with other people anytime i could (when parents stop going to church at 7years) till i could drive and went to NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHICH IS NOW A UNIVERSITY TO BECOME A MINISTER at 16 yr 4. Being a republican and or condemning the lowly also will burn you AND IVE NEVER TOUCHED DRUGS College in Kirkland washington (BASTARD)
I live in a third world country and John, it ain't even this bad 🤣🤣
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Too funny!
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Lmao
Ooooof
What if I told you... its not just Oregon.
🤔 would if?
I travel west coast for work past few years. SD to Seattle. GF in Minnesota and her fams in Wi and went over there. Portland by far the worst out of anywhere with close tie of runner ups Seattle and SF, then LA is not too far off from there. The tent cities have been a thing in a lot of these cities, but it is by far the worst in Portland.
@@Morti9k Sad to hear. We have to protect the communities not touched by this crap while we still can
@@AuRowe nah fix the root of the problem so my generations kids don't have to deal with it.
@@Morti9k We can do both
FYI those aren't tents, they are "tiny homes" and their very in vogue atm. the man checking doors was the neighborhood watch, who would lock your door if you forgot. The boarded up storefronts is to showcase our state and regionally produced lumber as there's tons of pride in the timber industry. The city has so much food surplus they even leave out free apple juice on the streets for everyone to enjoy.
When they tell it's glass half full
Ted Wheeler? Is that you?
Ngl you almost had me with this comment lol
The people in the streets even test out our self defense abilities by beating us up so we can learn new fighting moves 👍
Ya, and enough with the s*%#
I was always told Portland was one of the most beautiful cities in the world. But then again that was about 25 years ago.
It literally was until like 3 or 4 years ago. The mayor LITERALLY cheered as the dumpster fires were set ablaze in the 2020 riots... and the governor folded her hands and watched... as an Oregonian born & raised, Portland went from a proud destination for shopping & culture to a wasteland of feces so fast, we all got whiplash.
So true 92-97
It still is, if you’re able to look beyond the rough edges. I challenge you to show me a city with more natural beauty than Portland. Especially in the spring. 😊
It still is. Downtown isn’t really where you want to be for that anyway, most of the parks and neighborhoods renowned for their beauty are in the inner southeast and the southwest.
That was before democrats stole the election and put a 6’5 man in the woman’s Olympics,…and not to be shadowed by the girl in the Speedo topless in the woman’s swim competition.
If I knew you were gonna be by my tent I would've put on a tie
Get a job bum
I really think Chaz/Chop would have made the difference this city needed.
@@blakek1043 Nothing screams a “needed difference” like armed thugs and moronic college students playing revolutionary. Let’s not forget the people injured and killed in that little experiment. It’s time to grow up.
Seriously though... I live here in pdx. Yea there's a lot of what you see in this video but there's 100x more beauty in the parks, trails, rivers, etc. These shit on pdx videos are low-hanging fruit.
@@HippieP629 These videos are pushing the GOP'S keep 'em poor and stupid narrative. PROPAGANDA!!
Bird: "I ain't usin' that"
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I was just in Portland last summer for about 15 days, and this was not at all my experience of the city. I traveled all around on public transportation and visited several of the public parks and college campuses, plus some breweries and wine shops in downtown. I never saw anything like this. Not saying it's not there, but I never encountered anything like this during my visit. My experience was really pleasant. I found Portland to be very charming and safe, if somewhat expensive.
I have lived in Portland almost my entire life and it’s not so bad, if you step back from downtown you will see amazing little neighborhoods with the sweetest people, adorable shops and the best Saturday market ever!
Well said. I love belmont and morrison area.
People here suck but agree with everything else
It's not so bad until you leave and you notice how being in a shitty environment influenced you into taking lower standards for what a civilisation should look like
“Portland is not so bad if you skip the entire main part of the city” lollll
@@tomw.4255 I think more often than not in big cities the “Downtown Area” is really just the center for each major district to intersect. Business, Medical, Legal, Retail, etc…
They’re densely populated but aren’t necessarily the true _”hearts”_ of the city. Just the geographical centers.
I say this because I agree with your entire comment except for “downtowns being main parts of most major cities”. Not when you’re looking for the actual culture. Downtowns are really just metropolitan hubs.
Me from Seattle: wow they really clean up in Portland.
Seattle: A second rate San Francisco wannabe that as I recall, allowed a bunch Marxist clowns take over an entire section of the city where the rate of violent crime sky rocketed. 🤷♂️
😆 😆 Amazing lol Indid visit Seattle a few years back. I'm from Detroit and I was shocked at how dirty the city was
Right! How about the shit hole Olympia? 🤮
Seattle & Portland are like the latex gloves that you can put on either hand, so the left is the same as the right is the same as the left. It's really bad here in Seattle too
Just what Ive been thinking.
Born and raised there. It used to be such a beautiful city. It’s so heartbreaking
Portland was a showplace. Civic leaders from all over the world came here to see how we did it.
Portland was heaven in early 2000's
As a general rule: Southern Californians absolutely Fing destroyed Portland. Their dirty, rude, selfish. Secondly most of the homeless are uneducated people from the Southeast US! Get a buzz ticket and massive government handouts especially for the druggie/criminal elements. Well done!!!
Same
I love near Portland and I used to love it. Now it's just scary and dangerous. So sad
I’m from Oregon, but Portland is a whole nother level 😭
what's the rest of Oregan like?
@@the-blue-barron2791 it depends what county you live in. If you live in Linn County, some 3/4 is very safe and some places in it can be ghetto. If you live in Lane County, very ghetto. If someone wants to move here, they really need to know how ghetto a specific place can be 😭 most people just pay attention to how we don’t have sales tax
Was thinking of moving there, thank you for changing my mind
It’s honestly not that bad. Has lower crime per capita then most other major cities. Besides a few secluded areas , it’s a beautiful city. People just realize they get attention from conservatives when they shit on Portland. I visit all the time and it’s tucking beautiful.
I was also thinking of moving there... Going to have to talk to whoever is in charge and make a better plan or not move there. Since I am a broke college student there is a high likelihood that I will not move there. I can't afford for stuff to be stolen.
@@aaronkamakaze2967 lol...Because they refuse to report accurate crime statistics, especially if a "person of color" is responsible.
Good, stay away, we don't need any more trash.
If you're a little bish you won't be able to handle it anywhere. This dude is exaggerating. This area is right by the highway and yes, is a shitty area, but he's fucking lying about most of it.
I was working in Portland a couple years ago, a guy tried my door handle while I was sitting in my car in a parking garage. I also saw a homeless guy fighting his own reflection in a window.
Sounds like you were staking out the parking lot. Probably a car thief.
lol
I was at a conference in DC in 2019 and saw a guy having an argument with the air outside a restaurant
But who won ?
Trying door handles in blue cities is a very lucrative business. I was visiting family in the bay area and left my truck unlocked once and was robbed. Meanwhile my neighbor in San Diego left his truck full of tools unlocked every day for 15 years and never had anything stolen
I can still remember when Portland was a place that tourists wanted to visit.
It’s still is a museum just not for the right reasons.
And a place Damian Lillard wanted to play. Sad
@@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd it's real Grimm in Portland
Portland.... The new Detroit....
@@kardz1848 I see what you did there
This guy has so much edge. Be careful not to cut yourself.
To be honest he’s showing the worst of the worst. Yes, we have problems, but it’s definitely not a third world country. I’ve never seen anyone checking car doors and really most of the crime and homelessness is in certain areas of downtown. It’s not actually that bad.
But Portland is looking like a third world city right now
I'm sure your upper middle-class neighborhood in the north-end with houses starting at 1-2mil have people piling up in droves to move to Portland!
@@Name-ck9pv On the contrary, I live in a place with homeless tents on the street in front of my house. A few months ago, someone shot a bullet right outside my front yard. But it isn't as bad as he makes it seem.
@@carsonskiing😂 "I have homeless tents on my block and I got a Bullet shot through my window the other day but it's really not as bad as this you tuber makes it seem."😂😂 Dude you are the absolute embodiment of a Portlander - so clueless 😂 😂 When/ If you finally wake up you're gonna scratch your head and wonder why things are so bad and keep doing the same damn things and voting the same damn way smh
@@carsonskiing LMFAO if what you wrote was in Arabic I'd believe that you hail from Syria or something
Literally looks like every city where heroin is popping
😂😂😂
And we have the Pharmaceutical Companies to thank for that
Naw Pittsburgh is a beauty no matter the heroin junkies
That's a beautiful area compared to the Kensington section of philly. Just look up the videos on UA-cam. 10 times worse than Portland no joke.
This comment deserves more likes
"Oh hey it's nice here"
*Random piss jug in the road*
Well at least they were being neat and tidy lol
Brought you by an Uber driver
But it’s the way of the road bud
To all you wokeists... Default position for humans is homeless and hungry.
I think they left it there to be polite, there was room for more piss in case someone else needed it
it’s because you visited Portland, some states downtowns are like that. As a person who lives in Oregon (but isn’t from there) I recommend: Bethany, Beaverton, Aloha, Cedar Mill, Astoria, Oregon City, Beach Cities, Eugene and some places in Salem.
Not true for all states
@@andrewreilly4924 I mean, think about it.
Nah my city's downtown is clean
This makes me so sad. I was born in Portland and grew up in Lapine, Redmond, and Bend. This breaks my heart because I love Portland to pieces and seeing it like this feels like my house burnt down.
“Welcome to the Portland Gucci store, watch out for that piss-jug on the sidewalk”
Sterilize the fuckers.
It ain't apple juice 🤣🤣🤣
And don’t buy anything, someone will just take it from you at gunpoint on your way out the door. Not to mention you can just run in with your friends and take everything off the shelves for free and the police will stand down
Maybe the biggest problem is nobody in government will fix poverty. 😬
LTG must've dropped it whilst visiting
As someone from Portland, I approve this message 🤣🤣
You voted for biden. Shame on you
Same 🤣🤣
Ditto - I am so embarrassed to tell anyone I’m from here (I’m actually in a suburb, but still). Portland is a dump!
Same
Honestly I'd move. The US is so vast, and such an interesting country. You have some of the most beautiful places in the world. Why the hell would someone be born, live and die in a shithole like Portland when you have a choice not too.
I've lived in oregon my whole life. Portland used to be beautiful, until liberal policies ruined it.
You clearly never been in any city in America if you think this is only exclusive to Portland
This reminds me of when I used to play SimCity and would start to lose the game.
Oh my
Right??
Oh man 😂
Yeah crime shot up and tax revenue dipped 😆🤣
Lol.....yes!
I've been living here my whole life and this place has turned into a complete shit hole.
That's modern liberal politics for ye.
Pathetic af man, get these politicians outta here
I was trying to move my family up there a few years ago.....so glad I didn't.
It's a mixture of things, but multiculturalism has failed big time. It does not work. It separates people in a horrible way. There's no understanding, so hatred builds.
Moved to WA it's much better
Guess you weren't here in the 80s or 90s. I mean, shit it was early 2000s when we STOPPED having sewage overflows into the river every time it rained. Portland is worse than before, but only after improving dramatically.
Portland was a grungy crustpunk town until it became the sanitized corporate version of itself.
As an urban planning enthusiast, WHO THE CRAP THOUGHT THEY COULD PUT BIKE LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD??! Not even any barrier :(
Every single big city faces these issues. Congratulations for leaving the suburbs for one day. 😂🎉
That Certified Backyard Habitat probably saves them $100k in taxes a year for that property.
@@Puntangkilla Jews don’t deserve this hate
@@Puntangkilla what? How does this have anything to do with Jew’s
@@darthmaul216 money
@@sidimightbe3246 how many countries have they been kicked out of again? 😂
@@Puntangkilla racist much
This is my home town it used to be beautiful now I’m ashamed of it. I’m so glad you’re posting the truth about it because the representatives are freaking jokes
Same here. I was born there and spent the first part of my childhood living there, and then moved a couple hours away but still visited friends and shopped there often until I was grown. I now can’t even stand driving through, it’s just SO SAD and disappointing to see how much it’s gone downhill. 💔
Same here. I’m embarrassed
You VOTED for the Government you received.
@@MichaelJames-lz7ni personally, I left there in 2007, so the current government in that area was outside my choice. Regarding POTUS, that DEFINITELY wasn’t my vote 😅😅
Im so sorry. I visited back around 2018 and it was still pretty nice.
as a person who lives in portland, you are in downtown portland. That is literally the shittiest place in portland
Ugh, your politics are showing in what you choose to ridicule, and what you choose to show. Anyone who needs to ridicule bike lanes and bird habitat isn't worth listening to. Someone balanced and unbiased might be able to make your negative points with credibility. But you have none.
If bike lanes and bird sanctuaries are more of a priority than promoting a healthy economy, even in spite of a healthy economy, then I don’t think there’s much hope for it. Detroit, Portland and San Francisco shows you what happens when liberals have their way. Why do you think so many people are moving to Florida and Texas? Is it because of our “progressive” (read: regressive) policies?
Even on a show I watched about ghost hunting... Portland city was scarier than any of the insane asylums they explored
Too bad they closed the insane asylums hey.
Joe Biden has a plan to take in 80,000 Ukrainian refugees 💕 😘
Not true
@@ichlieberammstein8251 nein
I mean... all the crazy people (and crazy doctors) gotta go somewhere since those creepy asylums from the 1800's got shut down, and I guess that somewhere was Portland for quite a few of them.
as a fellow man from portland myself this is 100% the truth
Why is the city not fixing it?
@@susanmcallister4912 could you explain why the amount of black people in Portland has anything to do with why it isn't getting fixed?
@@XOguitargurlOX because the African American voice is much louder there? Not sure what much more else to say is
@@susanmcallister4912 I don't think the problem is because of too many "blacks" as you stated in your comment. If you recall when all the "violence from white cops against black people" started making headlines in the news and BLM started to "peacefully protest"..…Portland was one of the cities they chose to protest in. I guess the city has not yet recovered from all the "peaceful protest".
@@beverlystarcher8522 BLM defunded the great white police force that kept that Cory quasi potable!
Raised in the residential areas on the east side of the river. This city is a wasteland. I’m thankful to be raised in the towns adjacent and not the downtown. The closer you get to the main city, the worse it gets. Homeless, tent cities, criminals evading police at night dressed in black, trash everywhere, graffiti, businesses boarded up, prostitutes right next to a high school, the list could go on.
I feel like I would scare this guy.
Punk Rock 👾🤘
lol right 😂
As an Australian tourist I was appalled at the atmosphere of poverty and menace in Portland.
As an american it embarrasses the hell out of me that this is what tourists see.
@@SerangelROM
Everywhere has its faults. I wouldn’t recommend visiting remote aboriginal communities in Australia.
It’s not your fault people are the way they are. I met many pleasant and interesting Americans.
@@infiniteplain1746 Portland isn't remote or aboriginal.
@@ADogNamedStay
Lol yeah that’s true. Just trying to make the closest comparison I could.
More people were murdered in east Baltimore last year than in the whole of Australia (235). It’s a bit of a culture shock to read about 26 dead and 60 non fatal shootings in one month in just part of one mid sized US city.
As an American, I was appalled & saddened by Australia’s reaction, using law enforcement to throw maskless citizens in jail. And nothing you all can do because only a very select few can own a firearm. That’s so sad!! You all get used by the Australian government
All facts. I live 20 mins from portland and used to do all my shopping there. Now I drive 30 minutes in the other direction to do my shopping and avoid going to Portland at all costs.
Wow you must have it so tough. I'm so sorry you have to drive 10 extra minutes to do your shopping
Good idea...
Every Democrats city is like this. They want the whole country to be like this.
Democrats voters must be really proud of themselves
This is like Back to the Future 2 where the alternate reality with Biff in charge is a crime ridden cesspool
I've felt like we are stuck in that darkest timeline since about 2015...I am starting to wonder if our current year situation would be better if the libyaians just Killed doc & Marty. 😂😁😏
So Biff is Biden?
@@NinjaSushi2 Biden needs to make like a tree and leave for goodness sake.
@@NinjaSushi2 Yeah and he's sniffin Martys mom! 😂 🤣
@@NinjaSushi2 Portland was like this before Biden bro, same for NYC and LA lol
Bruh, I went to Seattle a few months... LITERALLY the same thing but 100× worse and 10x more expensive
Agreed. I live near Seattle and it’s an even worse garbage dump than Portland. 10 years ago it was such a beautiful place.
I wonder what Fraiser Crane thinks of all of this
@@suzyjohnson2974 As someone just outside of Seattle who goes their for work quite often, Portland is worse. I go there for work also. In Portland homeless people will be screaming/throwing piss bottles at people eating outside of restaurants. We don't get that in Seattle.
@@iliketohike Homeless in Seattle are better educated then the ones in Portland Please don't give ideas to our government officials because then they will throw other tax o top of tax for education to the poor homeless
Seattle isn't 10x more expensive. It's literally the same. Unless you're talking Bellevue. Those people are rich lol.
Vote in more democrats , I’m sure it will get better,
Since NONE of these polititions live in the area, they will never give a shit. They go home with their 6 figure income, to their fancy homes in the good safe areas, have the best health insurance, schooling, and food that money can buy. They go on live a few times here n there to say a few words of how they'll fix homelessness and then move on. It's a fact!@ and it's designed that way, unfortunately.
And what? People of Portland continue choosing this politicians.
Man, this new season of “Portlandia” is really depressing. 🤦♂️
What, the feminist bookstore is closed? 😢
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland
Vote out the democrats
Portland's allowance of such blatant lawlessness is a testimonial to their idiocy.
Further the dream that was America overall is lost. When a political party is allowed to literally steal an election with video of it happening and is allowed and even defended by the just as corrupt media that system is no longer seen as viable. MANY Americans no long have ANY faith in our election system and are reasonable to reac this conclusion. The future election will consistantly have the fewest number of voters in history by percentage. Sooner or later those who feel disenfranchised will rise up which is their duty. Because in the comming years ALLA American cities will be like Portland and deservedly so.
The people stink too
I lived there in 1998 thru 2002 and it was an incredibly safe and beautiful city. The citizens said they knew it would be ruined due to the messed up leadership.
Yep wheeler is an absolutely corrupt individual that's for dure
SAD
If you say it's gonna rain every day, you'll eventually be right. And there is always someone who thinks it's gonna rain.
Then liberals went and turned the state into an apocalypse movie
@@js-ql5ffWho the hell voted for him? People should be ashamed of themselves! That whole entire city should be nuked off the map!
They should be so proud in Portland. They deserve what they vote for.
It’s not that bad! People get a very limited perspective of the city, mostly from news sources like fox news. It’s not even that bad where you are and even still it doesn’t get much worse. You get out of downtown and find a more peaceful area and it’s beautiful. It could be better, def needs work. It’s like people can’t handle even a bit of grime on their hands nowadays. However, I think that the homeless people living there really need help. That’s another issue. I just say instead of saying letting them be there makes it a third world country, instead we should give them a home.
They need meth, not help. “Give them a home” - for that?
Philly got you beat! Last week a homeless man set-up a tent in the middle of my living room. I was pissed. but he's letting us use his wifi and netflix account so we're cool now.
😆😅😅🤣😂💀☠☠💀
LMFAO!!! UR TOO FUNNY! In Philly I wouldn't be surprised if the homeless have Wi-Fi and Netflix while the hardworking people struggle to make ends meet.
Their college degree caused them to finance 125K of it. That and the lack of low cost housing left them homeless.
As long as we got cheese steaks and Tasty Kakes it's all good 😊👍
@@soupsandwich8940 nuttin like a good Philly cheese steak with Limburger cheese
“Keep Portland weird” did live up to that
It's Keep Austin Weird. Some interstate identity theft going on there
Portland "the city that works" while the city workers sit in their trucks writing down how long i was in the porta potty.
I fuckin hate those bumper stickers 🤦🏽♂️
Weird = littered with feces, vagrants, used needles and ANTIFA troons.
I thought that was Austin
Yes, our new corporate American values have reduced our communities to this...families are suffering...but on the up side the rich keep getting richer..
You get what you vote for, the new governor will only make things worse, enjoy 😊
Progressive politics in a nutshell. Crime everywhere, impossible to maintain a business, police are unable both in manpower and by local law to do anything about it, but they got pride flags, bike lanes and other pretty sounding things around. What a bad joke.
I live in Oregon, about 2 hours away from Portland, and I can tell you that that city is it's own... thing. 100%, the rest of Oregon does not claim Portland as part of it.
Not heard a single person in Oregon say that in the many years I have grown up and lived here, but alright.
@@blockrock44 geez, I’m here 10 years and hear it all the time
from hubby’s fam from Eastern and Southern OR. Unfortunately, city psychopaths have the population to tilt all votes. It’s a weird situation to be sure. Sad and tough to take for the pink to purple rest of the state! I’m in Beaverton and…. Tapping foot till hubby retires and we can blow this joint!
It's called a democracy. One person one vote. Conservatives don't seem to like that much.
what a fun game of "spot the brainwashed liberal" 🙂
Portland is way different than the rest of the valley…
"Is literally a 3rd world country"
Now you didn't have to involve us in this John
@Nexeno_007 Facts
I've been to a 3rd world country and yes, this is the truth. That feeling of not being safe.. it's not to make fun of poverty, but the issue is absolutely about leadership. My family comes from Colombia and yes, it's corrupt government. When the leaders are smart and wise, they know how to make sure their people are doing well, employeed, cared for, etc. And that habitat is not good enough. It needs to be bigger. You can't just have a tree and be proud of that habitat.
Taura hako, tadii isu
@@nicolenatsai nhai hako iwe
It looks like Haiti...I've been there and this is what it looks like dude!! Is it ever reported on, Heck No! Portland was once a Top 10 tourist destination and now all they attract is filth and vermin. Gee, what's to be embarrassed about? This is the end result of liberal policies gone crazy!!
There is still hope for Portland! The problem with these videos is that they only show the bad! There is still a bit of good! Especially in the outskirts! The hellscape is really only in the downtown area and the east side industrial area!
You gotta know the bad if planning on visiting or moving. If not, then there's a high possibility of disillusionment. That's what happened to me.
It's not just Portland, most major American cities look like third world countries.
Yeah, I moved out of a developed country into a “developing” country and can assure you my adopted country is MUCH CLEANER AND LESS VIOLENCE
Where are u from originally
@@MasihGM us
Which country you moved to
@@lanolin2005 LATAM
@@MasihGM and you?
Perhaps this isn't just a Portland thing. Maybe the pandemic is shinging a light on how on a national level, we as a country, aren't taking care of our people.
Portland, like many other cities in the States that are experiencing an uptick in houselessness, are not "third world countries" but in fact apart of a developed nation with a well established economy. Which then begs the question, if we are in abundance, where are the resources to help the people in our communities who need it?
The slow response to even acknowledge the gravity of COVID-19 devastated all of us, but we're seeing the lasting effects with people in lower tax brackets.
Inflation isn't matching people's wages and rent continues to rise, causing housing instability for millions.
We're not investing into affordable mental health programs because it's more profitable to give people pills. And so long as it's legal for lobbyist to buy our politicians, this isn't going to change.
The protests in Portland caused the initial wave of businesses being boarded up, were in a response to cops acting with impunity, killing innocent civilians, protecting capitol over people. And you know, racism. People are rightfully angry with America's illusion of a "fair and just" system advertising itself as a "melting pot" with "freedom" for it's people.
Our government leaders care more about what's in their pockets than protecting and advocating for the well-being of the average American citizen.
This is not a Portland thing. This is a national crisis on a fundamental level.
We've decided to value money over people. Why are you participating in that?
For validation on the internet? Bro?
Pointing out, with superiority and disgust, people who are experiencing the failures of America in the most aggressive way through houslessness- is in fact disgusting. You're only seeing symptoms of something entirely more nuanced. But I'm sorry graffiti makes you feel uncomfy.
Do better. Maybe try empathy.
Naw its all democrats and their policies . What does every major city have in common they are democrat. You guys dont notice the commonality
@@harmonc.5101 You know there are several other countries where our most "liberal" democrats, based on their ideology, actually fall more in the category of a republican party. America's political agenda as a whole is right a leaning ideology.
Those other countries that look at America's politics as being extreme right- don't struggle with social programs and houselessness like America does.
Wherever your political alignment stands, I hope you realize that America is capable of better. But as long as their is gerrymandering and lobbying, our political leaders will not truly be serving the American people's interest, but rather be in the interest of corporations, which hurts all of us.
@@coranelson6098 I bet those "other countries" you're referencing have 1/100th of the population and don't have hundreds of thousands of people illegally entering on a weekly basis. Totally fair comparison tho right? "dEnMaRk gOoD nO hOmeLeSs"...yea it's also has 325,000,000 less people, is extremely homogeneous, and is the size of Massachusetts.
@@Dylan-xj8tb Absolutely, the countries I have in mind are more homogeneous then the States, and are undeniably smaller than our population. But you made it a straw man argument as soon as you brought up illegal immigrants being the reason we experience more houselessness in our populations than those other countries.
The actual population we have that's foreign born is less than Canada, Australia, Switzerland and a lot of other European countries. Germany and Sweden have more immigrants to their population than the US.
To be clear, I'm not advocating for the US to emulate one specific country. Every country has problems. But I do think it's worth questioning if America is supposed to be the best, why aren't other countries copying our system?
Hopefully we can all agree that we can do better to take care of our people. That's all.
@@coranelson6098 lol other countries have completely copied our system. The entire continent of Europe was made up of dictatorships and monarchies with highly controlled economies and strict religious standards before the US became a superpower. Slight discrepancies in tax code and social program willingness today is a drop in the bucket
thank the democrats!
Portland: “Even the people who aren’t on heroin look like they are on heroin”.
Nah. Not “Even the people who aren’t on heroin look like they are on heroin.” Not “Even the people who aren’t on heroin look like they are on heroin”. /
Funny thing when I was on heroin I had to deal with law enforcement frequently due to my job. No cop could tell because most drug addicts have jobs and you cant tell if they are high.
😮 😮 😮 😮 😂😆😆😆😆😆
Well what did you expect? He couldn't sleep because how bad it was he just described in his neighborhood. 🤣
@@thumper84 now there giving out “harm reduction kits” with everything you need to smoke meth/ do herion 😂😂 what has the world come too? since when does america encourage drug use, oh right, since Sleepy Joe. btw, Oregon is a blue democrat tan state. ironic
I mean it looks nice, tents save up on rent. People are friendly, that guy is checking on car doorhinge safety, the garbage on the street is obviously to feed homeless pets and less shops open means less work load. Absolutely Love it !
Exactly... Dude checking doors could literally be an apprentice to a locksmith, might open a pop a lock and create jobs
😂🤣😂
Well I guess it all depends the way you see it
How nice of people to leave apple juice behind for thirsty strangers
LMAOOOOO i laughed so hard reading your comment
I live on the east coast close to Philadelphia. The population of Philadelphia is over twice that of Portland, and we have nowhere near that many homeless encampments. Yeah, some people say it's everywhere, and in a sense, it's a correct statement, but not of Portlands' magnitude nor Los Angeles. Those places are truly third-world countries.
Who would've thought legalizing drugs and not prosecuting criminals would've turned out like this? The cost of living is high there too but Portland's problems were self inflicted due to stupidity.
“Crime literally everywhere, but the birds are safe though!!” 💀
Wellcome to the left and Antifa world
Ye got to make sure the birds survive. Where are you from?
Good people suk
@@phillipspann9090 heh heh.. ur moms house
Birds need more space than that. The sign is a meaningless political gesture. They can claim to have wildlife provision, even if there's nothing
They called weeds growing up the side of building a bird sanctuary 😂😂
They had to, The 2.3 million they got for the bird sanctuary was divided up amongst the people that voted for the sanctuary to begin with and to pay for their mansions and yachts
And people who don't mow their lawns are considered a hero for their efforts in saving the environment!! ...yeah
@@derpyllama1857 If you don't think city leaders create "programs" for the sole purpose of money laundering.....then you are part of problem.
@@robertdalemccollom6250 first response to the comment explains everything and is probably the truth
@@derpyllama1857 go slap yourself in the face this comment isn’t the place for serious responses. It was a joke post with a even funnier response by Robert. Stop taking life se serious you might enjoy your days more.
Wonder how much of taxpayer money was wasted on that bird habitat??? This country is unrecognizable 😡😡😡
hey man, I am a foreigner who visited this city last year just for three days. Man, I didn't know American cities could be this messed up!! I almost got robbed by a guy who kept following me and saying "can we be friends?" while I was on my way to a hotel. I ended up giving him 5 dollars because I was afraid of getting into a fight with that guy. This city was for sure the most shithole among all cities I've visited around the world
I was told to buy "Voodoo Doughnuts" in Old Downtown Portland. The streets nearby were filled with homeless tents and smelled of sewage. The line to buy VD doughnuts was two blocks long, but I had pre-ordered so they were ready. As I was walking towards my car, a skanky 90 lb dreadlock guy with scabs everywhere approaches. "Give me some doughnuts.". I said "no". Then there were three of them screaming, swearing, and threatening me. I was sure the CNN headlines were going in one of two directions. "A 300 lb white man was killed trying to protect his doughnuts from poor Portland homeless people." Or "A 300 lb white man beat 3 poor homeless people unconscious over 3 dozen doughnuts."
So, did you throw it at them?
Go to sesame instead, way better and not a tourist attraction like voodoo has become
@@noxirs7059 !!!!! Throw doughnuts!!! What kind of sick mind would even contemplate such a thing?!?!😳
@@jimwalker1242 Have you've been assaulted by a group?
Nope.
You throw objects to deter attention.
Gives a person time to run for safety.
Typically Wokie response
@@noxirs7059 I would throw my shoes, my keys, my wallet! But, God forbid.. I couldn't throw doughnuts? (And I'm about as anti-woke as a person can get.)
Wow. This might be the first video you’ve ever made that was legit depressing.
But the birds are safe though
@@Megatronwasright Yeah, so long as they stay in the “back yard.”😆
I live in WA. Seattle not too far behind. Thanks for putting this out there. So true.
@@kevingilbert4635 I thought Seattle was worse and more expensive. I live in Portland so it’s biased on my part. lol
@@kevingilbert4635 Seattle is worse. I've done too much work up there. Had a homeless Trans person stealy coworkers license plate because he was parked to close to their homeless camp in a chase bank parking lot
Also burnout marks in the bike lane. Which is another issue were dealing with now.
Your worried about that?
@@wicked-smaht im not worried about it directly, but as a drifter theres too many sideshow clowns and people flexing their stock mustangs every chance they get. Now cops target every car with a loud exhaust just trying to go to work. Be a little more subtle and pick better spots. Stop being car enthusiasts for the clout.
Keep voting Democrat, watch where you step!!
Makes me weep. I remember Portland of 1998. Back than it was the best and most beautiful city to live im 😭😭😭😭
Before democrat radicals and forced diversity
Those were the days
Pre liberals
Yea I was there in 1999-2000 and it was still clean, cops all over and friendly. I really liked it!
@@replicatingsps4118 pre- Californian Democrats*... it was always full of liberals lol
When I was younger I couldn't wait to move to Portland, I lived in Canada and the UK so I couldn't wait to see the beautiful scenery there.....I left after 3 months.
You should have moved to Oregon City then.
Uk is a beautiful islamic country
Lmao I felt this way about nyc I lived there for 9 months I cried the whole time. My skin broke out worse than it ever had in my life! I was so happy to be gone now I live 30 mins north of nyc and have no gone back!!!
@@dh-uo4lt yea it’s infested with them
That’s your dumb fault for going there out of all the nice places in this enormous country.
Thank you Kate brown for making drugs legal and not letting anyone clean up after homeless people😘
So sad...30-40 years ago, Portland was a shining, green, bustling city.
I used to love to go to Portland.....in the 80's. It was so pretty and fun.
heard the same thing about your mother
@@InfiniteRhombus damn, 😂
It wasn't too bad 3 years ago susan
Funny I just read that Portland’s crime is rising but it’s nowhere near the 80’s
@@wplants9793 Yeah... Funny, isn't it? Maybe the crime is lower because the police were defunded? It isn't being documented as well, if they aren't responding to anything but violent crimes, and not keeping up with that? Numbers are like people, torture them enough and they tell you anything you want to hear.
I lived there from 2013-2016. Got out right before the riots. I’m not left wing, but it was a beautiful city. They’ve always had a homeless problem but never this bad.
Beautiful and city don’t go together.
@@sureshots8155 not in the 21st century, that’s for certain
@@sureshots8155 did Hank Williams jr tell you that?
@@somethingintheshadows Is that a song lyric? I don’t think so.
For real!!!! Any politicians in that city should be ashamed
My wife and I went when looking for a different city to move to and within a few hours decided it wasn’t the place for us in part because of this. Within the first few hours we saw this and met with a real estate agent who went more in depth on the issues and we were sold on moving to any where but Portland
I live in a third world country, and damn I can tell you, that's an insult comparing us with this city.
Clearly you aren't not even these whiney fucks have an idea how good they have it he's walking around with a phone in his hand he looks fine.
Indeed
Cry more about it on the internet, and not do anything about your bad living situation. If you are complaining about your living situation ON THE INTERNET, then your life isn't that bad.
@@Moon_Presence Bruh, he isn't complaining about where he lives... he is saying that where he lives is better than Portland, thus it is "insulting comparing us with this city"
@@Moon_Presence alright kid we get it your in your emo phase
Literally every state in America has a zone like this. The fact you can walk around with your phone out acting stupid shows how it’s better than most america. Also Portland is extremely nice with people that care.
You are high as fuck. Portland is a shit hole. Got my vehicle stolen twice last year. Once in Freddie’s parking lot and once at home in estacada. Both times found it no cat in NE. The homeless aren’t just in a ZONE but are over most of the city now. Drive down foster or Powell or go downtown anywhere.There’s good people here of course. But the vein and homelessness is getting more and more rampant by the month.
Why is this always the excuse when someone brings up how shit these big cities are? Especially progressive cities.
@sperz35 I’m guessing you never been to Portland or even Oregon at that cause there is a huge population or republicans.
@@kylepitcock8282 excuses and facts are two different things. Maybe you should learn the difference.
@@kylepitcock8282 I shouldn’t have to mention this but clearly I do every single red state is worse of than any blue state highest poverty lowest education highest divorce per capita an that’s just to start. Go ahead an live in you 💩 state blue states across America thank you for not moving.
Tfw leaving your boujie neighborhood and seeing poverty for the first time.
We used to be known for being ridiculously pristine clean. Look at us now.
You get what you vote for
Do not come to Los Angeles. That there looks like a miniature version of LA's "skid row" 😬
Exactly lmao tf they crying about
They got a few blocks. All of downtown LA has homeless camps. Thousands of tents 🙈
LA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY PEOPLE SORRY GREW UP THERE. NOTHING NEW
@@mickeylynch8982 how sad and embarrassing that the richest country in the world has the worst homeless epidemic ever seen in any country ever
@@rookere1604 We also have the highest rates of obesity, poorest health, both mentally and physically, and highest incarceration rate for a first world-nation. But we also have the best boom boom weapons so there’s that 💁♀️
Flashbacks to the “summer of love”
Thriving in America! Thanks O'Biden.
Yeah, Biden single handedly destroyed Portland. Try again, Skippy 😂
So what’s your solution? Seems all of the criticism of homelessness and crime in big cities I see on the shorts seems not too have any solutions attached, just blame.
Whatever leadership is doing isn’t working, that’s for sure.
@@KW145.So all leadership?
Ikr. It just turns into politics. Than again most who complain don’t want the cities to improve because as long as they struggle (which in all honesty, despite its faults, Portland is doing fine) it can be used as a political tool
@@metrofilmer8894 “Portland is doing fine” 💀
This is literally what it's like though. It's this weird thing they do here where they virtue signal that they love the homeless while doing nothing to ameliorate their suffering.
The mental health system in Oregon is barbaric! Most of the homeless are either mentally ill folks not getting treatment, or drug addicts. Multnomah County has shut down nearly all support programs, and hospitals have huge shortages of beds available for people experiencing episodes. It’s completely heartbreaking. Gov. Brown, and all city and county leaders have completely let the people down. I honestly don’t know how they can look in the mirror or sleep at night. It’s a travesty.
@@lucindabrown4036 Mentally ill people on the margins of society have always existed. The urban growth boundary, lack of housing development, and inflood of tech workers haven't always existed in Portland. Cheap housing means fewer human beings living outside, even if they decide to take drugs or are mentally ill.
@@lucindabrown4036 not just Oregon. It’s America. They couldn’t care less about our mentally ill and it’s awful to see loved ones with kids that are schizophrenic thrown on the streets with nothing after being put in jail because people don’t want to see mentally ill people. It’s the ‘injustice’ system because they often arrest and oppress people they just don’t like.
They love the homeless so much, they continue to add to the demographic!
just 5 years ago, when I moved out after living there for a decade, it was really nice. Downtown got progressively more sketchy towards the end, but it was nothing like it is now
Accurate
Downtown was always sketchy I don't know what hype you bought and for what period of time
@@katherenewedic8076 eh. that’s certainly relative. but compared to every big (or even medium sized) city I’ve ever lived in, it was Mayberry before it started trending towards third world status
That’s bc it’s 🐜ifa’s headquarters
@@trina7274 you sound like you come from Oregon. Other cities this size aren’t like this. I’ve love everywhere (military) PDX was walkable anywhere for me as a 5’4” woman any time. Even by the River. It was safe. May not next to La Grande. Lol but it is a shit show now.
An american young man talking about third world without even visiting a third world country 😅 I mean…
Looks far better than those deep south Republican hellholes.
I live in WA. Seattle is no different. Two of the most beautiful cities in America ruined to bad policy and political correctness.
I was stationed in ft. Lewis for about 4 hrs and I miss it.
So why do these people keeping voting in the same idiots?
@@cheeseontoastbrah These cities are ultra Left wing. They refuse to vote for anyone that is remotely conservative. This leads to just another Liberal being voted in and hopes that things will change. Funny how things aren't getting better.
@@kayceeyou i know but how daft can you be when you look around and its like well this is clearly not working and just continue thinking maybe it will change
@@cheeseontoastbrah they are morons. All highly indoctrinated and cult like. They aren't old school liberals who disagree with conservatives. They hardcore indoctrinated leftists who view anything right wing as pure evil, and anything not far left as right wing. With that type of logic and self righteous insanity, you get a population that will refuse to vote Republican even if it means destruction, starvation and death. And no matter how much they destroy, they will always blame republicans. (I'm not a republican. I'm an independent. I'm a liberal vegan. Have been my whole life. I grew up near and in Portland. The new left are indoctrinated authoritarian children. No longer openminded and reasonable freedom loving human beings. The centre right is where most reason is found nowadays. Vote modern Democrats out.)
i used to live in oregon, trust me, portland is a lot WORSE than what this video makes it look like
I'm a Security Officer and as I'm writing this post, FOUR HOMELESS TENTS on 2nd Street have caught on fire...
I used to live in Portland too. Anyone who is not a member of the blue haired Taliban is NOT welcome. I left 23 years ago and never looked back…
You could try the conservative approach in Tennessee, and just outlaw homelessness. I'm sure charging them fines, or forcing them to do community service for zero pay will solve the problem.
Why the hell is there a piss-jug on the side of the street? Wtf
@@wyldeyouth that's apple juice
what a shame, and it's not only in Portland, it's in every city
Keep voting dummycrats 🎉
I love the “it’s not that bad” people. No, it is that bad, you’re just used to it.
I live in Portland and it’s literally like this everywhere if I walk out my front door rn it looks just like this rewind 10 years or so it was an amazing place and nothing like it is now it’s gotten very bad
Yeah but is nothing like a third world country as this guy says
Sorry but some broken windows and graffiti don't make it a "hellscape." Yall are way too sensitive lol if this is what qualifies as 3rd world for you
Weird what happens when the cost of living sky rockets and wages are reduced year by year after cramming way too many people in one area
It’s when leftist take complete control.
Good try, now how about stating facts!!!
That's part of the problem, the other is ignorant regressive Leftism that just makes everything worse.
Way too many people? That shit was ghost town
May be true, but 👸he people have allowed it to become a 💩hole
Gotta love Democrats policies…
It literally was a beautiful place until like 3 or 4 years ago. The mayor LITERALLY cheered as the dumpster fires were set ablaze in the 2020 riots... and the governor folded her hands and watched... as an Oregonian born & raised, Portland went from a proud destination for shopping & culture to a wasteland of feces so fast, we all got whiplash.
Most people in "third world" countries take more pride in themselves than this.
Actually no
I get what youre gettin at but dude do you know what its like to fall through the cracks many homeless know the bible and God more than the Rich i mean Pew sitters
Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Psalm 138:6
@@8Platinum8 If you're taking drugs every day, you didn't passively fall through the cracks, you actively sought out the crack (pun intended). People who fall through the cracks try to get out (many stories of this, utilizing services and supports to get out). Many CHOOSE the crack...
@@svalbard01 see where your an enemy to God here he came eating i. Drinking and they called him a drunkard and glutton 2‼️ many homeless know the bible and clearlly actually know Jesus At this Point He doesnt know you “I NEVER KNEW YOU 3 i accepted Yeshua at 4 and fought to get to church with other people anytime i could (when parents stop going to church at 7years) till i could drive and went to NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHICH IS NOW A UNIVERSITY TO BECOME A MINISTER at 16 yr 4. Being a republican and or condemning the lowly also will burn you
AND IVE NEVER TOUCHED DRUGS
College in Kirkland washington
(BASTARD)