@@betty2905 Have you seen the nee PDX in person yet? It is even better in real life!

@@douggrunberg I prefer weird Portland over whatever it was headed to in 2021!

What does Portland rhyme with... poor land because of taxes?? 🤔

@@LivinginOregonandWashington it rhymes with “deport them.” Trust me: I’m a rapper.

@@larryjex6485 There’s a lot to love about our city!

@@willbmcl I also moved down to Milwaukie. It’s like SE Portland but more family friendly

@@Salmonskinbandaid if you’re talking about a downtown skyline-not really. I’d say the cascade mountains and trees more than anything dominate most of the areas skyline. None of the buildings are really that tall-Vancouver is mostly flat and you can’t see downtown from most of it.

It really feels a bit like Gresham or Clackamas county in a lot of ways. Its both an offshoot and an escape!

@@plantmaster3339 thanks for the feedback! I’ll slow it down, was trying to get through two big homes, next time i’ll do one. 🤙🏻

@@michaeltoney2277 how does it compare to the bay?

@@LivinginOregonandWashington both places struggle with bad PR to some extent. I miss California in some respects but the life that I have here would be unaffordable there. The economy here isn’t as strong so you see a lot more people struggling and because it’s a more rural community there aren’t as many healthcare options. I miss Stanford and Kaiser Perm California. But Portland is affordable, it is safe, it’s largely clean, the people are friendly once you break the ice and say what you will the city is brimming with charm there are just street after street of craftsmen style homes from the teens and 1920’s. Politically it’s too far left for me (I’m a moderate) but you can find like minded people. So overall living here was a great choice financially and I’m closer to family. It has been hard to the extent that for me it weirdly feels like the pandemic hasn’t ended because this was my solution to that time and I work from home. So working on solution around that lol

Thanks for watching as much as you did. It sounded a lot different on the laptop, i’m gonna be lowering it by a lot for next weeks video. I had to pump this video out in an hour won’t lie, it’s my busiest week yet in my entire career so was going fast and not editing as slowly as usual. Sub for next weeks it’ll be better.

@@blondegirlsezthis8798 💯

@@leahtv7778 Where are you headed?

@@victorkral5758 I know a lot of local storefront business owners in different neighborhoods of Portland. Graffiti is being cracked down on, they have community involvement teams that will help local businesses have the graffiti removed or hire a professional artist to make a beautiful mural over it. Downtown sector itself on the commercial end will continue to see vacancy, but a lot of the neighborhoods and suburbs still see low commercial vacancy. The streets could still use a lot more cleaning up, Portland needs to decide if we want to be a green city or not. Hopefully we can make it better! 🌲

Thank you for the reply! Best wishes for you and your U-Tube Channel!

@@victorkral5758 Portland is crap

I’ll adjust it down next time! Thanks for the feedback, I just dropped another video and I had music at 6% on this video, normally I do 3%. Won’t make it that loud again.

I suggest doing at least a half day in the Columbia River Gorge, that would be a stark contrast! For city parks, Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden (Rhoddies will have just have gone, but still beautiful), leech Botanical gardens, Mt tabor park, Westmoreland City park on the east side. On west side Japanese gardens, forest park, Portland Rose gardens (do this one during sunset!) A trip to Timberline lodge, or down to Cannon Beach to switch things up is always nice.

I know of a lot of organizations trying to reverse the course. People who care about Portland know there's growing pains and are hoping for positive change!

graffiti dope

@@volkergluth3428 thanks for watching-much appreciated! 🤙🏻

Do you watch a lot of Peaky Blinders? That might be it.

@@michaeltoney2277 100% agree. You said it better than I did.

3 years ago I went from Portland to to NYC. Was in Washington heights and Manhattan … Portland was pretty gross in comparison to Manhattan. Even Washington heights was cleaner with less homeless wandering around on drugs.

@@Dc-oe8qe three years ago isn’t a fair comparison. That was height of every shut down in every major city. New York at its worse is way worse than Portland ever dreamed of being and that isn’t a reflection on New York it’s just a much larger place. If you tell me I’m wrong I’ll understand that you are being sentimental for your home town. Portland went through a rough time during the pandemic, no doubt but every city did.

@@Dc-oe8qe Portland also had to grow from a big town to a big city. We’ve had growing pains, 2021 was by far the worst Portland will hopefully ever see.

@@LivinginOregonandWashington to clarify I am a Portland native I grew up in colonel summers park. I LOVE Portland. I was a hippie kid running barefoot.🤣 but we always had issues always but it’s x10 right now. Not 3 years ago. Portlands beloved silliness went too far. I dunno somebody has got to pull the reigns in somewhere.cmon guys.

I've heard good things about Hoxton, it would definitely put you in the heart of downtown. Portland has got a lot more to offer than downtown, I know a lot of people that like to stay in Alberta Arts district or Hawthorne stretch. The inner east side definitely has more walkable restaurant scene, but downtown has got a lot of nightlife. Reach out if you have more questions, cheers! 503-957-7981

@@davidgoldberg1219 where’d you move to?

@@LivinginOregonandWashington I'm gathering you mean where did I go once out of Oregon. I live in Tucson Arizona now. Lived there before I went to Oregon. Going to Oregon didn't work out very well for myself. Many reasons.

@@davidgoldberg1219 Glad you found a place that fits your vibe! Oregon is definitely not for everyone. For me I stick around because of the amount of green space I can escape to.

@@LivinginOregonandWashington I think you'd be very surprised to find out how green SE AZ is. Not the same green as Oregon, but still green. Like Oregon isn't for everyone, SE AZ is much the same. Lots more mountains down here, and I actually live outside of Tucson at 4600' elevation. We get snow in the winter and can ski on Mt. Lemmon.

@@danielwhitehouse7682 its cool you distribute them they’ve been around for a long time!

Have you been downtown recently? It’s cleaned up pretty decently!

@@LivinginOregonandWashington … I viewed your presentation because I’m thinking of relocating there. I misunderstood the title of it “Is Downtown Portland Oregon Safe” … I thought you’d show actual streets and whether or not they were tented or had homeless milling about. My apologies. I assumed too much 🫤

@@robyoungquist5803 You'll still find it down by the bridges and in some east side neighborhood pockets especially, but downtown as a whole has cleaned up a lot since 2022 and 2023! I've been down there a lot so "better" or "safe" is a relative term to back then. Hope that clears it up. Feel free to reach out when you come out here!

@@LivinginOregonandWashington incorrect.

Thanks!

No problem! 🤙🏻🙏🏼

Our MLS doesn't have rentals available, but there are several low income rental options the city has. All the best.

Tiller Terrace, taking applications.

You are so right... I can't believe it! I just went in and adjusted volume levels: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYuvf2yvfpVokK8 Feel free to watch the unlisted version here and please let me know if this is better as I am always learning. I appreciate the 60 seconds even, Apologies for the sound soup. 🍜 😂