Come to Pdx and see the open Fentenyl markets, closed multispectality medical facilities, upscale luxury eatery vs. Homeless camps across the street and ongoing violent crime...created by the majority of voters?

Back in the 70's and 80's when Portland still had parking meters, we would walk around all night long and never worry at all about safety concerns. Portland was active and just fun. But those days are long over. I live about 75 miles from Portland and I never go to Portland in the evening now. Today. I travel to Thailand and I feel so much safer walking around at day time or night. Plus a hotel there cost about $25 a night there or about $700.00 for a whole month. Things just cost too much in America today. But most big cities in the US are just not very safe now. Too many idiots that don't want to work and just want to make trouble,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I've been hoping it does. The prices are ridiculous for working people, young people trying to get into a home, middle class families. Homes whose values are really 175k are now 400k. Tiny places , condos, even trailers. It's robbery.

I live in Southern California. Grew up here. Raised my two grown boys and they want to move to OR and I plan to follow. My kids no way can afford CA. I want them both to be homeowners and you just can't in CA anymore. It's beyond ridiculous! Can't wait to kick CA to the curb! Lol

Yeah Portland is pretty bad

ok at the start i thought you where going to be true to your title but i guess not the word AROUND implies kinda a circle but no you went west and kept west why no love for the east like boring,carver barton,colton,estacada,SANDY,corbitt,Beavercreek,Aurora,Canby you both seem bias to me branch out visit the other side for once i work over there all the time and yes it is nice but i live over hear and love all of it

Add this to your "Reasons to not move to Portland" list.

What a Scam. 🤡

I like to say that Portlandhas "polite" rain 😅

Been here since August, all sounds accurate.

I'm not exactly sure what it will take for the progressive left to finally accept that their policies have failed badly and people are now giving up.

Do not move to Portland. You moving here will make it worse.

Texas is a state. Portland is a city. You’re comparing a state to a city 😂

I'm not everywhere at once, but I do get around some of the "lesser" parts of east Portland. It stopped getting worse about 2 years ago, and has been steadily improving. As far as visible houselessness and drug use, things are undeniably better.

Of course only the west side! Sad how the east side is never of any importance!

City oriented people never fit in with these small towns. The population is not welcoming either.

As someone from Banks, please don’t come here. We don’t want anymore Portland or California trash here.

I grew up in the Dallas area and have lived in both Austin and Portland. People think that Texas is so cheap but when you really look at it, it really isn’t. The quality of life in Portland and Oregon in general is so much better than Texas as well. I am currently on the East Coast but am planning to move back to Portland next year. I will take the Portland area and the state income tax over Texas any day of the week.

I grew up in the Dallas area and have lived in both Austin and Portland. People think that Texas is so cheap but when you really look at it, it really isn’t. The quality of life in Portland and Oregon in general is so much better than Texas as well. I am currently on the East Coast but am planning to move back to Portland next year. I will take the Portland area and the state income tax over Texas any day of the week.

Been trying for two years to get up to the Willamette Valley. Just need to find a place willing to offer a job to someone across the country. Love this video!!!!

$500k for a starter house, median household income $85k for Portland area. Median price to income ratio is 7.2x (it was 3.7x 50 years ago). That's your problem and it is nationwide. Rates have simply normalized, they are not high.

I gotta say if you're LGBTQ or simply misprofiled, I have heard the f slur here way more than most other places. a lot of bigotry going around

It’s not a houselessness problem. It’s a drug and mental health problem, particular to the east side, on the daily.

Don't overlook Amity as another rural town in the area. Similar to Yamhill, not as big as Carlton but closer to Salem if you need to travel south.

Yamhill does NOT have an adequate water supply to accommodate more homes. We were at level 2 water restriction this year and it wasn’t the first. The city council vetoed a new housing development due to this urgent issue. The planning commission voted no on the capacity to build more houses. Yamhill’s fire district can’t answer the calls now as needed. We don’t have a sufficient volunteer base. Don’t move here!

Gaston does not have a Human Bean, we do have a fantastic coffee shop but is not the human bean, just better. We also no longer have a libary. Hagg lake is not the only thing Gaston is known for. Also races in banks are Saturday nights. I get what you're trying to do, but it sounds a lot like mockery of our rural communities.

You leave my small town alone 😡

Great

The biggest think influencing Portland despite what haters this isn’t local politics. It is the wider economy. The Fed has never increased rates that fast from a low. So the pain is purposeful

What is with the music in the background? Soooo annoying

Thank you for this… I agree with all you have said!

Truth

You should show the county map of the US states and voting results along side that map you showed us @13:44. Then people would know why the Oregon counties of Wallowa, Union, Baker, Malheur, Grant, Harney, Morrow, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, Sherman, Jefferson and Klamath have all voted to leave Oregon for Idaho. Why pay those high taxes when there is no representation. The people of the metro mostly have the illness Well done on video quality.

The cult of deviance? Teachers teach identity sexuality to children in the public schools? Why do people refer to Portland as "weird"?

From California. Been living in Texas for the last 5 years. Moving to Portland Oregon in the near future. Texas is hot and boring.

30 minutes to downtown Portland from Newberg?

16:19 that’s not Vancouver WA. Vancouver Canada maybe but definitely not Vancouver Washington.

Crazy how much Tigard has grown and changed over my 40 years in this area. There are some nice looking new homes you guys covered this week! Thanks for keeping us informed, as always, with another well put together video! :-) p.s. Great sweater pick Erika!

Porland is great, homeless are in all cities

Wow, I live across the river in Vancouver and guessed all 5 towns correctly

I had kids in school, and really saw the problems in the school system, brainwashing my kids. I left in 2007 and went to Missouri. ABSOLUTELY the best decision i have made in my life!

Moved from PDX to Vancouver WA in 1985. Instant dumpy house rent reduction from $335 to $175. Moved $16/hr job from PDX to Vanc in 1990. Instant roughly $1/hr raise because no state income tax. Unfortunately today though. . not such a difference.

Yes...the down town commons smells of feces..across from the court house???

Lived in Oregon as a child. I thought it was a beautiful place and liked it there. We moved away and I'll probably never move back because of cost of living ($$$$$) and terrible politics.

Queen City...personality of retired women residents???

But their court system is awful.

Members of my family have recently suffered major property losses in South Carolina recently. Remarkable because they're almost 200 miles inland, yet the hurricanes still did a number on their homes. People complain about Portland's weather, but it really is mild compared to much of the country.

Not in the rich areas. If you live in Lake Oswego, The west hills, Bethany, rock creek, and west Lynn you won’t see homeless.

Huh, where's all the homeless? Looks like a great destination for hundreds of tents & illegals. LOL!

How far along will the development be in 2-3 years?