24 Things You Should Know Before Moving To Portland Oregon

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

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[@yogaartist1]

I love cloudy weather, nature, coffee, spiritual/hippie vibes. My sister's friend thinks I would do well in Portland Oregon. Also she says the transportation is good! I'm a little shocked when you mentioned the baristas at coffee shops are not as friendly. 🙁 I hope not all of them. 😬 But I get everyone has their bad days and doesn't have the energy. Downtown Portland is the area I'm looking into. I thought about the art districts.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@yogaartist1 It’s super dependent of the place. Some places are friendly, but even the “mean” places aren’t mean-just people trying to act too cool for school or something. Like I notice anywhere that goes over and above to give an attitude of “I don’t care”, is usually a really cool spot but sometimes you get that same attitude with it. 🤣 Eukoes codfee in inner No-po is a great exception.

[@yogaartist1]

@ I heard when it does snow, everything is shut down. Is that true? Barely any stores are open, even though there's a small amount of snow on the ground? That's what a friend said. O_o

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@yogaartist1 Snow puts the city on halt. Schools shut down, some stores will get bought out of supplies! Reach out when you make the move! Cheers

[@ronmil7010]

Very articulate and informative. Also your videos are very well produced. Thanks!

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

Thank you Ron!

[@ItsMeChickpea]

I love this video, thank you! Well done. I'd recommend to check your audio quality, it's clipping quite a bit (easy fix on your camera settings!) Good luck Tim!

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@ItsMeChickpea thanks for watching! I need to hire a video editor soon, it’s fun and i’m getting better but want it to be pro level!

[@Hauntedbyhistory]

Very informative! I will be there in the next few months to check it out! Would love to have a chat with you while I am there.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

Sweet reach out when you are here! (503)-957-7981. Cheers 🤙🏼

[@johnene]

Interesting video. I've lived around Portland both in Oregon and Washington for over 30yrs.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@johnene thanks for watching!

[@HappyValleyGuy]

We left Portland and moved to Happy Valley - We love it 😍

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@HappyValleyGuy Happy Valley is great!

[@HappyValleyGuy]

@ extremely low to no crime- no homeless- no graffiti- no trash - noise - no pollution- almost no problems

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@HappyValleyGuy I agree! All the charm of Portland with close to none of the problems.

[@JonLewis-f6o]

What charm is in happy valley like Portland? Most of the food is boring and most businesses I’ve seen are new builds.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@JonLewis-f6o they’ve got good carts, you’ve gotta go deeper into 162nd and 172nd, there’s some great restaurants and hang out spots. Or, check out De Fuego at the Monarch. Hands down one of the best restaurants in all of Portland area, not just Happy Valley. Not the same as Portland, but then you can always just drive into Portland if you want to.

[@MichelleNovalee]

Are you concerned about the big earthquake? What are the odds of survival? I really want to back home to Vancouver, but I’m nervous about the impending doomsday of a earthquake they say will inevitably happen. Would you say if it’s worth moving there still?

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

I am not personally, but I also think there is danger wherever you live. Not to down play the risk over a major natural disaster, but I do think overall Portland is a fairly mild area. I would bolt your home to its foundation or buy one bolted to foundation (all newer homes), and secure any heavy items that can fall. Also just have a plan if you live at the coast, its the tsunami that will do most of the damage since Portland isn't built that tall. Also when moving somewhere, remember two things: most people die from health or genetics statistically, and 100% of people end up dead one way or another. I try to just live a good life with what I can control! For me that is being in Portland. Cheers.

[@icecactus11]

As compared to the rest of the country your roads are actually really good.

[@MMiel-mv2pt]

Ok, but what about the volcanos 😅? I'm sincerely wondering. I've been doing a lot of research on moving to the PNW and everything seems great EXCEPT for the looming volcanoes 😮. Is there good infrastructure to handle an eruption? Which areas are likely to have their homes damaged?

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

I would personally be more worried about the big earthquake. When helens erupted it was far enough away to mostly just do damage to like really deep cabins, and the ash spread all over down wind from what I've read. The cascadia subdcution zone will really take any home not bolted to its foundation when the big one hits and send it down the street by the time the shaking stops.

[@MMiel-mv2pt]

@LivinginOregonandWashington thank you for the reply 👍. That puts things into perspective a little better for me.

[@condor5150]

I'm 52 and having an dilemma on whether I should buy in Portland or Seattle? Or just forget about buying and becoming an expat abroad in SE Asia? I'll contact you if I do decide to settle in Portland and buy. Thanks

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@condor5150 Thanks for watching. I know some who have a pad in the NW, and go to SE Asia for vacation. Totally down to your goals. Cheers 🤙🏼

[@condor5150]

@@LivinginOregonandWashingtonThanks for the response. Your the broker that I would like to work with if I decide to buy in Portland. I have attempted to move to there back in the 90's but regretfully chose Utah/Colorado instead. I agree with you that the PNW cities will rise again with a massive worldwide migration. And if I do buy in Portland or Seattle. There would be no turning back, so maybe I'll just visit? Thanks again.

[@AtlanRau]

As a former resident of the area, if you move to the area, if youre looking to live in the city proper, Seattle. If youre OK with being 20~ minutes outside of the city, then Vancouver, WA which is across the bridge from Portland (no state income tax).

[@erictran4001]

Check out Da Nang Vietnam.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@AtlanRau Agree for people on fixed income thats a good plan. Just got a retired gentleman a ranch in Vancouver, good neighborhood for $430,000.

[@jameshaxby5434]

Downtown was more walkable than the eastside until the homeless started pitching their tents on the sidewalk.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

That's why I moved to the Trolley Trail in Milwaukie tbh.

[@nochepatada]

When and where were you walking downtown? Near the courthouse? The only people I've known in the 25 years I've lived here to ever go downtown were people working or going to PSU. Maybe to see a concert before those closed up (right around the time California's started driving the rent so high the artist/punk community had to move away because they could no longer afford the rent) I assume you were at the courthouse to pay a fine.

[@alvajjoe]

I want to be mad at you before I even watch it. I grew up here. I am a proud Oregonian. It is so sad what has happened to this place. I grew up in the Centennial area. It was a middle class area and now it is a shithole. The decline started when they shut down the Columbia Villa. I now live in Washington County. Love it.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

Centennial has so many signs it used to be a good place to live. You see so many regal 70s homes out there. Don’t shoot the messenger, just here to let people know what’s happening.

[@alvajjoe]

@@LivinginOregonandWashington it was a very informative video. I wanted to be mad but wasn't. It is just sad to see. If we want to see a change then we have to start with the local government. We can't keep voting in the same people and expect change. I have watched a few of your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@paiddj3397]

PORTLAND IS NOT VANCOUVER. I wish people would stop saying we are the same. We are NOT. Vancouver residents flock to Portland to work and shop so they can beat the tax. It's Washingtonians that jam up our freeways. Check out I5 or I205 any weekday and check out how many license plates are Washington vs Oregon. We are not the same at all. I've lived in Oregon for 40 years and have stepped into Washington twice and regretted it.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@paiddj3397 I’ve lived on both sides of the river, friendly and mean folks on both sides but mostly friendly on both.

[@paiddj3397]

​@@LivinginOregonandWashington oh

[@dat219]

I stopped going to coffee places where they were arrogant You know who the hell are they and the tip jar was so full of money I forget it was downtown then when the place got sold which the owner who started the company said he would never sell out got a 15 million sell out and he sold out everybody that worked for him but you know you're right I'd rather give a guy pumping gas a tip then somebody putting water over some beans anyway

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@dat219 I don’t not tip at coffee shops, but I tend to frequent owner ran stores that might not be as trendy. Two picks are the Brew in downtown Gladstone and Refuge coffee in Lents / SE Portland. There are several more-but I agree if someone gives me a very bad attitude I am either very generous or not at all.

[@CertifiedSkank]

Born and raised here, and it used to be better.

[@Alan_in_Portland]

25 I live here!

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@Alan_in_Portland love the thumbnail!

[@Mk-qb2ny]

Seems like you forgot to mention one particular think Portland has been known of lately...

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@Mk-qb2ny Meth? Because i’m not the headline news and everyone knows that already.

[@Brutuscomedy]

A lot of people openly say the f slur in public (including employees of businesses). Just something to keep in mind should one think this place so "liberal"

[@cat_luver16]

79% of mulnotmah county voted blue in 2024, it’s definitely liberal, but being liberal doesn’t make you a woke person automatically

[@cat_luver16]

@ yeah

[@TCBulldog2016]

Not to mention the 3 months of rioting and looting, the homeless encampments that have spread to the suburbs you can no longer afford to live in, the open air drug use, the graffiti, the insane taxes and a downtown area full of boarded up buildings and store fronts.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@TCBulldog2016 Check out my recent video addressing this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4Cmaat6i7JjmKssi=-UXDKso4MyaPE9oI

[@Jalapenioman8049]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 weak ass mofo! Crying over protests that has nothing to do with you! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dgmelvin]

a bit out of date information I"m afraid. Check the current state where this has improved by a huge amount. This is the kind of misinformation that has been propagated by the media since the pandemic. The city has never been as bad as it has been portrayed.

[@justinavery4047]

This guy is a salesman. Know that first of all.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

I do sell homes for a living, wonder how you guessed.

[@amberackerson5916]

How come you can’t pronounce “esplanade” correctly if you’re a real estate agent here? I’ve been here 35 years. It’s getting much better here. We really suffered and things went way down hill 2016-21, getting noticeably better now.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

British English, I was born in London. There's two different pronunciations to it.

[@amberackerson5916]

@@LivinginOregonandWashingtonI lived in East Sussex for many years. You do not have an English accent.Midwest I could believe. If you lived here you’d pronounce it the way it is pronounced here.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@amberackerson5916 lost my accent when I moved here. And that's not true, I still pronounce a lot of words the British way since my parents are also British. I don't say aunt like ant, for example. I am an English major and don't find a lot of fun finding ways to tell people how to say things, English is a bastard language.

[@strait08]

No Thankszzzzz

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

To Portland? More IPAs for the rest of us. Thanks for watching!

[@gthisiseasy]

Live a sober life. And be faithful as you wait to meet your maker.

[@AtlanRau]

DO NOT MOVE TO PORTLAND. Full stop. If you want to "move to Portland" move to Vancouver, WA. No state income tax is a HUGE win if you make a good salary. Both WA and OR are following CA with their gun bans and magazine restrictions. Both are legal weed. The power move is to live in Vancouver but drive over into OR and buy there, because there is no sales tax in OR. But Portland itself is sketch. Wayyy too many homeless. Had to step over human excrement myself once by the courthouse plaza area. I moved more north by Olympia and prefer it up here, with the exception that it's slightly MORE rainy/cloudy than even Portland area -- (which I am now missing as winter sets in) - I think the Vancover/Portland area has one of the better mixes of temps compared to where I am now, but 20 acres there was 500k, and what I got was only 340k... so sometimes you go where the deals are. (Now to buy a winter place in Vegas...)

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

Some good points, my video last week gave 15 huge points about Vancouver and broke the tax savings down to a percentage. It’s actually pretty shocking when you see the numbers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqeZqHupYrtpe68si=p-kvSfkxrRhXNPHo

[@kingsleyrobson3607]

if gun mag capacity regs are your issue.... you've lost your humanity

[@AtlanRau]

@@kingsleyrobson3607 - If your humanity is the sort of "humanity" I had to step over when I was visiting Porland -- you can keep it. I'll keep my Constitutional rights.

[@avengemybreath3084]

@@kingsleyrobson3607you are assuming the police will come if you need them.

[@queztocoaxial]

​@@avengemybreath3084You're assuming that the police protect the public. They do not. The police only serve the rich.

[@whatwhome6914]

Portland is NOT the headquarters of Nike, Intel, and others mentioned. No large company with a brain would have their headquarters in Portland. Also, a reduction in the number of people that think Portland is getting worse means nothing. If a city is already bad, a reduction in people thinking it is getting worse doesn't mean the city is good. Regarding roads, the I-5 highway goes from Canada all the way to Mexico. Portland is the only large city along that route that squeezes I-5 to two through lanes in each direction. Portland is also the only city along that route that will soon require tolls to travel on their inadequate road. On the plus side, Portland has a good airport and a lot of food options. That is about it. We now avoid Portland as much as we can.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@whatwhome6914 Nike and Intel are both Headquartered in the greater Portland metro. Stats also state that those who come here least frequently are more likely to think it’s still as bad as it was, so seems it’s checking out here!

[@reactor4]

Keen, Dr Martens USA HQ, Daimler Trucks North America, Adidas US HQ, Standard Insurance Company. Those companies are in Portland proper, I'll let them know you think they don't have a brain.

[@johnene]

Nike headquarters is in Beaverton. Intel is in Hillsboro...both locations are NOT Portland. Don't be fooled.

[@LivinginOregonandWashington]

@@johnene Beaverton and Hillsboro are part of the greater Portland metro. Not sure how else to say it, they are suburbs of Portland.

[@johnene]

@LivinginOregonandWashington I was just clarifying because people don't know what they don't know.

[@turbokid8719]

Yeah Portlands pretty bad