PORTLAND Oregon: Downtown Under Siege By The Homeless And Bad Actors

We visited Portland, Oregon. The city looked beautiful from the freeway, but as we exited 5 miles out of downtown we saw the first homeless encampment. Sadly, they were everywhere we drove, the most we've seen anywhere. Is this the way to handle it? Just ignore it?
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Travel Vlog #52

[@sinebar]

Texas and Florida, RED STATES, are 3 and 4 on the list of states with the most homeless. I see people comment all the time that Democrat states have all the homeless. Well that's not true is it?

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

California, a decidedly blue state, has by far the most homeless. 28% of the USA's homeless are in California. New York, also very democrat, is second with 16% of the homeless. Texas & Florida each have less than 5%.

[@jameswesterman9283]

Nice try, Texas and Florida aren't even close to leading in homelessness. Check out Portland, another democratic disaster.

[@sinebar]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip But they are still top of the list meaning that conservative ideology isn't the holy grail like they claim.

[@soybean7312]

Florida, Texas, and California are the best place to be homelessness camping out on the public street for their warmer climates. Homelessness have no border. They don't give a damn where is red and where is blue, they pick the warm climate to camp. On other hand, Oregon homelessness problem is quite a surprise to me. It is cold up there, unlike Texas, Florida, and California.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

@@soybean7312 I agree. If I'm homeless, I want to be in one of those three states.

[@garyroberts2563]

Big shoutout to Purdue pharmaceuticals for making this all possible.

[@davidcolagrosso1751]

Don’t forget the democrats in charge for decriminalizing almost everything and keeping the border open for easy access to fentanyl.

[@MC-ht6lw]

Don't forget China, the Mexican cartels, and open southern border.

[@ccway7]

Perfectly said

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

Don't forget good ol' Bayer, inventor of heroin.

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

@@MC-ht6lw They supply it because America demands it. This is a homegrown problem.

[@mr.samurai901]

I was homeless for a lot of my twenties in Seattle. I learned all about the homeless industrial complex. There are a lot of programs that exploit the homeless for free labor and sell goods they receive for free. The biggest money made off the homeless are programs that receive massive private donations. I could name some of them but would rather not. They do help people, but first and foremost they make $$$.

[@jefflabbecomedy]

Can confirm from personal experience being homeless in the northeast. A lot of local programs and services are in place to help people, but they don't help many, or very quickly. But they justify their own salary and keep the lights on and the AC running in the offices day in and day out, regardless of how many people are actually being housed, getting work training/job placement, etc.

[@dopeMike_]

I'm guessing those are the "not for profit" organized crime err uhh ummm organizations.

[@DeeDee-he1cc]

Ditto California

[@adnanbinabdullah9615]

You should release those names so that the public n the government concern should know that there are peoples out there in pretending to help the needles yet they are actually taking advantages of problems of others to enrich their pockets. What a shameless human beings like that! No moral n no religious believe!!

[@briane173]

That's what it's all about. Political patronage at taxpayer expense. Throw money at NGOs run by suits who are cronies of the City Council. No one is being helped except the suits running the NGOs.

[@DocumentTheDownfall]

This footage was taken AFTER the city had tried to clean up that area around Delta Park. You should have seen it before that. There were dozens of stolen cars and Rv’s with graffiti all over everything. I’ve lived here all my life and have never seen it this bad. No respect for what used to be such a gorgeous city.

[@TOCC50]

DMTBKA

[@ssoma151]

It’s worse now 3/23

[@chrisreed869]

That's what Voting Democrat gets you San Francisco Seattle Portland

[@arutabaga8264]

We lived in Portland in the 1980s. It was a beautiful city with lots of life and vibrancy. There was a significant homeless population then, but NOTHING like this. And downtown was busy and full of businesses and people, day and nights. This is heartbreaking.

[@richardbowers3647]

Richmond CA 1958 changed when I saw it in 1975. Sad, sad, sad.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

So did my husband and I. He is a native of Portland , joined the Navy When jobs were scarce and when we would go back to visit his family, we would notice changes little by little. He's now retired after twenty years of service and while we saw a good part of our great nation in our various duty stations, Portland kept going downhill.😢

[@noutheticcounseling5447]

Thank you governor Brown for legalizing all drugs and muzzleing the police. When the rule of law is abolished, this is what happens.

[@alaysiakayebutler6299]

It's not the influx of drugs it's the influx of degrading, low minded, deviant "leadership" lacking any decency of character

[@dalepxp8963]

Well blm and antifa rule Oregon. Not the tax payers. The two communist senators in organ make you want to hurl. Worthless sorry and low down.

[@sldsuperluigidaniel8617]

Same thing is happening here in Philadelphia Pa it’s like these politicians are being paid off or something to destroy us here .. Injust can’t get my head around why they don’t do anything they have ro😊😊

[@puddincup9879]

Like January 6?

[@03PaK]

Decriminalizing Drugs is Different

[@peternakitch4167]

As a Australian looking in I find it all mind blowing, we have our own problems here, including homelessness, but what you candidly show seems entrenched and intractable. And on a scale we don’t see here, I sure hope it’s not. It’s not the America of the glossy travel brochures or what Hollywood pumps out for sure. Friends who visited Hawaii and Southern California in 2018 were also blown away by the scale of homeless crisis and mentioned it several times when they came home. By the way: parts of the drive from San Francisco to Portland reminded me of rural southeastern Australia - I am originally from Sydney and so know it fairly well. Thanks and take care.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It’s not like that everywhere, Peter. Portland is generally regarded as the worst run city in the U.S. as regards to its downtown. Weak city leadership there has allowed this behavior. You really don’t see it anywhere else, and in Texas cities this behavior is absolutely not allowed.

[@peternakitch4167]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip That’s good to hear, down here we hear on occasion about Detroit or Flint as the examples of urban decay in the US, but as said Portland as shown blew my mind. Thanks again.

[@ADG-pl7ur]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip it's allowed in Austin

[@grandmalovesmebest]

Omg! It is real and it's much worse than this all over America. Please let ppl know. There is an element now that is crushing ppl who tell. Ppl in other countries think this is the America of the 1950s. It isn't. Govt keeps pretending all the homeless ppl are mentally ill and addicts. I've done volunteerism for decades including homeless shelters. Most homeless are just average ppl who were suddenly hit w rent increases of hundreds more dollars or more per month. Ppl who applied for disability pensions and had to wait yrs to get processed then another few yrs to get Medicare to treat their problem, by wh time the injury or illness has increased substantially and they may no longer be able to qualify for housing. There are waiting lists for govt subsidized housing for many years and ppl will be on the streets while waiting. Older ppl, especially, are dying alone on the streets, turned away from shelters or temp housing bc they may appear fragile or owners think they may be a burden, so they die unnoticed or are killed due to their vulnerabilities, especially women,, but many children live like this too, hungry and neglected. All homeless ppl are blamed for their situation then ignored. The real scandal of the US is not just ppl now being homeless but the millions of migrants, undiagnosed of diseases, unknown as criminals, unvetted in any manner, un vaccinated for covid, but being sheltered in hotels around america, paid for by the taxpayers, including the homeless workers who cannot ever earn enough to rent anywhere but feel blessed to have some income and a little hope. This is so unconscionable as to be likened to a Nazi state. We aren't just outraged, we are stunned. We can't even help our ppl get to Mexico anymore where Social Security even in small amts would ensure shelter, food, and medicine, bc Mexico has changed its laws for immigrants tremendously, I expect due to the costs they incurred w the stay in mexico policy of the US while millions of migrants traveled through and lingered at their border when attempting to invade the US. In short. It's a disgrace and advocates don't know how to fix this despite decades of trying.😲😖❤

[@grandmalovesmebest]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip omg! That's not true! Ive traveled all over the country documenting this. Why are you lying to the ppl who may know some ways of helping? Covering up disasters this large and widespread just to make things look good to others isn't helping anyone. You cannot eliminate problems by pretending they don't exist. And btw, these are your own ppl. Why are you okay w putting illegals in hotels and letting your brothers and sisters die in this danger and filth, a situation that hasn't been seen since the Nazi concentration camps? Maybe the SS won't come and shoot them, they will just let the elements and street criminals eliminate them. Is that your plan? And you are ok with it, huh?

[@nica77maniloco38]

Absolutely surreal like an end world apocalyptic city. Glad I still remember Portland from a visit in 1998, charming, modern, clean, upbeat city. Truly sad state and a scene replicating thru other major cities in our great Nation.

[@whodawhattha84]

Exactly what democrat politicians want

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Yes it was a great place!

[@cleawox]

It was great. A really clean city. It deserved every accolade it got. All good things...

[@meinkapu9899]

Who will write the epitaph of the USA and what will it say?

[@curtisowen3233]

Its still the same, just more tents.

[@laurenraine]

I realize that lack of affordable housing has much to do with this, but what is not discussed enough is that a majority of these people are mentally ill, addicts or alchoholics, or disabled in some way. Without an infrastructure to deal with that as well as housing, the problem just multiplies - and one has to ask, what kind of society are we to let the mentally ill and otherwise disabled live and die on the streets? Equally, it seems inappropriate that people who are unable to function in society are allowed to disrupt so much the functioning of society.

[@briane173]

You're assuming city councils _want_ to solve the homeless problem. The clearly don't. They need to justify their jobs and so they'll let the problem fester and then wring their hands over how big the problem is and how they need more and more taxpayer money to hand over to NGOs to fix -- who, by the way, are operated by well-compensated suits who by and large are cronies of those same politicians and are effectively feeding at the public trough without offering anything even remotely resembling a solution. They're tinkering around the edges, trying to treat the symptom while ignoring the disease.

[@scaredy-cat]

Liberal Democrats are responsible for

[@SS-WWW]

America pays billions annually to other countries, but has no plan or budgets for mental health care, elderly care for low income people and the increasing homeless population.

[@gabbyjay6822]

You guys are doing very important work by opening the eyes of others most of us are so caught up in our jobs and our own little worlds to realize what is really going on in other parts of the country and how bad people are suffering its so sickening to me how our government rakes in so much money in taxes and people are living like this while the politicians who collect that money live in multi million dollar mansions

[@teishahowlett6342]

That’s a Natural Fact..

[@debrabuckley7963]

The State of Oregon is Allowing all of this Crap!! They need to make it Against The Law! To camp and do Drugs whereever!! Oregon has turned into a Big DUMP SITE!! 👹

[@haydonditchburn2194]

Govt has to focus on funding someone else's wars to have anything left for the taxpayers.

[@debrabuckley7963]

@@haydonditchburn2194 ALL WARS! Have been FUNDED! By Governments! They were all Man-made! To keep the Fights and the Divide of man kind. Anyone can do the research. IT is all so Disgusting! And it's all about MONEY! 👹

[@jasonjames4254]

Stop your lies! The homeless are degenerate drug addicts who refuse all rehabilitation. There is a labor shortage in America with jobs all over the country in communities with affordable housing.

[@caryrevels6584]

its truly disgusting to see a once beautiful city like Portland now been turned into a toilet. This is what happens when politics and votes are more important then Law. The last thing Portland needs is to De Fund the Police. The west coast has become an embarrassment.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

I was born in Portland in 1956 and lived there until nearly 30 years ago, moving to Helsinki Finland because my wife is from Finland. I’m REALLY thankful that she’s not from Portland, or I might still be there. Just the thought of that gives me the creeps.

[@christinecortese9973]

I was born there in 1952 and left in 1968. My grandparents must be rolling in their graves to see what’s happened to their beautiful city.

[@gregorymclean1979]

I just moved away from Portland end of 2021 it was as bad as it looks. So very sad for once such a beautiful place.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

I lived in Portland for 27 years. In 2017 I literally saw the writing on the wall and husband and I got out. My friends are all complaining about the city but they won't leave even though they have the means to do so.

[@gregorymclean1979]

@@karlabritfeld7104 So, so, sad 😢

[@floydrasmussen255]

At least we kept the downtown from flooding during the winter of 1996. We scrounged together anything that we could patch together and built a retaining wall along Waterfront Park to keep the Willamette River back. By that time i had graduated to trying to live aboard a boat on highway 30. Flooding forced me into the hills where i slept in my van. The Great Depression brought worse than you see here. Study about Sullivan's Gulch, just East of LLoyd's Center where a huge Hobo Camp existed. Life doesn't change much, i'm afraid.

[@jayhumphreys2030]

That building at 25:39 used to be a bank. And the Kelly's Olympian across the street is more of a bar/live music venue and not as much a Cafe. It's crazy to see parks that I used to eat lunch at on my lunch break completely boarded up and unusable. Left Portland back in November of 2021, it was sad to leave but staying was even sadder. Living in that was just too much on my psyche.

[@johnherr158]

I remember the early nineties how clean and how much fun Portland was. My wife and I would spend the night in Portland then head off to My Hood for a day at the slopes. I had to work in Portland a few years ago it has become realy terrible.

[@john-brady]

Can’t blame you at all. Best of luck!

[@karlabritfeld7104]

It is still a bank.

[@jayhumphreys2030]

@@karlabritfeld7104 what bank is it now? Just curious.

[@johnstudd4245]

@@faithatieno461 Do yourself a favor and go someplace else.

[@stephenmoerlein8470]

Thanks for posting this expedition. I will never visit this mess, so your posting is very informative!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you for watching, Stephen!

[@floydrasmussen255]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Maybe someday we can visit your mess !

[@thethrashyone]

@@floydrasmussen255 Cope, mald and seethe more that your leftist, quasi-communist politics ruin literally everything they touch. Boo, hoo, hoo. 😢

[@rebekahdearborn8491]

I left Portland in July of 2021, had lived there 10 years. It's true what is happening in the city. It used to be a vibrant place to live, walkable city, and safe to roam and visit the many beautiful arts districts, parks and local eateries in the city. Around 2016 that began to change and by the time I left it had taken a significant downturn. Ignore the problem is very much the reality there. Even bringing the issues up in conversation would get you shamed and snubbed. Denial at its worst. I watched front and center what was once an amazing city turn into a zombie land of violence and destruction. The beauty is still there but something needs to change for the better very soon or that will be gone too.

[@charlescharlemagne4907]

as soon as trump came into office, democrats went crazy just to spite him

[@razony]

I left Portland in February 2022 after 25 years moving from Phoenix. Portland was such a beautiful, eclectic, diverse city till around 2010. Then it nose dived into chaos with the Meth & Heroin addicts. Then the anti- everything group's started to protest. Antifa, proud boys... Then covid-19 hit and Portland and the entire downtown Portland STOP functioning. You dare not to go out at night time!!! I had enough and left. I really loved this city. I only hope THEY clean it up, from inside city & state gov. and gets back to the beautiful city it once was...

[@ApocalypticDreams666]

I used to deliver to restaurants in downtown Seattle as early as 4 in the morning and its just the same there too. Was often uncomfortable out there with just homeless and mentally unstable folks being the only others out at that time. Once even had a crazy lady with a neon ATM sign try to climb in the back of my truck once during business hours while I was just trying to do my job. So glad I moved back to Tucson even though I'm not there often since now I drive long haul across the US. See this in a lot of big cities with Seattle, Portland and LA being the worst.

[@ayojamro]

Tucson, heroin capital of Arizona

[@DblOSmith]

I went to university in Oregon. 2007 Portland was great. It was an affordable, quirky, hidden gem of a city. Now, you couldn't pay me to live there.

[@DaGoook]

Go DUCKS!

[@brittislove]

In the early 2000's I had friends go on vacation up there and I just loved the vibe, nature, and everything. Good god it has become an absolute display of leadership failure and bad policies. This is the heaven the woke mob created, as trite as that sounds. Get rid of police, let crime and homelessness run rampant.. yeah, this is what happens. I hear the surrounding cities are still fine though.

[@nixwestlake9196]

Same. I went to UofO and the one time I was in Portland it was wonderful and I didn't see one homeless person. This was in 1999

[@captrockh2055]

I lived in Seattle back in 92 to 93, North Gate, it was beautiful, crystal clean, friendly folks,and a ton to do. Now days,no way I would even visit. Back in 92, it was the place to be.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Portland was the same at 93

[@gregorymclean1979]

I moved away from Portland end of 2021. It was a beautiful place with parks and small businesses everywhere. Walkable and bikeable. Now it is expensive, dangerous, and completely wrong what has happened to Portland.

[@fardrives]

Didn't BLM riots occur there for around 120 days in the summer of 2020? I witnessed a lot of video's of destruction in that city during that time.

[@FloridaGirl-]

👍 Great government leadership there! NOT!

[@curtisowen3233]

@@fardrives yeah all those videos you saw took place literally inside a 3 square block area. The media on that was incredibly overblown. 95% of portland is the same as its ever been. More tents though from the pandemic.

[@fardrives]

@@curtisowen3233 was it overblown? There were multiple murders/assaults/rapes/robberies reported within CHAZ

[@redwolfexr]

@@fardrives They didn't riot in a vacuum... Trump made sure they were given plenty to keep them interested. It was a very small area - and they were protesting the "Federal Thugs" more than BLM. (hint, there are more black people in any big southern CITY than in the entire STATE of Oregon)

[@_5_675]

Good video, thanks. Sad to see so many people lacking a home there. I'm from UK and I like the way you avoid political commentary in your tours.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you for the kind words, la la. BTW, I went to the UK several years ago. Loved it there!

[@michaeltipton1919]

Why? Is it because you don’t want to hear how the left has destroyed It with there policies? Need to wake up…

[@charleswillams9501]

La la you meant mean sprit left wing lol. They rise the prices of homes and leave people put out in the streets. The ingredients are in the pudding. Be blind all you want. But there's the sign

[@johnherr158]

@@_5_675 Real left has programs for free crack pipes, it has nothing to do with losing a job it's drugs, alcohol and criminal records. I used to work in Portland mabe you don't realise this but Portland at one time was a gem, the cleanest, most fun city in the US an example of what could be accomplished. Sorry it's not right wing conservative Christian's that have done this.

[@racheldesmond7991]

He mentioned Antifa. If he was worried about politics, he wouldn't have. Not sure if he has mentioned the proud boys that were there destroying stuff, though. Hmm.

[@cornydad]

That first homeless camp used to be a busy dog park but the homeless activity pushed them out. The homeless activity forced the Elmer's to close that's on the other side of the park.

[@michellec.9852]

Wow. Thanks for showing downtown. That was crazy seeing that Apple Store and all of the homeless. Don’t think I’ll visit anytime soon.

[@549BR]

Billions and billions for Ukraine's munitions, but nothing for our displaced citizens at home. This country is collapsing.😎

[@mikaross4671]

Thank you for these videos. It's a huge eye opener to American claiming to be so wealthy, but our major cities look like this. I'm forever entranced by your videos and the areas you film. It's very sad.

[@annenyman678]

And we are the richest country in the world!

[@KingfisherStocks]

But hey, lets hang a Ukraine Flag and send them some money…

[@keyup2626]

Dang the movie industry has a new place to make zombie movies with little effort lol.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Right, keyup?!? It totally looked post zombie apocalypse.

[@mymangodfrey]

Ages ago, when I lived in Olympia, I loved Portland-always thought it was much more fun than Seattle or Vancouver. The city has really befouled itself, though. My hometown of Austin is going the same way: no humanity, just sleeping bags and Teslas. The west in general is in the grips of some sort of cultlike fever right now. I hope the fever breaks, but I’m not optimistic.

[@TheSwissChalet]

Yep it’s called the decline of Christianity and the worship of socialism.

[@TheSteveSteele]

Austin has been ruined by an overpopulation of hipster and Dell wannabes.

[@twmccoy100]

Austin is so, so bad. Entire homeless CITIES there rather than camps.

[@atis9061]

That’s sad to hear about Austin. There’s nowhere different to go now. I’ll stay in NYC, we will always recover.

[@Llkdd1987]

Come join me in Cleveland brother

[@KevinHuangPhasorQuantaG]

Visited Portland back in 2018 and fell in love with it. Sad to see it go fall so far so quickly.

[@gms9655]

Yup, Thank's to insane WOKE policies.

[@junechacon9602]

My son lived in Portland for 17 years, I went as often as I could and found Portland to be so beautiful, 8 years ago he moved back to Co. now I am so sad to see what has happened to Portland 😥

[@hilo5901]

Yes Portland and Seattle used to be vibrant beautiful cities. No longer…very sad…

[@curtisowen3233]

They still are, very different picture if he shot this on a Saturday in the summer, and not during a pandemic.

[@johnbrichler6535]

@@curtisowen3233 you work at slurping milk out of a saucer and rubbing up against strangers legs in the metaverse aren't you boy?

[@curtisowen3233]

@@johnbrichler6535 only your leg sweetcheeks 😜

[@HikingWithCooper]

@@curtisowen3233 Yeah, and didn't spend 10 minutes videoing 10 concrete blockades as though they are representative of the city. He clearly only visited the worst areas and did so at the worst time of the year. Why not be honest and come during the Rose festival or video around the Pearl? Oh yes, because it's about him getting his clicks.

[@OliverKelso]

I left Portland after 12 years in 2019, right before the pandemic hit, and moved to St Louis. I used to brag about how nice Portland was. I used to tell them all these great things, including how safe it was. I took my girlfriend to Portland for her first visit in 2021, and I was so embarrassed, and I was worried she thought I had been lying. It was nothing like that in 2019 when I left. Sure there were homeless, there has always been homeless, but downtown used to be awesome. Now I see news about murders weekly, sometimes daily. It looks like a war zone, or a zombie movie. Hell some of the people look like zombies. I'm glad we got out of town to see the rest of Oregon, which she loved, but I can't believe what has happened to Portland. I can't believe they let it happen. This might sound crazy to some, but I actually feel safer in St Louis.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

I have explored downtown St Louis. I felt perfectly safe there, and it's a much cleaner, better organized, even more beautiful (with all the great old buildings) downtown than Portland.

[@lopoa126]

The "news" you see is just right wing propaganda. Portland is still just fine.

[@pixelsoul]

@@lopoa126 I was there myself... I didn't need the media to show me anything. Downtown was a disaster....

[@999Patriots]

It does sound crazy. worked as a nurse in St. Louis. Barnes hospital, SLU hospital. Every night we would have shootings and stabbings none of which were reported on TV or the post dispatch. The crime is far far worse there than reported every day.

[@Valmontst]

What do you expect: it became a liberal utopia!

[@Ralph_Smith0724]

*Well, commercial real estate has to be lowered in both Portland and San Francisco. Downtown buildings are empty in both cities. They are asking for a small suite $30k monthly. No small business can afford it.*

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Yeah, it's crazy!!

[@jeffgilligan2004]

Almost all of the homeless are on drugs. It doesn't matter that the rental costs are so high. That impacts people who work.

[@alaysiakayebutler6299]

Billionaire buyouts, etc

[@alaysiakayebutler6299]

The Rose City. It was once gorgeous

[@bidensucks2922]

Shuddap

[@motowngirl5891]

I’m so happy to have found your channel, so informative You and Nicole are so nice and patient

[@stevedawson3082]

Thank you for your videos. It's heartbreaking what's happened to a once fine city.

[@cornydad]

There are shelters all over the city but they have rules that homeless don't want to follow such as not being under the influence of drugs or alcohol and not in possession of drugs or alcohol

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Or a weapons even if you have a concealed carry permit it is ridiculous

[@richarddegen6184]

Not homeless, they are called "Bums"!

[@debrabuckley7963]

VERY WELL SAID! Alot of this CRAP! Is folks who DO NOT! Want to be Self Supporting! THEY Have Choosen to be a bum! and DO Drugs! And Drink! And NOT WORK! They want everything Free! A friend of mine Works at one of the Homeless Helping Places. And she said! There is FREE HELP! To get off the Drugs! And Help to be Self Supporting! And to find a JOB! BUT Most of these folks! DONT EAN TO WORK

[@debrabuckley7963]

A friend of mine Helps with the Homeless at a Downtown Shelter Area. She said! Most of these Homeless folks WILL NOT WORK! And Will NOT! Get help to get off DRUGS and Drinking! They just want Free Handouts!! And there is FREE HELP to get off DRUGS! They Offer It! They do not want to work and get help to be Self Supporting! She said Very Few!! Want to get Clean! That's what's Disgusting! These are Adults! That Need To Grow Up! 👹

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@debrabuckley7963 The homeless evidently like being trash.

[@gullettr1]

A monument to failure.

[@brrrt6666]

A refugee camp to the war on drugs.

[@jeffreymarshall4572]

Lived in ORegon all my life and avoid portland like the plague. Totally disgusting now. Used to be a nice city,

[@dutchybag]

Same plague is drifting south to medford, where I live. The city has tried to control it, only to be beaten back by advocacy groups. One party rule for decades and this is the result. The current governor has said white supremacy is oregon's biggest problem.

[@briankreezan9500]

Yes who would have ever seen this 20 year's ago. " Were is this going "

[@kathymoran9403]

I lived here in Portland for 25 years now and visitors from another state comes to visit here, and comment on the homelesssness. I say I feel embarrassed by the condition of our city. Hey Governor, don’t you feel embarrassed by this at all? When will you help us solve and end homelessness??

[@johnny2case891]

You're doing a great job! This is as real as real can get! No Hollywood, no CGI, just real life. Be safe! Thank you for the education and entertainment!👍

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Wow, thank you!

[@johnferrario6133]

This is a human tragedy in a beautiful city being destroyed🙏

[@your_huge_ego_bores_me]

No, the city is what it is. Not being destroyed, it's being lived in the way society allows. People will live you morons, if you don't let them live one way they will STILL LIVE. Continue to adore your politicians fools, hate the poor you fools, believe in your superiority fools. It's defaced because YOU DON'T DESERVE IT NOT TO BE, YOU MORONS.

[@dillonbacon4818]

*goes downtown for 30 mins*......."alright ive had enough of downtown"

[@chiconian49]

I used to love visiting Portland. Not anymore. If you could have seen it 20 years ago, you would have thought it was a beautiful city. I have found that the majority of the homeless living on the streets are crazy or addicted to drugs or alcohol. I live in a town in northern California with a population of 100 thousand. The homeless began to set up their tents in our parks and the police ran them out. Some libtards sued the city and a judge ruled that the city had to provide alternative housing for the homeless. We surprised him and did just that. We took an unused section of our fairgrounds, fenced it off and built a bunch of tiny homes with laundry and bathrooms with a facilitator to make sure they obey the rules, curfew, no alcohol or drugs or fights, ect.. Approx. 50% decided they did not want to live there. A few are living in their tents in a small lot allocated to them on the outside of town. The rest have moved on. So far, they have lost three residents of the tiny house village, because they were too drunk or did not understand how to use a crosswalk.

[@roadrunner123]

We built a facility liKe that in our city. The homeless burned it down. Then they built a second one, with units made of metal. They burned, wgat coukd be burned, in two of those down!

[@susanfaulkner2304]

It was nice 40 years ago . Who would have thought it would come to this?😢

[@JC-gn9iu]

It's easy to see how beautiful this city has always been. I never knew. I always immediately think of cities with tons of traffic and trash, but this, you can tell, had flare and charm. It's really a sad, sad deal what they have allowed to happen to it.

[@morten1]

Stop believing the leftist dream. Leadership and order is needed

[@JC-gn9iu]

@@morten1 I haven't ever, for one second, believed a leftist dream. They are insane. That doesn't mean the city wasn't designed and put together with beauty in mind when it was birthed however many years ago. The sad part comes in that lefty extremists have shredded it. No doubt they are in desperate need of leadership and order. I didn't feel the need to make it political. People need to learn how to interpret what they see in front of them because they tend not to believe anyone they perceive as not on their side without hesitation.

[@caribouwoman7716]

Thank you for taking us places from our past, or those of our kin decades ago. It is sad, sometimes beautiful and always eye opening.

[@DocBravo]

Tough problems require tough solutions. Time to bring back work camps and mental hospitals for these chronically ill people. Allowing this level of squalor and degeneracy is unacceptable

[@hilo5901]

I was surprised that Jackson Mississippi had no homeless encampment or tents on the streets. With all the poverty there, how do the residents maintain their homes and stay in them?!! Amazing!

[@DP12321]

Homeless aren't in poor neighborhoods because there's no money to be handed out. The very poor can't exist without the very rich.

[@curtisowen3233]

They send all their homeless to liberal cities where there are resources to keep them alive.

[@MrGlendale111]

Jackson has its own problems. No water

[@suzanneterrey4499]

Maybe the LAWS are obeyed and prosecutor's prosecute criminals. And maybe they enforce the DRUG laws, and maybe they don't have Democrat administrations running the city.

[@Imperfect21stCenturyPioneer]

Because 1) Mississippi is the cheapest state in the nation, so when it is easier for more people to afford their own home, they are less likely to homeless; they may not have the best homes or live in the best neighborhood, but they do have a legit roof over their heads instead of living on the streets, and 2) they have among the least, if not the least amount of homeless subsidization, as evidenced by Mississippi having the lowest homeless rate per capita in the nation too, whereas Oregon spends a lot like every Pacific Coast state and has the 4th highest homelessness per capita, only behind New York, Hawai'i and California. Granted, Miss. is not helping the problem either by simply kicking some of them out to other states, namely blue ones who are more willing to take them, but still, like with -socoalzt indoktrination- public education and law enforcement, the more you subsidize something, the more of that something you will have.

[@julianwahly3372]

Being homeless is one thing. But the garbage everywhere, right in your own encampment. That really tells me something about you. If you cant even clean up after yourself and just make a mess, that makes me not want to help you. If you are sloppy in basic things You are most likely sloppy in your morals, work ethic, etc. So you probably are homeless because of your own doing and not just circumstacnes out of your control.

[@Lucienne-zz1sw]

Thanks for your excellent comment. If the homeless are self respecting, they will clean up after themselves. I saw one video which showed a former veteran, who was completely well organised and clean - the sole example I have seen so far. He had a bicycle, with an attachment on wheels, and could pack his tent and all his belongings up and move, without difficulty, leaving no litter and the area clean. You could see his self discipline and the military training coming into practice. I really hope he managed to transition back into housing, as he deserved help. In Japan, the homeless clean the parks, so as not to attract negative attention and to show that they respect residents and the environment.

[@fahlgorithm]

As an Oregonian it's sad to see but this is just what happens when you don't spend your city's resources forcibly removing homeless populations. I think this is a much more honest view of what the United States is actually like. Most cities make it illegal to be homeless and so they go elsewhere or are imprisoned. It just seems weird to me that so many people see this and are sad for Portland as a city. If more cities looked like this maybe we would actually see things change. Kicking people out and throwing people in jail doesn't solve the underlying problems it just makes those more fortunate feel better. Ultimately, this is not a problem that Portland can solve. This is a problem with the entire country. It just isn't being covered up here.

[@n-xplorer]

Bought my first house in Portland in 1992, back when it was a fabulous place to live. Things changed around the 9-11 crisis when the entire world changed. Portland will never be the same, glad I moved away before the massive destruction.

[@HikingWithCooper]

Adjusted Portland median home value in 1992 was under $125k. Today it's about $550k. Oops.

[@starphase1623]

After you are done walking around there , just throw your shoes away . I don't even want to think about what's on those sidewalks.🤮😊

[@bashbrannigan]

The cause is the unacknowledged acceptance of hard drugs (not pot or alcohol) as recreational by too many in mainstream America. It’s never discussed in media, but cocaine and even heroin are too common among the rich, middle class and poor.

[@garynicholson2931]

Doctors cause addictions

[@mikerichards9369]

How this could be ignored is beyond me we don't live in a third world country

[@davepollock9362]

Lived in Hotels, all around the Country, for 17 years for my job. Best Western has been going down hill for a LONG time. Really like your videos.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you, Dave!

[@foxloverfoxy2135]

3.5 in my opinion, as a long time resident is too generous. This city has gone downhill very fast in the last 15yrs. I've been here 52yrs and am moving out portland as of February 2023......never to return. With crime very bad here, I'm extremely surprised your vehicle didn't get stolen and end up in a homeless camp. That's VERY common and a daily norm here. You were lucky! 😉 The homeless problem here increases a minimum of 30% every year. Once ya been here, you don't wanna come back. 😖😩

[@hashpling]

Little baby February can't come fast enough, can it?

[@foxloverfoxy2135]

@@hashpling NO it can't. (Whats with the "Little baby" thing anyway?) 😕?

[@donbooth2077]

I have lived in Portland since 1980 and have watched it grow into a major attraction to tourists for its cleanliness, beauty, and wonderful nationally recognized restaurants. Now I feel as if I'm living in Calcutta as the city has fallen prey to mismanagement, city/county/regional governmental breakdowns and infighting, and a homeless situation that seemingly grows exponentially daily. The stench, amount of trash, and encampments of homeless is incredible and maddening. There seems to be no one in leadership that can come up with a solution to help. Camps are broken up, cleaned up, and the homeless are back within days, sometimes hours. It is sometimes impossible to walk on the sidewalks due to tents and trash. Side streets are sometimes impassable due to camps and huge amounts of trash. Last week the city swept a camp in my neighborhood, removing several abandoned and disassembled vehicles, broken down RV's, trailers full of trash, only to have homeless return within a day. Downtown Portland has many businesses boarded up due to crime and vandalism, and the public is avoiding the area. One day the city will recover, but it is going to take years. I would love to leave Portland, and Oregon, as they have become so expensive and unattractive, but the other half won't budge.

[@dennisgolden7596]

The city is planning on spending $98,000 on each homeless person this year!! $98,000 how many regular lower income people could that help?

[@travisadams4470]

that's what you get voting for Democrats

[@karlabritfeld7104]

It's nuts! That's why real estate taxes are so high. All the homeowners are paying for this.

[@TheSwissChalet]

This is called MATHTARDATION

[@beexiong2995]

Politicians and homeless sentimentalists wont let you touch them. Once in a while the city will make them leave one area but all they do is go around the corner from their original camp. A month later they are back again. Dont dare walk downtown as you will see needles and smell urine and human feces. Once in awhile you will see a half naked person laying down on the street OD'd. Truly disturbing and disgusting and not safe to walk around even during the day.

[@cecoya]

Denver started to make it illegal to camp in the parks, arrested a bunch of the homeless and remove them to different areas. They are now advancing upon the suburbs in droves with their tents, trash, and loitering. I can't help but think all the abandoned boarded up buildings should have some purpose other than sitting there empty. Have a great day and safe travels

[@louislamonte334]

Good grief, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco et al are the LAST places I'd ever want to visit let alone live!!

[@uglymusiz5608]

Out of of the city’s and towns you visited this is the absolute worst

[@Valmontst]

You should look at the Jackson Mississippi video!

[@rh7163]

The homeless became homeless by loss of jobs, manufacturing, automation, robotics and companies moving out of the US to Mexico and other 3 world countries who provide plenty of workers, few benefits and less corporate taxes with grants from the governments that try to entice them to go there. The high home prices, higher rents, make a bad situation totally out of reach for the people who are forced to be homeless. What can the Mayor or government do ? Well, its tough to build low cost housing or find areas that allow tiny houses because land prices have also gone to ridiculous levels that few can afford.

[@bibo3373]

B.S.

[@gregb210]

So where precisely are these people supposed to go? There were facilities for this until Ray Gun the worse president ever had them all closed.

[@alllanos6920]

I just saw this video and got so angry that the city fathers allowed this lawlessness to exist in this fine city. You city fathers should be ashamed of yourself for destroying this city. This is just disgusting.

[@Tser]

Every time someone wants to build affordable housing, the people already living in an area say, "not in my backyard". Everyone wants someone to provide housing to people who are houseless to get them off the streets, as long as its somewhere else. So there's never enough, there are too many exclusions, and this is the disaster we have in this city now. Many of these people would've worked side by side with people just like the folks in the comments just a few years ago, but now they're scary and other because they fell on hard times.

[@lakenneth374]

Google: Why are there so many homeless in Portland, and why is our problem so visible? Some believe "Homeless Gravitate" here because we offer better services than many other cities, and we have a more relaxed attitude. Local police will move illegal campers, but arrests are rare. Other cities aren’t so hands off, homeless men and women say.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Ted Wheeler incentivizes homelessness because he gets a cut of the cash.

[@johncarlson6472]

It boggles the mind to think some, if not many, homeless folks would refuse help to get off the streets, but, from what I've heard, it's true. If you offer them free food or money, no strings attached, they'll all come running. However, if you offer them food and shelter--with the agreement they participate in programs to clean-up (get off drugs and alcohol), use good hygiene, learn how to secure a job and handle finances...leading to eventual independence, they scatter like leaves in the wind. Apparently, for many of these folks, the thought of sobering up, getting a job and having their own place terrifies them the same way the thought of living in a tent on the sidewalk terrifies us.

[@peterchristensen9585]

I live only 12 miles from Portland but stopped going there when the city permitted BLM protests that led to riots for over 100 days. Permitted? The entire Portland Police crowd control unit quit in protest of the lack of support they got to do their job. It's the same permissiveness seen with the homeless crisis.

[@af-np4pg]

Take it from someone who knows. Many of the homeless don't want to be confined or told what to do. And this is the price they pay.

[@johnrflinn]

Portland the progressive run city

[@Valmontst]

Yep, yet another liberal utopia!

[@BigGator5]

Mayor Wheeler destroyed his city just to give the finger to just one man. You couldn't pay me to live anywhere near there.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It was astonishing to see. You see only a little bit of it in the video. There are huge homeless encampments all along the freeways and roads. Trash is strewn everywhere. The entire downtown has been defaced. It’s what I expected California to look like. California didn’t look near this bad.

[@BigGator5]

Lord Spoda ...I told you Portland would be worse, didn't I? 😕

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

@@BigGator5 Yup, nailed it.

[@martipeterson4079]

​@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I grew up there and moved 30 years ago when my son picked Montana on the map. it was a better place then, but still not a good place to raise a child on a single income. Very glad I was able to move and make a better life for my child.

[@dennisgolden7596]

If the mayor and city council didn't tie they police hands it might be a different story.. How many people do you expect the taxpayers to fund? When they can barely Pay their own bills? I get tired of steeping over garbage including people. You can be homeless and still have respect and common sense,

[@tomcripps7229]

This looks worse than I imagined. I get news feeds from Portland regularly with community leaders urging people to reopen businesses downtown, while berating residents for abandoning downtown.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

My understanding is that it looks even worse now. I need to make a return trip there.

[@rwheellife]

I couldn't imagine driving to work every day thru such a dangerous environment. Unbelievable !

[@HikingWithCooper]

Yeah, it's really nothing like he makes it out to be. It's like walking into a mansion and doing a 40 minute video about bathroom # 8's clogged toilet. What about the foyer? What about the breakfast nook?

[@jefftomasello3258]

It is exactly what he made it out to be. I was there last year at all the same places he was walking. I still liked it the city overall but was in disbelief that a so called progressive liberal city treated its citizens so poorly and refuses to care for its poorest citizens. Incredibly sad! @@HikingWithCooper

[@HikingWithCooper]

You can call a Monet garbage if you're only looking at the frame. He intentionally visited ONLY the crap parts of town because it gets him clicks. Every large city has crap parts in their town but not for some hack to come around and represent those parts as being the whole. Why did he make the choice to not visit and air footage from the Rose gardens? From the arboretum? From the Pearl? Why did he not bother to mention our world-class food scene? Our many art and science museums? Our country-best airport? It's because he has a narrative and he is dividing us so that he can make money. No city "treats" its citizens in any particular way. A city will do what it can afford to do. We are suffering greatly from the opioid epidemic but we did not cause or perpetuate the epidemic. We are victims of it. Meanwhile, the court system (entirely independent of Portland) is shielding the pharmaceutical companies and cities across the country will continue to suffer. So don't blame Portland for being liberal and not being able to single handedly solve our country's problems.@@jefftomasello3258

[@derikbagley2958]

is the drugs it's the drugs it's the drugs it's the drugs it's the drugs for lifestyle choices for life so choices that's what it is

[@drew8256]

The real story is how smaller cities buy bus tickets for homeless to larger cities. In essence the smaller towns are forcing larger cities to take over the problems.

[@funguy4utube]

Very well done …. Sure saves me from ever going there! Such decay.

[@ThurstonWatt]

im sure the city of Portland and its inhabitants will greatly miss your divine presence

[@goldinthegarage]

Figure the same thing. Won’t ever have to go there. Almost took a promotion to go there in the late 90s and I am sure I chose the correct path. Hate to see the destruction to businesses.

[@green_heart6560]

I will never visit this place

[@seanjones4562]

My wife and I started traveling in 2013 then more permanently in 16, and got a motorhome in 2019. Giving away Bibles the whole time. We're from west of Portland, Hillsboro/Forest Grove. Thanks for the videos

[@carolhieter3916]

We moved from the Portland area about 9 years ago. It wasn't near this bad when we left, & it's heartbreaking to see what's happened to such a beautiful city.

[@laurascotton1383]

I am a resident of Portland Oregon. The mayor has no interest in helping those who truly want to be helped. It's extremely sad to live in this city. I want to be able to help these folks. There are people who desire to be housed/helped but others desire to stay outside. It is an extremely sad site to behold 😭

[@oscarpompa4634]

Hey Luara, I've got a couple questions for you. What do you want the mayor to do? Why is it the Mayor's responsibility to get these people off drugs? Shouldn't every adult pull his/her own weight? Why can't these drug addicts find free treatment in Portland for the bad habit they created for themselves? Why can't these people get a job like other civilized people and rent a room? Why do you feel it's OK for bums to camp on the street just because they "desire" as you put it? Is it OK if I desire to walk around naked? Why not? Do you feel that your ( and millions of other Portland residents) bleeding heart ❤ woke liberal policies and attitudes are why you're in the predicament you're in? Portland is an absolute festering shithole. You and all woke Libtards are getting exactly what you wanted and asked for! I hope the entire rat infested city falls to ruins and gets bull dozed. No one who works and pays taxes is going to want anything to do with this Democratic dystopian experiment. People unable to care for themselves need to rounded up and institutionalized! How can you possibly live in a city where you're afraid of getting stabbed to death by a crazed homeless panhandling drug addict every time you walk down a street?

[@gregorymclean1979]

I moved away in December of 2021. Miss old Portland pre 2018 so much. 🥺

[@jeffgilligan2004]

Where will the money come from to help so many drug addicts from out of state who have flocked to Portland, and largely want to stay on drugs anyway, I was not willing to pay for, so I sold my Portland home and moved away.

[@seaturtledog]

I do not see a solution. You get housing for 1,000 homeless and in one week 1,000 more show up. People are migrating from cities that enfoce the rules and laws to cities that provide benifits.

[@barkiworldtv5028]

Laura I need your contact i want us to talk

[@God_Bless_President_Trump]

Let's not be hypocrites replace the word homeless with drug addicts

[@curtisowen3233]

But most drug addicts aren't homeless...

[@curtisowen3233]

Also i don't think you know what the word hypocrite means.

[@God_Bless_President_Trump]

@@curtisowen3233 they're all drug addicts Curtis and you probably are one of them but you are probably living in your mom's basement

[@dorisezell4413]

Its a sad world we live in😪 My husband and I has traveled around American but after seeing all the riots & the crazy way people act during it. We don't fill safe in our once beautiful country😪

[@debrabuckley7963]

It's going to get SO Much WORSE! THAT Is What Happens! When you take GOD! OUT OF EVERYTHING! This World, is at the End Of This Age! It's made a full circle, back to The Days Of Noah! We Live In A PAGAN World! GOD SAID! All of this would happen. Turn ur back on God, and folks will see!! GODs WORD IS TRUTH! 🙏. AMEN

[@ayojamro]

@@debrabuckley7963 and God said unto the Pilgrims, “slaughter the native people of this land in my name” amen

[@debrabuckley7963]

@@ayojamro I suggest You do alittle Scripture Studies. 😝

[@ayojamro]

@@debrabuckley7963 i suggest you study History instead of the bedtime stories you call scripture.

[@debrabuckley7963]

@@ayojamro I feel Very Sorry for you my dear. That, such a Pretty Girl, as urself, Dose Not Believe In God. I just want you to know, That God is Very Real. And His Much Loved Son, Died on that cross! and Rose again! On that 3rd Day! SO WE, can be forgiven of our sins! JESUS Loves You💖 And I will be Praying or you. 🙏 GodBless.

[@jennifer1872]

We visited Portland ages ago loved Oregon and stayed in Portland such a lovely place , so sad too see it like this

[@shawnfellows5306]

More than homeless shelters, we need residential mental health facilities that help to treat people without abuse.

[@coopgm]

Jesus Christ. This is depressing. I do not see the appeal of moving there at all, especially with the high prices. I kinda felt similar about denver but denver was better. I will happily stay in Cincinnati…

[@missjo252]

I live in scotland...........I have been watching your videos the past couple of weeks and they are absolutely fascinating.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you for the kind words, jojo. :)

[@debbiemohekey1509]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I'm enjoying them too and I live in Australia.

[@kathudelaney7978]

The whole city isn’t like this just certain areas that had space to camp

[@justwood390]

Better hope he doesn't visit Easterhouse

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@kathudelaney7978 It is the downtown district, the main part of the City so yes, Lord Spoda is showing the true Portland.

[@jamesgraham6122]

What a tragic waste of all the effort that went into creating a wonderful city. Some people just don't deserve to live in a civilized community.

[@lauriehellewell4539]

I was born and raised in Portland but moved to Seattle 12 years ago. Seeing this breaks my heart. The blame for this is 100% at the feet of the politicians and the choices they have made over the last ten years. The woke Dem policies are destroying the entire west coast and the voters who put them there should be made to stay put and live with the consequences. I can't wait to leave this area of the country and move where people still have traditional, family values. Thank you very much for sharing these videos so people can see the reality of what is happening in the US.

[@g41thomas]

I started to like your videos and specially the selections of your music 🎶 over! Bravo 👏 👏 👏

[@Sloxx701]

In places like Portland, Eugene, and Seattle, it's not illegal to be homeless. That's why you see tents everywhere. I've lived in Florida for 47 years, and we have those homeless tents too. They're just out in the woods where you can't see them, where they won't be harassed by people and arrested by the police. Homeless people are everywhere, in every state. But they tend to not stay in places where they are not tolerated and where there are few programs and services to help them, particularly red counties like mine where people don't even like looking at them. Shoving the issue into a jail cell, or out into the woods, or into the next county, or into the next state, then turning around to proclaim that you "don't have that problem here" and pointing fingers isn't doing anyone any favors, especially not the homeless. In order to address a problem, you have to acknowledge that it exists first.

[@jjones7396]

Great post! Homeless people are hidden away from most of the public in Mississippi too. Like you said, some people hide homeless people in order to deny homelessness is a problem.

[@cornydad]

There used to be facilities for those with mental health issues but were shut down due to lawsuits and a certain political side believing they were bad for the state. Now they are on the street or in jails.

[@dopeMike_]

Follow the bouncing yellow ball and say it out loud with me...... U T O P I A!!!!!!

[@ScottRPriester]

I've been watching videos like yours from Portland, LA, etc about homeless and am now starting to see the same thing in Pittsburgh

[@bradleyschmidt7190]

I live in Pittsburgh and I recently walked over on the trail on the North Shore and was shocked by all the tents! They've only seemed to pop up within the last year or so. And downtown Pittsburgh has gotten bad too. It's like zombie land.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Denver joins the chat

[@jameswesterman9283]

About to get worse with the new senator you guys voted in. As an outsider just so disappointing to see what kind of people Pennsylvania choose to vote for

[@jeffrobodine8579]

@@jameswesterman9283 Sloth from the Goonies got voted in. Pennsylvania gets what they vote for.

[@muleboy67]

The majority of citizens in Portland don't mind the homelessness and are more than ok with it. The same goes for the vandalism and the graffiti. If they didn't like it, they would vote accordingly.

[@EricDodsonLectures]

Whatever you enable, you'll get more of. Whatever you punish, you'll get less of. It's not too complex.

[@maryholloway5487]

What a sad sight to see. It used to be vibrant and beautiful. Well, they let the criminals run a-mock!

[@nanwilder2853]

Gang violence is off the charts! Record # of shootings this year... Mayor Wheeler and the City Council have let us down, big-time, but it’s a far more complex problem than most people realize. Our broken mental healthcare system sure isn’t helping-and that is a NATIONAL crisis! Along with less-than-livable wages, no real Safety Net, and almost NO affordable housing!

[@zollar98]

I visited Portland about 6 years ago, came in on the Train. Right across from the train station, tents were set up right across on the bridge sidewalk, both sides of the street. What a way for the city to welcome visitors into town.

[@gerry4805]

I have been planning a trip to Portland for years and now that I am retired I can take my time and drive across the country to visit. This video has opened my eyes and now realize it is too late to go and see the once wonderful city I always heard about. I assume it may not be worthwhile to revisit Seattle either. At least I have fond memories going there during the late 60s as a child.

[@guanocurry]

You should still come. This shows just a small fraction of the city and there is still plenty to see and experience. Also keep in mind that some of those chained off or boarded up places were due to construction or overall structural issues. This was a small section of downtown and part of what makes Portland interesting is that the real places to visit are in the neighborhood which have their own individual personalities.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

In 1975, one of my older brothers and his wife went on vacation to Portland Oregon and they were in AWE of how beautiful it was! So nuch so, that they decided to move from Crap Jersey and settle in Portland . It was so beautiful and people were decent and friendly. I moved out to Portland in '79 myself to go to Mt Hood Community College. Got married and husband was in the Navy. We"d visit family once in a while. Now , it"s GONE! MLB, Antifa, demoCRAPS, thanks a lot - for norhing!

[@blainedunlap8571]

j & N- Joe, you are a pretty dang good HH shooter, intuitive, street-photography style- I like your voice over commentary. I like the fact you just put up these nice long takes, I am looking forward to seeing more of your work, also to seeing if I can detect any political growth hor part - it is not that 'somebody is doing a bad job' in my view, but the bad job is being done (or not done) in all of our names. muchas gracias. Blaine Dunlap

[@brynnneumann5983]

So unbelievably sad...we drove through Portland on our way to the coast for a vacation 2 years ago when all the riots, protesting, and looting was happening there. Didn't go into the epicenter of the city but saw encampments as well as vandalized objects from the freeway. Doesn't look like anything has changed at all since then.

[@redwolfexr]

funny thing, Portland has a mostly "white" but multicultural community. And a TON of "activists" while the eastern part of the state has a very active "white supremacism movement" because the Eastern part is pretty much all white. The issue has always been that the liberal "big cities" of the Willamette Valley have ended up hiring the conservatives as cops (that is who usually applies) -- but a lot of the actual racists are mixed in. Then you get the unholy mess where Trump, in the only town he REALLY played the card in... did everything to pour gas on the protestors and keep it going for MONTHS. All for the excuse of "protecting" the Federal buildings that the protestors didn't REALLY CARE about. They only wanted to spray paint the building because all the goons DIDN'T want them to. As long as they kept firing volleys of tear gas, and running around in goon squads -- they made good "invaders" for the locals to fight against. So Portland had protestors months and months after everyone else. Every attempt at "escalation" was taken. I spent a year in Portland. The "hippie" type of Liberal is everywhere. Its a point of pride, and Eugene (arguably the home of the hippee movement) is just down the road.

[@soprotivleniye7620]

Who did the looting?

[@redwolfexr]

@@soprotivleniye7620 Opportunists and gangs. The small number of people looting in Dallas (one night) was definitely economically driven and boogaloo supported. The person in the footage who tossed a rock through the glass at Neiman Marcus (in a hoodie with black gloves) then strolls away casually like he wasn't involved. While others looted he strolled off. Maybe 20 people? -- I certainly did not "riot" and neither did any other of the huge number of protestors who gathered at City Hall in the daytime here. City hall is, in fact, still there and nobody set it on fire. "BLM as Rioters" just plays so well into the "blacks do all the crime" or "13%er" or whatever the racists are saying this week. The fact was, there were MORE WHITE PEOPLE at most protests than blacks so that "myth" sorta breaks down. The mass WHITE support for BLM seems to have terrified the true racists though. Just like most of the "economic looting" in LA was Latino gangs... the Police were busy...