Portland, Oregon Just Outlawed Homeless Camps!

[@carolynjaussi709]

The tents are gone…but so are the businesses.

[@gradysizemore5689]

Good observation. He was walking down the sidewalk of boarded up buildings to illustrate the homeless being gone.

[@OrganNLou]

That will return in time, once the tourists start coming back in.

[@LCx829]

Now that I know it’s not tent city I want to visit again.

[@diodelvino3048]

they'll be back, it wont happen overnight

[@prestonphelps1649]

True

[@Jackrbbt1989]

The one thing I noticed in your video and noticed being down there in person last Fall for a concert, a lot of the mom and pop businesses are permanently shuttered already. The damage is done to the working class. It really saddened me because I grew up watching, from just across the WA border, how hard everyone in Portland worked back in the eighties to clean up and revitalize the downtown. Everyone from the politicians to individuals within the community chipped in. They made a lot of sacrifices and paid a lot of excess money in tax to build infrastructure and pay for extra police. They made it happen, but then in one year the current government in that area undid all their hard work. Even if they do get it cleaned up again, all the old blocks formerly populated by family-owned businesses will get bought up by developers. It will never be the same. There will be no place for working-class families, much like Seattle. Maybe that's what the politicians wanted all along.

[@jlh9910]

YUP and government policies let it get torn down in a few short years instead of policing them and arresting the rioters etc.. they just destroyed hard working tax paying entrepreneurs left and right. And allowing homeless free rein. this should have been cleaned up in a few months instead of taking years and all this funding totally wasted tax payer money with nothing getting fixed.. but then when your the head of some homeless out reach making 200k a year your probably not all the motivated to kill your own job by solving this issue permanently.

[@ccampbell7214]

Corporate buy off, "you will own nothing and be happy ", Klaus Shwab . The Socialist communist takeover is upon us..Question is , will we just keep acquiescencing ? Or will we take this country back? Living free , or living under the boot of communism.. We have a choice... I have great hope in this country, that we will unite, and collectively brainstorm and right this sinking ship .. it's now or never.. We've got to make the hard choices, and do what is necessary to stop these malevolent nefarious oligarchs... At all costs, or what do we have? More of this ? No thanks.

[@capricedowsland3068]

Yep those people that were run out I doubt would ever come back. The damage is done. And it is sad.

[@jackyflowers3493]

Sad, but most likely, true. Look at what happened to Maui..😞

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

There's still lots to see and do here but ok

[@nancysaso4380]

All the same homeless people are still out there Being homeless, they just move to other areas of town,lmao

[@Bluespicygreen]

No, you are wrong Portland is the first state to officially end homelessness

[@noyopacific]

You seem to be easily amused @nancysasso4380. Please tell me what it is about homelessness makes you laugh your “butt” off ? I can understand being unsympathetic and not caring about others. The humor in this escapes me however.

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

Better somewhere other than the busiest and most heavily foot-trafficked parts of town.

[@mrmark8603]

They should use the free drug rehabs that we waste million$ on annually, and get a job!

[@Posmlady]

Yeah, not! A bunch have moved to my street and the kids are afraid to play outside and we're finding drug stuff all over! ​@@AUniqueHandleName444

[@theamer1776]

I live in NE Portland and all they have done is pushed the homeless out into the suburbs. The problem has not gone away.

[@hyperslow556gungamer]

It has for "those people".

[@barefootjakejake7765]

Define "the problem."

[@Scorch1028]

It’s a relief that they’re out of your neighborhood.

[@Raylene-wv4vf]

Making it difficult, less easier than before, some folks might do something to not be homeless. Go to work programs that give clothing vouchers, job training, and the like.

[@barefootjakejake7765]

@Raylene-wv4vf you think that's a valid solution? That's been the approach for 20 years, and all it's done is make the situation much worse. Folks are homeless for various reasons, many of which preclude them from stable employment. You obviously don't want to be "them" because of how hard it already is, and you want to make it harder? Disgusting🤢🤢🤮

[@mpurtzer448]

Multnomah County government purchased more than 22,000 tents and more than 69,000 tarps for the homeless over the past two years. for 6,500 homeless

[@deborahharvey854]

Where did the tents go?

[@belight123]

@@deborahharvey854 back to Wall Street

[@donk9189]

Some just wanted to be multi tent owners

[@JohnCresswell-qh2nm]

Purchasing tents for the homeless bit putting illegals in hotels somethings wrong with that picture

[@msmoe8687]

Then they sweep the camps so they can replace all of the stuff they just gave them, continuing the cycle.

[@JasonMartin915]

I was homeless for a couple of months in Evansville Indiana. I'm not anymore, I'm working and have my own place again. I don't know about Portland, but here, mental illness is a huge problem among the homeless

[@jessicaanderson7885]

It's hard to be mentally healthy when you are homeless.

[@JasonMartin915]

@@jessicaanderson7885 yes it is, but a lot of the people I was homeless with had severe mental problems before they were homeless

[@kitsuneneko2567]

It seems to me that people who aren't mentally ill are much better equipped to be able to find and keep a home. I dont think that's coincidence.

[@JasonMartin915]

@@kitsuneneko2567 it's no coincidence

[@scottanderson3406]

It's a huge problem with the people they elect too !

[@geoffdbirds]

Portland is getting rid of the homeless but they're sending them out to the rural communities now because where I live in Newberg Oregon we're seeing more more of them

[@josearmando726]

Some states like Montana and Wyoming are also suddenly getting homeless people.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

That's OK. Rural areas also have hog farms. Problem solved.

[@juleswins3]

@@LuckyBaldwin777Hog farms don’t stink nearly as bad or create nearly the mess as the “homeless” aka bums, do.

[@mikeyo1O1]

@@juleswins3 I recommend the movie Snatch. Should clear things up.

[@juliehanson1175]

@@LuckyBaldwin777 Yeah, there's an old episode of Deadwood that clears that up.

[@sjoneil]

Go .5 miles out in any direction, you'll find the tent cities. They've moved into residential neighborhoods.

[@barefootjakejake7765]

Maybe that's appropriate. Lol, residential neighborhoods are for residing, perhaps even residing outside 😂

[@fffmcfff9112]

And? Point is to get the out of the city. They gotta go somewhere.

[@FFTS]

The drug decriminalization drew some homeless too. I'm a Libertarian, so I don't think drugs should be illegal, but you can't have that Libertarian stance while not prosecuting actual crimes like shoplifting, assault, defacating in public...etc. Anything that infringes on other's rights and freedoms needs to still be illegal.

[@hiphoppingalong]

Not providing mental health care and affordable housing are major contributors. Without family support many working people would be on the streets because of housing.

[@sejannus877]

Libertarians don’t believe you don’t persecute crime, more that less regulation that would make such acts crimes. Once they’re law, what’s done is done.

[@bobnas]

I used to be libertarian, but I saw how drugs absolutely destroy communities, even those with government enforcing laws against actual crimes. It just doesn’t work. Look at the data and how rampant drug abuse and societal decay correlate perfectly. It’s just wishful thinking. I once saw a comment that got under my skin that read, “Libertarians are just conservatives who haven’t grown up yet!” That stuck with me, but looking back now, my goodness how true that was 😂

[@polarbear4612]

Libertarians don’t believe in rules and regulations other than the rules and regulations that they believe in. 😵‍💫😂😂

[@joncarbone]

@@bobnas Correct. Because people on drugs don't care. They'll sleep in a puddle of piss with a smile on their face.

[@NeoNeo707]

They cleaned up the down town, but homeless everywhere in East side. It was scary when I visited the area last month. Why you think homeless disappeared just because Portland outlawed. They just moved to outskirts.

[@justincase2291]

I have to admit Portland has done a good job cleaning up the "targeted areas". The problem is they're moving to every empty space they can find. They're not removing them they are shuffling them. The city shouldn't have let this happen in the first place. I appreciate your enthusiasm for Portland, but the politics need to change to make things great again. No more free stuff.

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

You are so very right modern-day Portland is a very sad city. It is much politics as it is the homeless.

[@Bluestar-1969]

Like the police department, fire department, public schools, ect? Or you mean just nothing for homeless people?

[@justincase2291]

@@Bluestar-1969 Not sure what you are saying.

[@fuzzytigercat]

@@justincase2291 They're saying you're an idiot because all those services they mentioned are free. So you're just trying to screw over the homeless or everyone? Have more compassion for people struggling. You might be one of them someday. How would you like to be treated?

[@robertensign8786]

@@fuzzytigercatthey aren’t free. They use our hard earned tax dollars.

[@stewartgorley2523]

He's not lying. I'm a truck driver regional and me and my wife walked through a Chinatown. When it was at its worst, we weren't worried but you could definitely smell it and see it. The homeless were nice to people pass and through, but their presence will still very well-known.

[@dyske-]

I traveled across the country last year, and Portland was my favorite city. People are so compassionate. I'm glad it's getting better. Thank you for making this video.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thank you for watching

[@danros6530]

Oh bless your heart. I think you were in a different Portland.

[@FlintIronstag23]

Too much compassion and tolerance is what got Portland in the homeless mess in the first place. Hopefully it is a lesson learned.

[@dyske-]

@@FlintIronstag23 I prefer to live in a community where people are compassionate and tolerant of people who are down on their luck. There are many good people in Portland who are doing what they can to help people in need such as building new shelters, etc. I don’t expect any community to eradicate homelessness, but it’s kinda nice to see so many people pitching in to help out even when some of the city policies didn’t work out… I didn’t see that in too many other cities in the US. KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD!

[@dh2392]

Maybe Portland Oregon finally put 2 and 2 together, and figured out why their population has been declining. People don't want this crap in their neighborhoods.

[@MichealLiam]

I'm 47yrs old. $73,000 biweekly and I'm retired, this video have inspired me greatly in many ways that I remember my past of how I struggled with many things in life to be where I am today!!!!❤️

[@MichealLiam]

All thanks to Renee Marie Harrison

[@MichealLiam]

After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.

[@Jessica-1v]

Absolutely! I've heard stories of people who started with little to no knowledge but made it out victoriously thanks to Renee Marie Harrison.

[@lorinpoik]

I do know Renee M. Harrison, I also have even become successful....

[@Graciezi]

I really need assistance How do I reach her??

[@MarkRVillano]

I fail to understand why or how they plan on enforcing this new law when they've made it abundantly clear to the residents of Portland that the laws may be freely ignored without consequence.

[@melissaa152]

I’m curious as to why the politicians finally did anything about the problem. They allowed it to grow for years, largely ignoring the tax paying citizens, homeowners, and businesses, all while they virtue signaled that they “cared” about the homeless. Homeless were setting up tents in resident’s yards, and the owners were helpless to get the situation changed. They couldn’t get rid of the camps, nor could they sell their properties. So what happened? Did the homeless finally encroach on the politicians’ properties?

[@joeuntalan2991]

Democrats have no plan. Propaganda film from the start!

[@YowzaBowzaWowza]

@@melissaa152: It’s an election year. Dems are getting nervous about staying in power.

[@craigdeming8391]

Don't mean jack if the businesses have all left or gone broke. It's curtains baby, ain't no curtain call!

[@jlh9910]

@lostinthedesert-hp4bw YUP Briggs totally missed that part of his presntation and selective videoing.. just go by any of the freeways they are still there..

[@jonyjoe8464]

lower the rents in downtown so business can come back.

[@jlh9910]

@@jonyjoe8464 its not rental rates its crime and homeless and the public does not want to come downtown we used to go a few times a month downtown to eat etc.. have not been downtown to eat in about 4 years now other than to go the Mat club which is private.

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

@@jlh9910 Man, it's a real pity, too, because in 2010-2016 or so, Portland was an AMAZING city to live in. And everyone back then told me it had gone massively downhill already.

[@tg360andbeyond]

People are being priced out of Portland and most other places by corporate fees. Wages have stagnated, rents continue to rise, "corporate investors" keep buying up more of the real estate. None of this is sustainable but the wealthiest among us don't care as long as they have another Tesla. There is literally no consideration for your fellow human. Hey, but if it looks good, it must be fixed right?

[@Aspire-23]

Two bedroom apartment in decent area 3k or less?

[@DiogenesOfCa]

Runaway capitalism is evil

[@MYRRHfamily]

What can the wealthy among us actually do about it? Serious question. This guy walked through my neighborhood and I see their suffering.

[@MsMorri]

As someone who lives in that area in a low income housing and didn't exactly like walking past someone's smelly tent or latrine, this feels like a bit of a ignorant statement. I don't feel like this is full proof solution, but it at least did something. I'm not waking up every night to gun shots or my home being blocked off by yellow tape and surrounded by cops. When I can, I try to help the homeless by getting them food, water, and finding a place to stay. What are you doing to actually help find a better solution?

[@petermeyer4206]

@@MYRRHfamily Pay taxes?

[@NightmareNeighborsInThe541]

I miss my dear Portland. Late nights running around from club to club and just having fun. I know things change but it's just lost it's vibe.

[@gordocarbo]

Many parts of So Cal, same thing. SFV I grew up in...turned into a chithole yrs ago got sick of it and left. Overpriced gridlock traffic crazy high rents crime like theres no tomorrow.

[@GG-kt2uk]

I ❤️ Portland!!! So good to see this. I watched a video where outreach group was offering the homeless housing and rehab. Only 1 person agreed to get off the street. So it was time to make it illegal. Thank you for the video!

[@jamesmecham4266]

It's not a "homelessness" situation, it's a drug addiction crime problem.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

No, that is part of the problem. A majority of the people are suffering from addiction or mental illness but that isn’t everyone. One thing that covers this whole situation is the word homelessness.

[@Aspire-23]

I have friends who choose to live in their car. Most by choice for a number of different reasons. Drugs for most of them isn't the reason. Some just got tired of working 60 plus hours a week on a mortgage and other bills. Stress was killing them. They still work but at their pace. Me/wife was thinking of selling our house and purchasing a rv to live in. But i would rather rent apartment. Can still be mobile after lease is up.

[@mrmark8603]

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Drug addiction and the accompanying crime has NOTHING to do with homelessness. Oregon wastes millions on unused drug treatment centers. They DO NOT WANT to get sober/clean!

[@joeuntalan2991]

This is a democrat situation. Every state democrats control is in shambles and people always think things will change and they keep voting the same POS party in over and over. Oregon was a red state up to 1988 and life was good here. Ever since the democrats have taken over it has been a shit show! Case in point, look at the state of the entire country! Nuff said!

[@meggrotte4760]

It should be forced to get clean but apparently they have rights in this case

[@mechmany2k]

Too bad that they didn't bother doing this, before so many small businesses suffered, closed and left... Go figure...

[@donk9189]

Portland is still beautiful there is still hope !!

[@cronos122770]

This is why Portland has been destroyed. People like you and your sense of altruism for people who don't care. I grew up in Portland in 80s and 90s. You've destroyed it.

[@SqueakyWheelMakesNoise]

This video makes me remember what portland used to look like before all the craziness. Looking hopeful

[@soaring1]

Me too!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

They are making progress. I hope it keeos going.

[@danros6530]

​@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Don't hold your breath.

[@ramses8847]

Miss those times. Saturday market was fun on a nice day.

[@SqueakyWheelMakesNoise]

@@ramses8847 o ya Saturdays were the best. All these vendors with products they made. Some real talent out there. Sometimes I'd take the train into the downtown part to avoid the traffic and spend the whole day.

[@horsecaller1446]

I've been to Portland three times in my life. Twice while I was in the Navy, my ship sailed up the Columbia for the rose festival. Once later with my family. I, we loved the place. I'm not conservative, I've voted both ways, but from what I can tell, the city government and the people have become so woke, you couldn't drag me back to that city!

[@Merzui-kg8ds]

I have a heart for any person who is unwillingly pressed to homelessness. On the other hand, I believe that any person who willingly refuses shelter is willingly homeless and should not be taking the safety of public sidewalks, parks, and allies away from safe public use.

[@notthatgreatgaming9140]

That sounds logical, until you realize that most of the shelters have rules that will further prevent you from getting housed. I was one of them for over a decade. in by 6pm(so no night jobs) nowhere to store belongings(so you have to take everything with you where ever you go) and The most common and insidious(in my opinion) you might not even get in.

[@shane8791]

The rules and regulations are often bad like another replier said And even then shelters are often underfunded and have many problems of their own. I've known a handful of homeless who insisted their spots around town are always much safer than the shelter, if weather permits. I've never heard a good thing about the shelters. Never. It's one more thing in the US that can't do what it's intended to do because the situation has been so mishandled for so long.

[@westcoastwonderers1060]

All of the housing funds is going towards housing illegal immigrants. There is absolutely no reason Americans should be made to live in homeless shelters, all while our government is housing those that do not deserve, nor, ever paid into our system. Pretty sure this comment will be removed, as American have also lost our 1st amendment right.

[@melparrishjr]

Shelter for your freedom? No thanks. There's an awful lot of homeless vets out there for that very same reason. We are the richest nation on earth and the best solution we can come up with is worse than the mission ...they don't care! It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. But I suspect the reason that they don't care is that there's an ongoing concerted effort to extract us all from our homes so that the powers the be can control/develop all the land. But just how many people can actually afford to live in those newly developed homes controlled by HOA's where their freedom and their rights don't mean shit? How many people are rich enough to live in a totally gentrified world? Or worse even, who can afford to live in an air b&b for thousands of dollars a night?

[@livinginthenow]

You can't assume that everyone who chooses not to go into a shelter is doing so by choice. I went to school with a young man who was homeless. He stayed in a shelter for several weeks until he woke one night to someone trying to sexually assault him. From that point onward, he "willingly" refused shelter. He eventually enlisted in the army and was no longer homeless. He was young and healthy, so that was an option for him. That does not, however, describe the majority of homeless folks.

[@heartattackhiker3527]

Thanks Briggs for making me want to visit the place I was born. ❤️

[@claytonandrosa]

Good for you, Portland!! Let's hope this spreads to other areas!! Good luck!!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

I hope so too!

[@Roger-vz7ol]

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs The homeless problem is much larger than whether they are living in tents in Portland. All Portland has accomplished is pushing the homeless to other areas of the state and country. This entire country is in trouble. Painting it with a new coat of paint isn't going to fix what is wrong with this country. Don't believe me? take a gander at Salt Lake City.

[@vickiedutton6829]

Shove kate brown and her council out of office.

[@mrmark8603]

Eugene next...PLEASE!

[@kitsuneneko2567]

Im glad i left portland, and im glad theyre finally cleaning it up... A little.

[@davidquiett777]

That’s absolutely wonderful news! I hope the businesses start flowing back in and they feel comfortable

[@FlintIronstag23]

If Portland wants business to come back, they need to make a concerted effort to go after shoplifters and those who break windows and damage property.

[@davidquiett777]

One can only hope. Maybe if they can address encampments, they can address the crime problem

[@RandomRabbit007]

I think this is the only logical end-result for most big cities (including those in California). Sure things got weird during the pandemic (and a couple years after) but eventually things will slowly but surely return to normal. ALOT of these dumbass progressive cities are rethinking their ideas and starting to return to reason and logic.

[@gradysizemore5689]

not likely to happen anytime soon. What does it say when woke company Nike closes due to theft?

[@LeviathantheMighty]

You're viewing the ultra left as non evil, when in fact, they are.

[@darrinshort3535]

Thank you for the great job of filming and narrating this video very detailed blocked by block explanation of the incremental improvements. I don’t think anyone does this better so nice to see Portland heading in this direction.

[@stevelee4974]

That’s good, finally a little bit of progress

[@Jigsjigz]

its almost time to vote i guess.

[@pdxcalibur]

Thanks Briggsy. I lived in the Portland area from '05 to '17. Portland was a great city. I've been disgusted with what I've seen since I moved. It's a relief to see what you put in this video, Make Portland great again.

[@RodeoDogLover]

Thank you for this on-the-ground coverage! Nice to see some balance retuning. ❤

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

You are so welcome!

[@kevdiggidydowg]

Great to hear! I had a brief stint in PDX from March 2021 - Oct 2022 and I must say that Portland kinda made me rethink my home. I had first visited in 2012 and that’s what made me fall in love with it. Hope it’s going back to that same old kind of place.

[@AlexanderWaylon]

Glad to see your city trying hard to stop it now, and wash it self back off. Portland, Maine also has this same problem. They’re now fencing areas under bridges and overpasses here.

[@danros6530]

It won't last. This shit got started, not in spite of how people voted, but BECAUSE of who they put into office. Fuxk PDX!

[@kelvincannon3675]

They setting laws that make it legal, for them to repossess the public sidewalks when, & ever they want, they can take their little funky sidewalk, & whatever other “carrot,” they’re “dangling” over freedom to get people move/do against their/our will… …they only wanna see people who aren’t obliged to be modern-slaves as “homeless,” in a perfect system, if you don’t live how everyone else wants you to live, you shouldn’t live on the streets… …but in “the broken system,” that makes your life impossible whenever, & if you don’t wanna do, what they say do, even if what they’re demanding you to do, isn’t in your best interest, it’s either be a modern-slave, or stand alone hence, living outside of the “normalizations,” that make “unnecessarily vulnerabilities” more beneficial to employers, than being “unnecessarily vulnerable” is to those, who succumb to being “unnecessarily vulnerable!” #ThePerksOfResidingindoorsShouldntComeWithTheCaviatOfNormalizedUnnecessaryVulnerabilitiesignoringUnnecessaryVulnernabilitiesBecomingThePreyOfUnnecessaryVulnerabilitirsAndOrNotBeingAbleToDefendSelfAgaisntTheNormalizationsOfUnnecessaryVulnerabilities #LiveFreeOrDieinAPrisonDisquisedAsALowToNoincomeGhettoProjectConcentrationCampUnderTheVeilOfAffordableHousing

[@kinjunranger140]

My city didn't allow it to happen. How hard is that for lefties to understand?

[@Aspire-23]

I will be flying into Portland Maine soon heading up to Rockland. Wife loves Lobster. Blueberry pie for me.

[@gordocarbo]

Ca has been this way for yrs. From the border to Nor Cal its one giant homeless mess. Its not getting any better only worse

[@markostner]

Hey Briggs, the tents are now up and down Sandy from Parkrose to 181st, especially around 148th and 158th. I pass a few on Airport Way on the way to work. But I am encouraged by your video and will check out Burnside from Powell's Books to the Max Gold Line.

[@humchan2k]

Born and raised in PDX.....what has happened to my home breaks my heart. I'm glad they're finally getting their shit together...the destruction of our beautiful elk statue was unbelievable. PDX needs to heal still.

[@BreadLobby]

Lol im also a portlander. Why tf are people still talking about the damn elk statue? If thats our biggest problem, then we are doing pretty damn good compared to most of the world

[@petezee6645]

It’s not the biggest problem but it symbolizes the willful destruction of the city (I was down at the protests when that area got trashed. Something I was massively enthusiastic about and now deeply regret being part of in hindsight)

[@aceclarksatx]

Ever since those Californian invasion in the late 80s. Portland has been destroyed

[@norahjaneeast5450]

I unfortunately think we're never coming back from this my hometown too

[@thekp503]

You keep voting the same losers in to office...

[@joshuaryantrucking7396]

Im glad this happened when i moved back to portland from florida i couldnt believe how bad it gotten up here..but i moved out of Portland last year to the country part of oregon cause i couldnt handle all the violence and homeless.. good video brother

[@petezee6645]

What’s most obvious is how empty and quiet the streets of Portland are. That’s a beautiful day and it’s a ghost town

[@ayeeeeeeee6240]

maybe it’s a workday?

[@hannahsummer22]

That area can get busy on the weekends. Most of the foot traffic during the weekdays is going to be around Pioneer Square.

[@Krobra91]

i currently live in happy valley, but when i lived closer to downtown is one of the things i LOVED! its quiet over the weekends, mostly you see tourists, locals walking their dogs or out walking and shopping. the weekdays when you see all the office workers come but its really nice!

[@martingoldblunt5163]

Cause antifa are sleeping until the next riot

[@petezee6645]

On ‘workdays’ prepandemic the city had a vibe. It was buzzin. Big lunchtime and happy hour crowds. Tourists on the streets every day. Now it’s noticeably quieter. Really quiet. NE 23rd area is definitely ‘back’. But I think this is the next big challenge for Portland after cleaning up the city. Generating the workforce and tourist critical mass to make it a vibrant city again 🤞

[@Cmon-Man]

As an Oregon resident, I am shocked, shocked I tell ya! That wheeler voted yes and unanimous by the city council. That is twice now I have seen them do something right. First was reversing the decriminalizing of narcotics. Wow. It’s almost like they are understanding that their policies weren’t working. Shocked! 😳

[@Basstaic]

Portland can be a pretty cool little city. I'm glad you guys are starting to get it back. I only hope all of the great west coast cities (San Diego, San Franciso, Seattle ...) can regain a little of their former glory as well.

[@gordocarbo]

Nice thought but its hopeless out here.

[@elblaise5618]

Those are some shockingly empty streets you were walking Briggs.

[@windywednesday4166]

Right?

[@Yormsane]

So if Portland's homeless population has dropped by ~1,000, and they aren't camping in the city's designated safe spaces or on the streets, where did they go? Did they freeze to death over winter? Did they hop on a freight train and head out of town?

[@SusanHenry-kx2cm]

They put them on buses and shipped them to other city's. Astoria Or. is one of the places they sent them... Little city's need funds so they use their mental health as a revenue sorce...

[@xisigma]

Astoria on the coast? So portland is paying astoria to take mental patients? @@SusanHenry-kx2cm

[@rustylininger8252]

I live a few hours South. Every time the bigger cities do something about vagrant camping, they just head South on I5 and swarm smaller towns or wherever their "lifestyle" is enabled. Kicking the can down the road. Portland voting trends have ruined the rest of Oregon. I hope people learn the error of their ways...

[@rufust.firefly1921]

@@SusanHenry-kx2cm Who's "they"? And do you have any evidence that "they" sent them anywhere? Sounds like another conspiracy theory.

[@andreavaughn854]

They're moving to the burbs! I'm seeing more in Vancouver.

[@leozeek]

Hey Briggs, you showed us where the homeless no longer are but, where are they now? You should do a video on that… Are they just indoors in Portland or are they moved out of the city to another scenic part of the state?

[@vietnamesebeauties]

Wow, as a Vietnamese university student, I have never been to USA 🇺🇸 but Portland is so beautiful and its Chinatown's street is so clean 👍 impressed 🎉

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

It really is!

[@BreadLobby]

Lol i live in chinatown. It is not clean at all. I love it and its chill. But nah its mostly needles and drug tin foil and blood from people getting shot and piss staining the steeets. Still love my neighborhood tho!

[@TOm-hr2mb]

Do not visit the USA. It's a lost cause.

[@rufust.firefly1921]

​@@BreadLobby🤣lmao.. needles, drugs, blood and piss.. but I ❤ it😅

[@GeeEm1313]

Our Chinatown is NOT clean. I had to dodge poop today.

[@lioneaglegriffin]

I remember hearing on OPB that the Joint Office of Homeless Services handed out tens of thousands of tarps and tents early on in the pandemic. They basically encouraged it.

[@catherinebaum9185]

During covid that was the humane thing to do for crying out loud. Think about it.

[@JSFGuy]

Right here right now, let's check it out.

[@user-kt7rk4wn5l]

Must be an election year.

[@Komeuppance]

Ha. No more comments needed after this statement.

[@bridgetletcher3034]

You seem to be just concentrating on downtown. I'm in SE near Foster/77th & work in SE near Raymond/26th. There are still quite a few homeless in both these areas. At work I have to navigate a filthy/cluttered sidewalk to get to my work place. If people refuse to go to a shelter because of the rules (no booze/drugs etc) just how is the no sleeping on sidewalks going to be enforced?

[@danros6530]

Narrative, yo! You think anyone in YOUR neighborhood thinks shit is looking up? Not likely.

[@bridgetletcher3034]

@@danros6530 ????

[@Joy4theworld]

I live further east and it’s gotten much worse in the past couple of years.

[@benkirk6880]

I’m so ecstatic to see my favorite city returning to some sanity- I’m an Alaskan bred in Oregon who spent most summers of the coast camping near Garibaldi with my grandparents- my folks left Oregon 2019 because of the insanity

[@Evangelium]

I'm really liking this in the street type recording, especially incorporating before and after shots of the same location.

[@CybeleCotter]

When I was there in the early 2000s, there was no homeless problem (or a very minor one) and the city was very clean and beautiful. I loved the Chinese Gardens, the Rose Gardens, the zoo and the parks, the restaurants and theaters, and especially, Powell's Books. I thought the public transportation marvelous and the Farmers Market on Saturdays great. And this was also before the Portlandia vibe took place.

[@pdxmtngoat]

Unfortunately. You only focus on Downtown Portland. How's life out in outer Southeast Portland? How about Northeast Portland? My friend in Southeast Portland (Morrison) is surrounded by homeless people in his neighborhood. What about areas other than downtown?

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

We will be looking at that next month

[@nancysaso4380]

Come on over to the lents area

[@barefootincactus]

I’m staying at a home in Lents and there’s homeless in the alley

[@CrystalBrightz]

The homeless aren't gone, they're just elsewhere.

[@rthepunk]

I attended a convention in Portland 15 years ago. Worst city I went to as far as safety. We had stoned kids coming into the hotel area and stealing food. Some of us tried to take a walk in the downtown area and visit shops but we were constantly bothered by stoned kids wanting money. We just decided to stay in our hotel rooms. Seems that Portland government created and nurtured the problem.

[@suetrublu]

How dya figure? You actually think the city government is responsible for addiction, mental illness and skyrocketing housing costs? I do agree that some of PDX government's decisions exacerbated these problems for a time. But this has occurred in cities all over the US. Portland may have got hit hard sooner, but its figuring out solutions that apparently are working sooner.

[@rachelinman4638]

You were scared of stoned kids?

[@rthepunk]

@@rachelinman4638 more than weed. This was toward the beginning of hard drug use. If the city could have started programs for these kids at that time, perhaps they could have been helped. Scared. No, I taught school in Philly. But, we were warned about muggings and robberies that often happened after dark. Why take the chance, right?

[@gordocarbo]

@@rachelinman4638 Group of hard up 20 soemthings? If just him, his wife he better be on guard.

[@andrewswieton4681]

Briggs will always be the best channel!

[@gregstump4450]

We were just in downtown for the Matt Rife show and it was nice to see some glimmer of old Portland. Quite a few people out and about and it was much cleaner, we absolutely felt safe. We had a great time walking around after the show and hit up some bomb food carts. Hoping for the best and looking forward to our next trip to P-Town!

[@edwardthompson5820]

I was there in the 80s. Beautiful city. Rose Garden 🌹 was super beautiful.

[@GeeEm1313]

Briggs, there still are many tents hanging around. Check the Skidmore Fountain MAX stop. Also, the old bus station is now a shelter called "Do Good." In order to ride Greyhound, you go to a nearby storefront and get the bus underneath the Steel (or Broadway?) Bridge. As an outreach worker partnered with Trimet, we try to get people into shelters.

[@sergeberlinski718]

Visited Portland in 2022 and it was so weird cause there were only homeless people in DT. I was like hey where did everyone go?? It is nice to see things turn around for this beautiful city. I can’t wait to re-visit it 🙌🏼 Go Portland!!!

[@Joy4theworld]

There is a significant increase on the east side of the river. I think the city just kicked them out of downtown.

[@billbissenas2973]

Looking forward to visiting Portland in July. Hoping my car isn’t vandalized.

[@melissasmess2773]

Don't leave anything inside visible.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

That is in every city. Most the homeless don't do that unless you leave a laptop or wads of cash in open view.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

​@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Are you sure about that? I saw a piece on skid row and the homeless there had stolen a new Maserati and were parting it out. They kept it hidden under a tarp.

[@vaishx]

⁠@@LuckyBaldwin777well there’s your answer. A Maserati in Skid Row of all places? Not a good sign

[@Komeuppance]

They're drug addicts, not just homeless. Staying ignorant to that fact is not helpful and will lead to the situation happening all over again.

[@Chi_Chi34]

ABOUT TIME!

[@RichardPoogerman]

If I was ever forced into extreme poverty, the last place I would want to be is living on the street in an urban center. It's not easy to live off the land but it is possible with only minimal skills.

[@FlintIronstag23]

A lot of the chronic homeless are drug addicts. You can't readily get meth or fentanyl living in the middle of the woods as you can in a city. You can't panhandle or shoplift in the woods either.

[@kev1n1956]

I am so glad I was able to move out of the area 3 years ago.

[@itsnick37]

Reminder! Don’t ever live in a democrat run hellhole! Avoid all big cities if possible.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Maybe they could all live in a republican run hellhole like Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Oklahoma, and Alaska. Those are of the 10 poorest states. They also lead the country in percentage of people on public assistance.

[@regen3rate]

​@@WorldAccordingToBriggs Yet those ppl are in blue cities.

[@stevelee4974]

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs first of all the worst places in the southern states, they are all big cities run by Democrats. look at Montgomery,Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, Jackson,New Orleans .these are all poor, dangerous cities in the south guess what they’re all run by Democrats

[@josearmando726]

​@WorldAccordingToBriggs Bro is triggered by the truth. Please tell us why liberals move to Texas, Tennessee, and even South Carolina. You named states that have potential for growth. The reason those states are so poor is because of the lack of jobs after the death of the coal industry.

[@SA-hz1rs]

​@@regen3raterural america is poor Stop pretending we dont know this😅😅

[@michaelwhite8691]

I drive Uber in the area... A lot of those tents have just migrated to the outer areas of Portland. The state has rescinded the decriminalization of the harder drugs. It goes into effect in September. I've seen tents start to thin out once that news hit the airwaves.

[@katherinez9654]

I live in Eugene and our streets are terrible with the homeless. I don’t even go downtown. I’ve lived here for 37 years and I would move away in a heartbeat if I could. I have family here that I care for. When the city council is so out of touch with reality it’s hard to love where you live.

[@jonyjoe8464]

they keep voting democrat, everytime, no trump sign anywhere to be found.

[@shelleyirving2094]

Born and raised in Vancouver. Have worked there and that city sucks. We lived there for 15 months and sold the house in 1976. Couldn't wait to get back to Vancouver. Now we live in cowlitz County as Multnomah County has over flowed into clark county. Was married there, had 3 out of 4 kids there, and can't stand it!

[@lucorrez9991]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! Already seeing improvement!!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

It looks great now. At least compared to 2020 to 2022

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Still living in 2020 I see. Antifa? Really? 😂 Let it go.

[@urmanascrewed]

Glad to see improvement! I don't live there anymore, but I worked security all over downtown in 2022... not an easy security job.

[@markedington8482]

In order for them to enforced this law they would need to fund their police and have cops doing their Jobs. Last time I check they do not have cops doing their jobs.

[@willis7404]

Briggs is a pure soul. So many people make these videos only to attack their political rivals and don’t really care about finding solutions.

[@wandahall4435]

Great job Briggs ❤❤❤

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thank you!!

[@johnholst]

Briggs; you have a great voice! It's nice to see a video where you put your face with it. Love your content! Keep up the great work!

[@ruthrecord8196]

WOW! I was there 2 years ago and it was SCARY. praying other cities take notice!

[@M.Campbell]

I was too. As I left the airport, in my rental car, I was questioning my judgement because I'd taken the extra insurance. That didn't last long. At every stop light, through down town, there were homeless guys eyeing my car like the family dog eyes the Thanksgiving turkey. I was really glad my destination was far on the outskirts of town.

[@ruthrecord8196]

@@M.Campbell totally!!!

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

It's still scary.

[@Dimewick21]

Great to hear that it may be improving. Despite everything, Portland is probably my favorite US city to visit. I typically get up there one or two nights a month with my job. Haven’t been in about 5 months however. Looking forward to any change. It’s funny how you say the only crime on the corner was gas prices. You are absolutely right, those insane corporate profits should be a crime .

[@curtislong1987]

I retire in 2 years, and can't wait to leave this shit hole behind.

[@rogermichaelwillis6425]

I'm sure you'll be missed.

[@curtislong1987]

@@rogermichaelwillis6425 probably not, but I can assure you, that you won't.👍👍

[@rogermichaelwillis6425]

@@curtislong1987 In three years,, I'm out of the country...again.

[@RecklessComrade]

Glad to see the city ordinance is working, I hope they can keep the momentum going. Typically when camps are cleared, homeless set up their camps somewhere else. Maybe an idea for a follow up video to this, Briggs

[@KrlsOtc]

Why Portland mayor look like Portlandia’s Portland mayor?

[@melissasmess2773]

Liberal diet, they look weird without eating proteins.😂

[@misteriknow2069]

I appreciate this video…coming from a Seattle resident. We need more videos showcasing the positives of our PNW cities. Are they as bad as 2021-2022? No. Are they perfectly spotless & clean like a gated suburb in the middle of podunk nowhere? No. But we need more acknowledgment of improvement. Even if they’re on the side of the highways & in the city elsewhere, the fact they’re out of the most for traffic heavy part of the city is a plus. Businesses can’t come back or stay alive if there’s tents blocking the sidewalks. This is a major step in the right direction! 👏

[@pdxmtngoat]

Middle of the day. The city looks dead. Where are all the people? Downtown has a long way to go. Not the festive Portland I used to live in.

[@albertogonzalez1746]

Everyone left due to failed liberal policies

[@danteeudora6330]

Portland used to be one of my favorite cities....First visited in 2007 and fell in love. Lived there in 2014. Went there with my ex in 2018 and we had a great time. But for the past 6 years I have stayed away because of everything I have been hearing. Watching my home state of CA go to shit it wasn't hard to imagine the same happening in OR. I fled the West Coast entirely 2 1/2 years ago and have not returned. But videos like this give me a reason to hope that maybe it will be worth coming back to someday.

[@melissasmess2773]

Portland, Salem and Eugene are dragging our whole state down the crapper. Thank a Liberal.

[@SA-hz1rs]

yea, im sure the rural areas are doing great. oh wait...

[@FlintIronstag23]

Don't blame Salem. I live here and can tell you we aren't anywhere near as liberal as Portland or Eugene. During the 2022 Governor's race, Marion County voted for the Republican candidate, unlike Multnomah and Lane counties.

[@melissasmess2773]

@@FlintIronstag23 salem is one of the three counties responsible for measure 114 passing, a anti gun liberal town.

[@FlintIronstag23]

@@melissasmess2773 Try doing some research before making accusations. Marion County voted AGAINST Measure 114: 57.5% to 42.5%. Multnomah County voted overwhelming FOR 114 at 74.1% which is why it passed.

[@demven04]

This is amazing. I can’t believe what I just saw in this video. I visited Portland first time during Covid and BLM protests, and still the city impressed me with amazing city infrastructure and awesome bike lanes, architecture and history. But all that was terribly spoiled by the homelessness. I was shocked what I saw there with my eyes.

[@northerntao]

Former PDX resident- visited last year for the first time in years and Naito still had some tents. I’m happy to see it cleaned up. Seattle has some work to do. I live in Kitsap now, and they’ve cleaned up the streets a bit, but it’s like whackamole. I’m not heartless, and have been close to street living myself at times. Peeps gotta go somewhere

[@danros6530]

We were in PtOrchard about 12 yrs ago. Sadly I've seen the sickness of Seattle spread across the sound. Didn't used to be that way.

[@joseph.cotter]

A couple of quick things to consider. The mental health issue with homelessness is not just Portland, it is fundamental to homelessness anywhere in the United States. Back in the late 70's/early 80's there was this movement to shut down many of the mental health facilities across the country and replace them with "community centers" where the funding for the facilities would go theoretically to organizations who were "better suited" to handling the problem then an "uncaring government bureaucratic system." (Note, this of course was not all of the population, just about 80% that were considered not at immediate risk to themselves or others. People who were still effectively for the most part unable to function outside of a structured environment due to their disabilities.) This happened around the same time that there was a movement to integrate mentally and emotionally handicapped individuals back into the general school system rather than in specialized facilities. Now, the latter is a whole different topic so I won't touch on that since it has it's plusses and minuses with people who have vastly different opinions who are all correct, unlike the homeless situation. The people who basically were repopulated into the general population from the facilities were let go for the most part in a very haphazard way without any overarching plan for how this transition would be handled. As has often been the case in our (the United States version of) Democratic process (really a capitalist perspective, not really Democratic) it was considered the best way was to let the various governmental sub entities or regions decide the best way to handle the money for this and theoretically the best methods would surface from this social experiment. That's not what happened. Corruption, incompetence, and eventually, a redirection of funds into other areas like police forces eventually evolved into the homeless environment we have now. Next wrinkle... About two decades ago, there was a story on NPR about homelessness where they talked about a study where they were trying uncover some of the aspects of homelessness and they pointed out how homeless people didn't move in any significant numbers from one area to another, not even to another county. They pointed out that the belief was that the members of the homeless population had known support structures and a known environment that was more important than a promise of a possible better situation elsewhere. That the "unknown" was a bigger risk factor to them then the potential benefit of a better situation elsewhere. You may see where I'm going with this... That all changed. Why? People's view of the world changed drastically over the last 50 years, which eventually trickled down even to the homeless population. We reached a point where homeless were able to get a solid perspective that their lot would be much better off if they could hop a train, hitchhike or find some way to make their way to places like San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, and so they did. Effectively this resulted in a mass migration away from extreme conservative places where people believed "you pull yourself up by your bootstraps or die" to places where there was some level of empathy for the people in that situation, and thus the empathetic got swamped by people leaving the harsher areas and the people in harsher areas saw the rise in homelessness in other areas as evidence that their way was right since they had much less of a problem, never admitting that this was only due to their dumping their problem on others. There is the argument that places like San Francisco, Portland and Seattle brought much of this on themselves by going overboard in being accommodating. I won't take a position on that since there are valid arguments on all sides of that debate. However, I will point out that these are the areas that are to some extent at least, trying to find solutions to the underlying issues that cause homelessness in the United States. Also, homelessness in the United States is fundamentally different than most of the rest of the world and so any discussion of homelessness worldwide is not really germane to that of the United States.

[@russellbonesteel1115]

Thank you for your interesting videos Mr. Briggs!

[@nelskrogh3238]

It took Mayor Ted how many years to figure this out? Also wonder what Portland's tolerance of drug use is for the public housing? Still, vast improvement.

[@lowellpearson8782]

Now Eugene need's to do the same . I'm so happy that I moved form Springfield , Oregon .

[@Super_Chief]

There are always two sides to every story. Back in my youth, I had the misfortune of being homeless near Portland. After staying at a couple of rescue missions and getting into fights and having my things stolen by the drunks and tweekers that also frequent those establishments, I soon discovered that it was much safer to pitch a tent off in some woods around town by myself. I think if a cop would have told me I needed to go back to the mission or get arrested, I would have happily taken him up on the offer of a nice, warm, jail cell and three meals a day - You bet!

[@danros6530]

Big difference, though. There are people who are homeless who work their asses off, and then there are homeless who exist to feed an addiction. I'm willing to bet you a shiny nickel that you weren't the later.

[@roycethomas]

That's what I wanna see, accountability. A beginning for the people.

[@AgeCobra]

Well atleast you are doing better than Newsome ..

[@angelajohnson5728]

California has the highest number of homeless people in the country. Newsom is doing the best he can. All states have this problem. It's not that the city of Portland is doing better, it's that they have far fewer homeless.

[@enemy1134]

I'm all for helping people who are struggling but the amount of times I've been harassed by aggressive homeless people is exhausting. Taking every fiber of my being not to cripple them when they get too close to me or my family

[@kendog1000x]

Wow. I had no idea that they had cleaned up Portland. Interesting. Thanks!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Our pleasure!

[@ShafreelCosmos]

Great video. That is literally where I grew up most of my life. 4th and Flanders in Pacific Tower. It was always dangerous right there. I remember the “Dirty Duck” bar right next to the “Crack Press” building on 3rd and Glisan. It was funny because the city considered my building address to be apart of the Pearl District. Nothing about my building or location was anything like the Pearl District haha.

[@johnschneider6664]

Did the Supreme Court make their ruling on it? Arizona is waiting for their ruling before we outlaw it in Arizona

[@SA-hz1rs]

not yet. this dude is full of shit.

[@GeeEm1313]

Also, my work's HQ is at the Old Town/Chinatown MAX stop. There are still a lot of homeless people in that vicinity.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

Do you know why they almost always chose Chinatown? Same deal in Seattle, the I.D. is ground zero. I have a theory but it's not PC and would get my comment deleted.

[@jjm9902]

Commie Portland learned a real life lesson. 😂

[@injuredtabletennisplayer1474]

Good job. Gives me hope. My daughter is a new doc there. Feeling better she’s safer.

[@juanito714ok]

It's a real shame the TR statue was torn down. I called your parks dept before it happened and asked them to take precautions. I doubt there's been a dozen other Americans anywhere near the caliber of TR.

[@penguinvic9892]

I assume you mean the multi-talented, multi-lingual Theodore Roosevelt Jr., ex president of the USA? The interesting thing is that Teddy was no racist but, hey, that doesn’t save a guy’s reputation these days.

[@Nolan-55]

I mean, I'm certainly no TR fan. But that's what the left has always done throughout history. Ban books, change and manipulate history. It's how they corrupt the youth.