The Real Reasons Everyone is Leaving Portland, Oregon.

The Real Reasons Everyone is Leaving Portland, Oregon.
Portland, Oregon, isn't what it used to be. Back in the late 90s early 2000s, Portland was always one of the most moved-to cities. Sometime around 2017, things changed. Most people think it was just high real estate prices and homeless. Those play a big part in the demise of Portland, but those aren't the only reason. Portland Real Estate plays a bigger part than most people think. Really Oregon Real Estate overall is kind of a problem.
In this video, we will list 10 things that have contributed to Portland.
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[@miloinindo]

I grew up in Portland. Back in 2000, I joined the military and ended up being stationed in Japan and then living in Indonesia for the next 14 years. When the pandemic hit, my visa was pulled so I had to return to Portland. In my memory, Portland was a beautiful quirky little city. There were street kids but they were harmless and they didn't cause any meaningful problems. Downtown had peaceful parks where children would play, people would sit for lunch, etc. We had concerts and events down along the waterfront. I loved going downtown and hanging out with friends. Now, the place is disgusting. There are homeless encampments all over the place. Near where I work in Northeast Portland, a homeless encampment sprang up over a couple weeks and effectively blocked off one of the entrances to my work. They chained up dogs to the trees nearby making it unsafe to walk down the street even if you wanted to walk through the encampment. After about a month, we started seeing cars appearing and being stripped over a week or so before the shell was dumped in a near by lot. Over the next few months, well over 20 cars had been stolen and stripped and the police did nothing about it. About 1/5 of the people I used to work with have moved out of Portland. They can't stand living here any more. While I'm not at that point yet, if things keep going this route, I definitely will be soon. Yet, people here keep voting for the same clowns and the same policies. Edit: A bit of an update. They have cleared basically all of the tents from downtown and most other areas of Portland. The campers that had taken over one of the entrances near where I work was cleared and then they placed large cement blocks to prevent them from coming back. I have been downtown twice this last month with my kids and it was enjoyable again. It isn't quite as nice as it was a decade ago, but it's heading in the right direction finally.

[@solarguy1702]

Ii grew up in West Linn, 12 miles south on the Willamette. I too joined the military, stationed in Japan. I tried making it in Japan but just too expensive. I've been in the Philippines for 15 years now on a spousal visa with permanent residency. Hopefully, my visa will never be cancelled cuz I can't imagine going back to Oregon and starting from scratch. Good luck to you!

[@Snappypantsdance]

@@solarguy1702 but that still wouldn’t force you to move back to Portland. I’m originally from Oakridge(OR). Married a military man and Have since lived in CO, VA, FL, and am now in TN. There are some other really nice places in the US. Best of luck:)!

[@miloinindo]

@@Snappypantsdance I hadn't been planning to move back to the states and have kids with me. Having family in Portland, it made sense to move back here :-)

[@ChatGPT1111]

Let me get this straight. It's disgusting, blocked from your work, homeless all over the place, but you're still good. Slow boil, me thinks. 😮

[@traceyyerxa7683]

I agree, sadly.

[@DTachaJr]

The crazy thing is Portland has spent a billion dollars on homeless services and it hasn't changed a thing, in fact it has gotten much worse the more they spend.

[@davidwelty9763]

Money becomes political favors to big contributions from the homeless industrial complex that needs homelessness to continue.

[@davidwelty9763]

Having two jobs to make ends meet is not a benefit of any area.

[@AlvinSeville1]

It's because they really don't spend it for said purpose. Probably the city leaders got it.

[@julianpaul680]

Crazy law of economics: the more you subsidize the more you get. So this makes perfect sense. And yes, "spending on homeless" is precisely subsidizing.

[@samrapheal1828]

All going accordingly to "the plan".

[@chowfun1976]

Portland also decriminalized all drugs and defunded their police. Those are two HUGE factors for its downfall.

[@bepowerful2160]

That was a state law that decriminalized drugs. It was just reversed thank goodness.

[@silaslizzie43]

@@bepowerful2160 It was NOT reversed. Read the fine print. To say it was reversed is to overstate what has happened.

[@corsairsofnarshaddaa]

Those both just codified what was already happening. But that's worse. Drug abuse was causing catastrophic social problems. OR's answer was to...legalize drugs? Portland police were involved in some high profile failures. Portland's answer was...to defund them? People there just threw gas on a fire.

[@cmclaren7]

I live in Seattle and want to move out. We have seen everything you talk about in Portland. It's a very expensive place to live while dodging bullets, fighting traffic and dealing with the grief of losing so many great friends (who moved out) and watching the most beautiful city I've ever seen be ruined. What preceded much of the decline was our terrible city government. They did not step in to stop anarchy at the beginning of the pandemic. Had they supported our laws and our police, criminals would not have been emboldened. We are awash in petty crime and addiction. Life has become miserable. I believe funding mental health care, addiction services and criminal justice would have saved Seattle and Portland.

[@patlynch6517]

Yes, I also live in Seattle, and have seen downtown Seattle turn into chaos. I thought about moving to Portland, but this seems like trading tweedledee for tweedledum.

[@mademsoisellerhapsody]

The best view of Seattle was in my rear view mirror. Buh bye ridiculous expectations from ordinary taxpaying citizens.

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

The only thing that can save Portland is a neutron bomb!

[@TheValkryie]

I understand. I'm a Portlander, but have visited Seattle on a number of occasions. I call Portland Seattle's nasty little sister. You are spot on with funding mental health care, addiction services and criminal justice. We're doing it all wrong and enabling addicts in the name of "compassion".

[@paulmarshall690]

Stop voting demoCRAT

[@michaelg61420]

Parking downtown for work praying your vehicle is still there when you get off work is a struggle. People ODing on drugs near your workplace sucks too

[@devonhanley8174]

And if it's still there, has it been vandalized? Also, is there needles or pee or poop surrounding it?

[@devintaylor8702]

Greetings fellow Earthlings 😃

[@hubbablahloo1843]

Portland was going downhill before you moved in(2010). It just took along time to utterly ruin a such a good thing.

[@toastcapital]

I park downtown all the time and I'm fine.

[@Ghost-eu1rg]

I work in Philadelphia and I always think the same thing hoping my car will still be there and not broken into. It’s really sad what our cities are becoming

[@JoeOrwig]

As an outsider I watched Portland news like reality TV in 2020. Blue haired kids burned and vandalized, and the police fled their own station like a bunch of scared kids, while the mayor stood with Antifa. I tuned into the Mayoral debate heading up to an election expecting to see some "enough is enough" law and order stuff. The first back and forth was both candidates blaming "police brutality" for their problems. Portland is blessed with natural beauty, but gets what they vote for.

[@AngelaRPierce]

The nail in Portland's coffin was decriminalizing hard drugs.

[@loki2stunt]

Washington State too....... Colorado isn't far behind.

[@bradford433]

I think there's a right way to do it and Oregon definitely has not. Treatment needs to be MANDATORY, otherwise then yes, there should absolutely be jailtime. Give addicts a chance, and if they won't take it, then you have to get them off the streets. Without mandatory treatment, the whole thing's not just a waste of time, it becomes dangerous for everyone, as we've seen.

[@pagexi3394]

So it’s ok for hard drugs to be prescribed by doctors, like meth for kids, (main ingredient in all adhd meds), but not for recreation? Seems legit….

[@topsykretts2264]

@@loki2stunt didn’t WA just pass a law in mid May to keep drug possession illegal?

[@houdinihir9549]

It was a great choice, nobody in America should be in jail or arrested for choosing to take drugs.

[@standardgauge]

I have two brothers that live in Portland. One of them’s been there 15-16 years it’s crazy how much that city has changed. It’s really sad to see where it is.

[@toastcapital]

we're fine here, don't believe this asshole's lies.

[@paulmarshall690]

Stop voting liberal democrat.

[@funkymonk816]

I've been here 6 years and the past 3 years it's gone really downhill sadly. The pandemic seemed to accelerate all the issues the city was having and they haven't done anything to address it

[@travischaddock4826]

It has changed and not for the better. As of recently they think there is a serial killer on the loose. A few women's body's have been found recently.

[@Stephanie_12345]

My condolences to your 2 brothers and to you with family 👪 living in Portland.

[@thecaramelcasanova2123]

It saddens me. I finally moved from Portland after 42 years, about 3 months ago.

[@wyattmason3902]

Imagine that! Turns out riots and firebombings drive small businesses out, especially when they aren't protected by there police because of policies/defunding

[@georgewmitchell]

White guy: I don't understand why people riot. Racism isn't real. Pretends cops reduce crimes. Highest spending on police per capita is California, who is not known for its safety.

[@Rikrik1138]

When it’s a high risk area, the business’s insurance rates are increased to the point they are unaffordable. Either that, or insurance just refuses to cover them because of the risk. Businesses leave, and the neighborhoods suffer the loss because the state refuses to control crime.

[@CloverPickingHarp]

Mostly peaceful firebombings

[@Jmfufghf]

All these white kids with blm signs breaking into minority owned businesses sums up the mob intelligence level. Meanwhile our kids are being illegally groomed by lgbt teachers and told genital mutilation is ok before you are even at an age to know oneself. What happened to non political bias academics?

[@toastcapital]

maybe when you tell the cops they can't kill black people and 2/3 of them quit you should think about that.

[@tehedonistic1]

I left the Portland metro area 4 years ago because I didn’t want my children to grow up in an area where the homeless, druggies and criminals have more rights than they do. I didn’t want my children to be around the filth of tent cities, the drug paraphernalia all over as well as people smoking fentanyl and doing other drugs openly on the streets. I lived in the area for 49 years and miss what a beautiful area it used to be. People keep voting democratic/liberal and then don’t understand why things are getting worse.

[@boot-strapper]

where did you end up moving to? I'm in the portland area and not sure where to go.

[@dinkyboss]

I bet you’re raising the type of trash to curse and spit at teachers when they can’t get their way and to call minorities slurs. I’m sure they’ll be extremely entitled and weird. I don’t like the homeless issue but I’m not going to treat them like a subspecies for arguably the most useless children on the planet. It’s going to be v funny when they throw you in a home after you spend all this time raising them to hate the poor 😂

[@kebab-case]

​@@boot-strapperanywhere besides portland is good

[@stevensigl]

Still voting democrat? Hope you made the real change and aren't spreading the liberal disease somewhere else thats at peace.

[@Thomas116-m2n]

@@boot-strapper If you're conservative, go to Boise. If you're liberal, go to Denver.

[@Saint_Ann]

I was born in Portland and moved after living there for sixty-seven years. If it weren’t for still having friends there, I would never return.

[@deanawade5878]

i moved from there after 52 years. My sons are still there and some grandchildren, only reason I ever go back.

[@mattropolis99]

Been here since 90's - moving out now in 2024

[@brantardrey7360]

Yeah that's me I'm 68 I've been on the coast since 2000 I don't like it here either it's the rain mainly Buck Portland destroyed a lot of its history and took away a lot of the things that made it genuine or unique

[@mzmedic1980]

I've lived in Oregon all of my life near but not in Portland but have worked there. It is a cesspool. It is sad that the population of the cesspool dictates the laws in Oregon. The past two Governors have been the worst. Passing laws the people vote down to move their agenda forward. They will eventually make the state unlivable for everyone.

[@Mr.Howell78k]

Thanks. I never understood hypsters playing dress up with winter knit hats in the summer.

[@jeaniebee3657]

portland also tax you to death. lets talk about the arts tax lol and all the other underhanded taxes they mislead what they will be used for to get people to vote for them..portlanders are idiots lol

[@JJM_PNW]

So…you want to take people’s votes because your politics don’t align with them? Got it! You are a true champion of voter rights and a democratic republic. 😂

[@kensprice]

Someone needs to drop a bomb on Portland and start over. It will never comeback any other way!

[@Jmfufghf]

If you look at a map of Oregon 90% of it geographically voted Republican. Majority of towns and counties are not in any way represented by the politicians

[@loschico1893]

You get what you vote for.

[@casketeir]

One county wields the power for the whole State!

[@buttdreads]

You guys in the northwest love posting this comment, and you voted and vote for it so shhhhh loschico1893

[@gabrielclark1425]

CoughPoliticalMachinesStillExistCough

[@Gloren50]

@@buttdreads we voted for what? What are you saying? You're spouting anti-Portland propaganda from right wing media like Fox. I bite my thumb at you, sir. You have no standing; you don't know what you're talking about and who give's a scheit what you think? Portland's problems are repeated in every city across the country. If we are emblematic of American urban problems, so be it. But don't blame us for fascist, right wing attacks and propaganda, that you obviously believe. What a fool you are.

[@GemStoneDecals]

What happens to the ones who didn't vote for this, are you that heartless?

[@Slobberthegoat]

"It's kind of gotten a little too liberal," that is the understatement of the year!

[@logica1167]

They are supporting the police like Biden supports the Border Patrol.

[@Temperent_Bendu]

Oregonian born and raised here! I moved to Albuquerque, NM a few months ago for a change- and while some things can compare, the weather has been an absolute life changer for my mood and overall outlook on life. Oregon will always be there, until next time! 👋

[@devonhanley8174]

I moved to Tulsa last summer from Portland. Still have sister In law there and mother in law down in Grant's Pass. The amount of sun we get (you as well) is a game changer. The perpetual gray skies from oct-may will not be missed. I miss the beautiful, lush greenery, but I'll just create my own sanctuary 😅 And like you said, Portland will always be there, so we can always go visit.

[@dre32pitt]

Interesting.. I lived in Vegas for 5 years (similar to ALBQ, just not as high up. 2500ft vs 1mi) and could not wait to get back to the PNW.. Far more outdoor friendly days in the Portland metro vs. Vegas (who wants to be outside in 90-115 degrees??). It's rained maybe 3-4 times in the past 5 weeks here and plenty of days above 70, 80, and even a couple above 90. The overcast doom and gloom stigma is extremely overblown imo.. But I guess it depends on what kind of person you are.. My idea of perfect weather is 65 and overcast.. Hoodie weather.

[@nmm190]

And we cant wait to get out of dirty poverty riddled Albuquerque and are moving to WA state!

[@dre32pitt]

@@nmm190 haha, right. I'm just across the river in WA myself.. Love it.

[@psfca]

I heard Albuquerque has a homeless problem

[@xavierbreath2227]

Spent a week in Portland back in 2008 with my Mom. We had a wonderful time. The downtown was vibrant and lively. We moved to Oregon in 2017 and were absolutely heartbroken at how the city had declined. Fast forward to 2023 and to this day we have not gone to Portland again except to go to the Airport. The state of Oregon is one of the most beautiful and diverse geographically. Mountains, rain forests, waterfalls, deserts, Ocean coast line, crater lake, and more. I do not regret moving here at all. But the homelessness, drug abuse, crime, and ridiculous housing prices have tarnished the state’s reputation. Hopefully they can turn it around.

[@ricksmith4736]

And transplants like YOU are why its dying.....

[@thebee3909]

Portland is the way it is because stupid people vote. And reproduce.

[@buddha108bliss]

sadly the high rents is a reflection of the decline of capitalism and happening all over the country

[@ricksmith4736]

@@buddha108bliss Hey, Obama voter, please move to a socialist or communist country and QUIT voting in America.... And when you move tell the BILLIONS in those countries who are trying to get out, how great they have it......

[@drendebe10]

As long as the progressive liberal democrap toxic bullies control the state don't hold your breath

[@abesapien9930]

I wanted to love Portland so badly, but couldn't. I trekked all the way from Chicago to start a new life there. It seemed like such a creative and independent city. Lived there for 2.5 years and became so tired of the crime, drug use, and homeless issues. Went back to the Midwest.

[@abesapien9930]

@candice-hw7nb The people are very, very kind and compassionate. But they think that is the only virtue society needs, and that is the problem. They refuse to call out anything as bad behavior, and blame it on the government by default. I saw not one, but two, people rolling face-down in the street once, and I asked some nearby people whether we should get them some help. A person told me, "Institutions are cruel." So their solution was to let people continue to be a danger to themselves and others.

[@martinnagy5788]

So if I'm a young liberal European who likes art and alternative music, which American state should I move to instead of Portland for a while?

[@JesusIsMaster777]

As someone who has lived there all my life. In a weird way I’m glad the homeless people prevent outsiders from moving in. 🙂

[@pdxmtngoat]

The ship has sailed in Portland. I lived in Portland for 26 years. The 1990's in Portland were it's heyday. We left Hellhole Portland in 2013. No looking back, either. It was already in big decline with homelessness. It's all just gotten worse.

[@dre32pitt]

I mean, that's what happens in major cities.. Portland was spoiled for a long time.. Now they're like any other major city.. it has areas of good and bad.. Just stay out of the bad areas.. All the neighborhoods I frequent in Portland don't have visible homeless and tents everywhere.. just nice people and nice businesses..

[@pdxmtngoat]

@@dre32pitt Things change alright. Maybe some things in Portland might get better.

[@dre32pitt]

@@pdxmtngoat Only time will tell, but relatively speaking, it's not a bad town at all.. especially compared to some of the hell holes back east.. Now Portland is more like Seattle and Tacoma.. just know what areas to avoid.. simple

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

Heyday? Don't make me puke.

[@AlvinSeville1]

Same here...lived there almost 21 years. I left as things got worse and nobody there seemed to care.

[@WoodrowWoods2007]

This is what happens when your Mayor is also your Police Commissioner: no checks and balances on crazy political whims

[@JoeJW89]

The two should never be one and the same... it's so backwards and a conflict of interest

[@deanfirnatine7814]

He pushed out 4 Police Chiefs in 4 years because they were too tough on crime or they left because he would not let them do their job, that said the local Cultural Marxist Prosecutor is a even bigger problem, he refuses to prosecute anyone 90% of the time unless they engage in lawful self defense, then he will go after them.

[@TheeHuntress]

When I was homeless, I considered trying out Portland. When I heard about the drugs and crime, I started looking elsewhere. Yes, there are homeless people who are not drug addicts and criminals. Unfortunately , I would be seen as 'weak' for not living that lifestyle, being amongst that lifestyle. I have an RV now, still seeking the perfectly overcast town. I will be staying put in the hot, hot, hot South TX RV park for now...😅😉

[@ernestoduenas2466]

Living in a RV sounds like freedom for me 😅 I wanna live that lifestyle.

[@TheeHuntress]

@@ernestoduenas2466 at this point, I have too much going on to keep my 71 year old husband traveling in my RV. I am so ready to give it away at this point, to keep my love in a safe space in life to enjoy what life has allowed him ❤️🕺🏽

[@Over-for-now]

​@@TheeHuntressMy husband is 80 and we have been in the RV for 26 yrs. I wonder how long we can continue

[@newopinion3283]

Is living an Rv okey or problematic. Iam thinking of doing it.

[@englishwithalina101]

Where are they all going?

[@amym.694]

Add Mayor Wheeler he isn’t even warning the citizens about a possible serial killer. Six women .....

[@cannibalvegetableyt]

Neither is Seattle

[@jeaniebee3657]

whaaaaat i dont watch the news please expand on this..the news just pisses me off so i never watch it lol

[@athos1974]

Complete negligence. Should be subjected to a recall vote.

[@amym.694]

@@jeaniebee3657 it’s all over KZbin look up Portland Oregon serial killer

[@jeaniebee3657]

@@amym.694 must not be all over youtube cause i haven't heard about this lol thats why i asked you to expand on it.

[@AlvinSeville1]

I lived in Portland almost 21 years and have left for some of the reasons you mentioned. Years after leaving, I'm surprised how much further that city has fallen.

[@yummm8775]

Don't be surprised... Anything that Democrats touch becomes rust.

[@Wizard6]

It is real tough living in Anarchy, when "NON Normal people" are in charge and destroy everything for the "Normal People".

[@blastofo]

Its a bad sign when even Walmart closes all their stores in your city because shoplifting is so out of hand.

[@enigmawyoming5201]

When I moved to Sitka, Alaska back in June, 1985, local people told me “we only see sunshine about 5 times in the summer”. Being from Wyoming, I thought to myself.. “yeah right! just like we see Jackalope all the time in our front yard too!” in reference to colloquial fallacies. Come Labor Day in Sitka, I was asking “when do these other 3 days of sunshine come?”.

[@essebug1066]

What boggles my mind is how there are so many homeless here in a state where it rains 120+ days a year.... Oh, Wait maybe it is because the state of Oregon pretty much pays you to be homeless and you can do all the drugs you want here! I mean if you're high all the time maybe the weather is the last thing you're worried about. about

[@wrongwayeric]

Free tents also

[@toastcapital]

did you miss the council vote outlawing camping during the day?

[@jeaniebee3657]

@@toastcapital what has the council done about the trash the homeless pile up and leave behind to move to the next camp..who pays to clean it up? what about the used needles in public parks? what about the stung out person who attacks people on the max who is also homeless? or the panhandlers on the max that are not being stopped because the city doesn't have patrols on the max anymore? Or the pan handlers who get abusive when you don't give them money or smokes? I know let them move into your neighborhood or better yet if you have a yard let them cam there. let about 6 brokedown rv's park infront of where you live and your kids play if you have kids. are you willing to do that? ill wait for your answer.

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

They don’t pay the homeless. Don’t be stupid.

[@amandad6782]

They do not get paid, thats a lie.

[@whiteowl8703]

The straw that broke my back and made me move out of Oregon was when I had to start paying 5cents a bag. I complained to everyone. 40 days later I’m paying 35 to 55 cents per bag. The second straw was all of Oregon was looking like a third world country with all the stink and crime. Third - I just couldn’t afford housing in Oregon. I moved to Cherokee county Oklahoma and bought a 1250 sf house on half acre 2 blocks from lake for 152,500.

[@naoko7184]

We moved to Oregon 2 decades ago and live in a city near enough to Portland that we could go up there 1-2 times a month. We loved going for the the shopping, theater, concerts, restaurants, 4th of July, etc. Once the BLM riots started during lockdown and Antifa joined in,we stopped. After things opened up we went once, but it was so scuzzy with trash everywhere and tents covering the sidewalks that we left and haven’t returned. The mayor showed little interest in cleaning things up, and even implied in one of his speeches that Portland didn’t need tourist dollars to do well. Apparently they don’t need other Oregonians’ money, either, since the rest of us are staying away in droves. It’s sad, because Portland is our primate city- it’s where we all went for the cool stuff that only big cities can provide.

[@kostasjezuz4846]

Primate city? I can picture this, LOL!!!!

[@JoeJW89]

Portland may not have needed the money from tourists but small businesses and job seekers did

[@guillermogouldburn763]

@@kostasjezuz4846 humans are primates too.

[@jarethgar]

guarantee we're better off without you. enjoy mcdonalds and hay rides ) : nice dinners out at long john silvers

[@seandevine8187]

​@@jarethgar enjoy being elitist and broke, terrible combination ) :

[@jswanson859]

I've lived in Portland since 2010 too and I have to agree with you on all of the accounts. It's really sad how bad the city has gotten and how unfriendly people are now. It's so strange. I rode my bike through downtown today and notice some areas have been cleaned up while others are just horrible again. It's time to move out of this city and find a climate that is more enjoyable.

[@devonhanley8174]

Just moved to Tulsa from sw portland and it's great! Like a clean, safe mini pdx without the misery. Oh, and lots of healthy 🌞

[@dre32pitt]

@@devonhanley8174 How many tornado sirens have you heard so far?

[@cannibalvegetableyt]

Part of the reason I'm leaving is how insanely unfriendly everyone is, now - and I'm from Houston, the least friendly city in Texas. I'm outta here.

[@toastcapital]

you're full of shit

[@dougvuillemot8670]

If your part of why it's so bad. You really should stay. Voting for what politicians are giving you and then getting mad and leaving .

[@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT]

The decline of Portland just MAY have something to do with the failure to enforce the law. Portland is a great example of how wonderful things will be in any city which fails to fund and support its police force.

[@chrisdorsch9754]

Division Ave tells the story. When it was undeveloped Portland was affordable. Then it was built into a shopping and housing plan, Portland saw rentals go up over 30 percent year to year. When you want to be like cities like Seattle and San Francisco you get these results. Portland was different because it had organic growth at a slow rate. Outside developers from other states siezed then excelerated the growth. I knew when the Overlook was torn down that is was over. Portland was like a secret that you could go tell your friends about and now it's broken. My friend was murderd on Burnside and that was the event that made me move away. My heart aches for what Portland used to be.

[@rectorkirk1158]

Blaming other states . While voting for democrats doesnt work.

[@nogames8982]

My problem with the homeless people, besides all the issues you stated, is that the local politicians have given them more rights than the general public, and the business owners and the homeowners. There's the problem. The people that are actually trying to make the city good or getting penalized and being treated like crap compared to the drug addict camped in their front yard.

[@traceyyerxa7683]

U r right on!!!!!!!

[@patrickscanlon1794]

How do these officials keep getting elected?! I am baffled.

[@ibezzant]

Bingo. It even said in the Oregon Health Authority COVID restrictions that homeless people were exempt from everything! This is just one example of this along with the squatting, trespassing, etc.

[@xavierbreath2227]

Bingo!

[@konagirl805]

@Patrick because the next politician running for office will burp out “for the children climate change equity defund the police” and like cat nipped kittens the voters will trip over each other to pull the lever for that candidate. If there’s an electoral deficit, we’ll then, state wide mail in voting will take care of that little problem.

[@flapxjackson]

I live and worked in Portland. I had a job that provided services to other industries. In my almost 30 years of employment here, I saw the demise of industries that provided family wage jobs for blue collar workers. Employers such as paper and lumber mills, large scale breweries, and rail car manufacturers shut down and disappear. The land they once occupied are now high rise condos. Instead of family wage jobs that also provided benefits, we now have service industry jobs and the gig economy. It doesn’t help the area when jobs barely pay you enough for food and shelter. Nobody is going to go downtown and shop if they don’t have disposable income. Also, work from home has impacted downtown also. The offices are empty. The number of people who do some quick shopping on their break or eat their lunch out is way down also.

[@bdg77]

Over 45 years I have lived in P Town. This is the worst I have ever seen it. Crime, homelessness, social decay, graffiti, violence, and it's everywhere. Not just downtown.. The crime travels on the light rail and public transport to all the neighborhoods.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

That s why they call it Piss Town

[@jenniferlee7167]

My brother has moved to the seaside. He lived in Portland since 1977 or so. He hated the way that the homeless were taking over the sidewalk. The businesses could do nothing about it. He hated the riots and the way the downtown had been lovely but now in his estimation is demolished.

[@portlandgoose4727]

the riots were 3 years ago lol. downtown is pretty much back to how it was before the riots. but idk how much that’s really saying, since things were still pretty fucked in 2019.

[@yummm8775]

Democrats are working EXTRA hard to destroy the city as you can see. But, keep voting Democrats...

[@scottgrohs5940]

Seaside’s dying, too. So many empty storefronts and that eyesore condominium building on the prom. I hear there’s drug problems also.

[@nightwalkerscrypt]

I am born and raised in Portland Or. I have seen it get bad in the past but the current situation is WAY worse than I have ever seen it. A huge part contributing to the issue is the local politicians doing nothing to actual solve the major issues. They are "reacting" instead of being proactive.

[@jumperstartful]

You get what you vote for. Same with Calif.

[@logica1167]

Cause and effect, the populate is far left, liberal and Woke and tolerates homelessness, Antifa. Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged described this way back in 1957. In one chapter a main character states 'Brother, you asked for it.'

[@luvyatubers]

​@@jumperstartfulyou get who is chosen for you. Voting is just an illusion for fools

[@lorihuntley836]

I lived in Portland from 1962 to 1989 and it was a beautiful, well-maintained city. It is so sad to see it the way it is now. I always thought I would go back there to live some day but I don’t think that will happen, especially now that I am retired and the cost of living has become so high.

[@robdixson196]

I've had relatives who lived in Portland. I remember it as a cute little city with mild weather surrounded by beautiful nature. There is only 1 thing that could make people flee such a place. SELF PRESERVATION.

[@billmeeker774]

Its so sad and depressing what the city leaders have done to Portland. it almost seems that the city leaders have declared war on the middle class and when Nike can't maintain their factory store and even Walmart as classy as they are, closes all their stores, something is seriously wrong.

[@john-p1n6l]

nike is woke good riddance

[@scottgrohs5940]

We need midwestern progressivism and policies to get into local government.

[@That1_89]

I have lived here my entire life and I am disgusted with how its turning out. Progressive policies have ruined Portland and Portland has ruined Oregon. Transplants drove up housing prices and now we have a homeless problem, we decriminalization hard drugs and enabled the homeless so it created more crime. Liberals focus on treating the symptoms but never try and get to the root cause of the problem. I never imagined leaving, now I dream of a better life elsewhere.

[@yvonneadrian734]

I blame so much of the crime and violence on the Mayor of Portland! Because of the bad decisions that were made with the police department, it is in a sad state of affairs. So many police officers have retired or left the police force. When we travel from Idaho to Oregon, we always bypass Portland.

[@JJacks920]

Totally agree. Mayor and now ex commissioner Hardesty. She was ultra progressive. Mayor needs to go as well..

[@jenniferpearce1052]

Nah, it's the population that supports rioters against the police. What can the mayor do when the people he's supposed to represent are in favor of criminals and then expect him to stop crime? It's nonsense.

[@michaelrandall9034]

Jennifer is right. It’s the people not the mayor. Plus, you fucking idiots HALES started this poor approach. I want my property taxes back. Maybe quit giving “things” away to junkies. What’s the percentage of rehabilitation for heroin addicts who DO NOT WANT IT? Zero. The rain used to control the population too.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

@@ChrisBarber-b2r Our candidate pools aren't awesome, but I sure wouldn't want the job

[@JJacks920]

@@jenniferpearce1052 no one I know supports rioters. Not sure where you heard that lie.

[@livinginportlandmetro]

Great video Briggs, I am a local realtor (if the handle didn't give it away), and definitely have helped clients move out of the area for several of these reasons. Not all are leaving Oregon itself but will move to suburbs or beyond. Some other agents like to ignore some of these issues when talking about our area, but I like to provide all the facts when consulting. These are certainly valid reasons that local leadership needs to address.

[@TravisPluss]

I think the real question is, who did you help move into the city initially? The housing unaffordability didn’t happen out of thin air and the homeless are a direct result of people getting pushed out of the market from investors.

[@bobwallace9814]

I can name Portland's demise in two words........Ted Wheeler. You mentioned 2017 several times as the downturn of Portland. What a coincidence, it's the year Wheeler was elected Mayor. He is a one man wrecking crew of his city.

[@timcombs2730]

The two words that destroyed Portland or not ted wheeler but rather “passive aggressive”

[@lorenbowser7681]

And Sam Adams before him

[@timcombs2730]

@@lorenbowser7681 Portland‘s demise came right around the time that the Rose Garden switch to the Moda Center and we lost KUFO

[@silaslizzie43]

Don't forget Mike Schmidt and Hardesty. These people backed the so-called antifa mobs and undermined the police and law and order. And there were a fair number of people who got behind the BLM/defund the police nonsense to the detriment of this once beautiful city.

[@marycasey9404]

Moved to the Portland area in 2010 and left in 2022 mostly because of the political bs. I miss my mountain, the trees, and just the landscape. I also miss the friends I made and the enjoyable times we had until the big C hit, the isolation was the worst. You truly nailed every reason why I left.

[@catface3473]

Born and raised..70 years old ..and I.m going to have to move out because of the homeless and crime..i cannot spend the rest of my days like this..the collateral damage is unbelievable.

[@RioRioRio12345.-]

Born and raised Oregonian here. It's time to move! It's never going to get better. Obvious now. But, wait till you see how wonderful other parts of the country are. Just Oregon is officially over.

[@erikamoore6164]

Last year I visited relatives in Vancouver, WA. Closest airport was Portland. The drive from the airport to Vancouver was horrifying! There were random tents pitched all over, trash everywhere, it looked like Woodstock the morning after! When I commented on it my relative said, "Yeah, that's why we live in Washington."

[@buckseedamerica2743]

It's chit in Vancouver too! Hot Damn!

[@dre32pitt]

@@buckseedamerica2743 lol, not really.. been here a year and love it..

[@amandad6782]

Yeah, we get homeless from Washington too.

[@jacobnorth4772]

@@dre32pitt You’re not that bright, or you’re closely related to Stevie Wonder.

[@dre32pitt]

@@jacobnorth4772 Or I've lived in places that make Vancouver's level of 'homelessness' look well below avg.. it's all about perspective.

[@timpalmer7934]

I saw Portland for the first time in 2019. It was ridiculous how many tents I saw on sidewalks, under overpasses and along freeways. I felt very uncomfortable there and vowed I'd never go back!

[@bicicogito989]

You should have stayed until summer of 2020. Then, you could have experience and enjoyed the OVER 100 STRAIGHT NIGHTS OF RIOTING!!!!

[@timpalmer7934]

@@bicicogito989 My wife and I talk about that! We were amazed that as bad as it was in 2019, it got much worse in 2020. It felt like a dystopia was hatching right before our eyes in 2019. Turns out, we were right!

[@bicicogito989]

@@timpalmer7934 And, then in 2021, Portland had a RECORD number of murders that year as well. No worries, Portland improved upon that by setting ANOTHER record number of murders in 2022!! Traffic is basically lawless there. The city of Portland has ONLY ONE traffic control officer on duty during the day. ONE!!! But, at least they have their pronouns on their name badge. LOL BTW, of the murders, over 50% of the victims are black males. ONLY 3% of the population of Portland are black males. ALL those BLM rallies/marches/riots(daytime/evening/after 10PM) so improved conditions there. Such an inconvenient fact, is it not. Did the video above mention any of this?? I know he F'd up the fact that there was NO Walmart, ever, downtown.

[@GBR9794]

I traveled there in 2021 to do some works and it seems fine during the night vs the day. Do note that I actively avoid sidewalks like a plague every time I see a tent.

[@yongkim777]

I live just across the river in Washington and my family & I avoid Portland like the plauge! Its like a third world country with boarded up windows, garbage all over and homeless all over living on the street. Not to mention the crime & drugs! Stay away from there if at all possible!

[@grant5941]

Waiting for Austin to reverse course as well. It baffles me that people are still flocking there.

[@franciscochavez1010]

It already is. Just moved out of there and a lot of people are.

[@fuzzy3440]

Many people from Austin are moving to San Antonio, making it more crowded here. A friend of mine just moved from Cedar Park to the Medina Lake area.

[@salty_flightdeck_cpo]

Austin has become Californicated.

[@dre32pitt]

@@salty_flightdeck_cpo It's been the 'Portland of the South' for quite awhile.. well before the great CA migration started.. they even stole Portland's slogan, lol..

[@salty_flightdeck_cpo]

@Rowdy Jr you make a good point. I think Arch might be the next Joe Burrow. Good luck.

[@Rikrik1138]

Where I live we had a Verizon call center. As employees, our main directive became to train our customers to solve all their own problems using the app instead of calling in. I saw the writing on the wall and left long before they shut it down. When your job. Is to train your customers to do your job, it’s not a good sign for job security.

[@b.cdrisk2035]

How much did it pay?

[@Rikrik1138]

@@b.cdrisk2035 back then, 10.50 an hour, but that was years ago.

[@jameswest7945]

Imagine an economy held up by call centers lmao! 😂😂😂😂

[@b.cdrisk2035]

@@jameswest7945 not everyone can be rich and construction work isn't for a lot of people

[@b.cdrisk2035]

@@Rikrik1138 So, it wasn't good money but you weren't poor either?

[@forever_me_casa]

It cracks me up to hear people want to move from this place. I'm from the Midwest where the land is just flat, no mountains, hills, just nothing. Since I've been here my favorite thing to do on the weekend is hop in the car and drive somewhere to go hiking. You don't get this beautiful nature in many places. Long story short, turn off the news and go touch grass. Portland is still amazing. While you move someone's else who appreciates this is gonna take you place.

[@damnwhores]

Texas, Washington, Arizona, Montana, etc., and you're selling me that Oregon is "beautiful" but only when you're deep in the nature part of it? Gee, let me drop everything I've ever owned and live out in the woods! At least I know no homeless will ever come after me, especially during the nighttime!

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

I'm moving to Portland by summer, glad to hear that, people are brainwashed by Politics

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

​@@damnwhoresI've been to Beaverton and the parks and wild life is amazing. Midwest don't know how to build parts and trails

[@thehimself4056]

1984 I visited Portland with my aunt. She was in college there. She would drop me off at a local water park all day. Then drive by after school to pick me up. Portland has a place in my heart. I visited in 2019. I won’t go back unless I have to.

[@amandad6782]

I live here and its pretty safe compared to most cities.

[@ayannahendricks6266]

Telling a story about how safe things were in 1984 😂can literally say the same thing about 85% of the us. Lemme say anyone who discounts how lazy and entitled the corporate workers are now that they can work remote or semi remote is delusional. Corporate response to the pandemic has devastated once vital cities.

[@crashjz]

you're not missed

[@n-xplorer]

I moved away from Portland way back in the year 2000 for many reasons including my neighbor who got busted for attempting to steal kids from bus stops. Guess he had nothing better to do.

[@johnny5896]

da fuk 😮😮😮

[@smokeylake6732]

He wanted to contribute adrenochrome for the Clintons

[@BrakerOfStones]

And here we are 6 months later. I’m 7th generation Oregonian but I’m thinking of getting outta dodge and try intel in chandler. I’m just south of Wilsonville but it’s still not far enough away from bs.

[@ejamesl]

I moved here about that same time you did and I really miss what the city was in 2010-2017. It's become difficult here and it's tragic.

[@frequentsee3815]

Keep voting Democrat to see it really shit the bed

[@McOatmeal]

I was there last week to see a friend who was from hs who was struggling (not homeless or anything just a mid 20s dude suffering from loneliness) I left in 2019 and we drove around town and it's upmost unrecognizable especially in East Portland. We went to a 7/11 on 148th and Division and a bum tent was set up in the Dumpster area and a guy was smoking a white rocky substance on the curb in front of a Portland Police. It seems a town of only lawlessness thats left and that's one of the reasons I now reside in the Denver Metro

[@eiryamorlais4978]

Per an overall situation that is utterly heart-rending- you provide a bit of laughter. Thank you.

[@bigtex4058]

Plus the serial killer who has claimed 6 victims. So far.

[@jasonknight5863]

They seem to be mostly always from the Pacific North West. Grey cloudy sky’s with your plenty of rain most of the year.. super depressing!

[@redemptionhappens7725]

@@jasonknight5863 it’s so true. I left the area and my depression is so much better. People are nicer in the south despite what some might say.

[@amelliamendel2227]

Which one isn't there 2 now?

[@sharker5809]

Not difficult to figure out Why...same as California and many of the Blue run states.

[@djack915]

​@Sharker that's stupidity- look at Mississippi FL etc. .

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

I used to live in Portland in the 90's. It sucked then. Today, Portland is an unlivable city. Don't go anywhere near it or you'll be sorry.

[@Straight-Data-Science]

Let's call it what it is. It's the drugs, people, the drugs. In early 2021 Oregon decriminalized drugs. Why would you do that??!!??!! The entire microcosm has collapsed in on itself. So sad, and also inexorable.

[@instantchiro85]

Salem is going that way fast. Moved here 6 years ago but so bad now. Graffiti, homelessness, drugs and violence all in 6 years time. Loved it now moved

[@mvann5]

How is Eugene?

[@dstoke97]

I live in Portland and I think it’s so funny that people complain about the weather. We don’t have any humidity but have hot summers. The rain is depressing but suck it up because at least it’s not snow. This year it rained no where near 130 times because of global warming. The weather is extremely safe. We got one ice storm this year and had to take a week off from work but only the homeless people got hurt. Sadly the weather is one of the only things keeping me here at this point.

[@ChicagoMike97]

I am a lifelong fan of Beautiful Portland, who just moved out and has no desire to return. What was once my favorite place to be in the United States has died. Riots, homeless camps, lawlessness, trash, open drug dealing/usage, boarded up businesses, lack of foot traffic, empty storefronts, graffiti, and shootings have destroyed the city I once loved. I just moved to Chicago. Yes, the Windy City definitely has its share of violent crime, but it seems to be mostly between gang members and concentrated into certain areas. When I am in Downtown Chicago, I do not see as single tent. The streets are full of life and hope. There are no boarded up businesses. There are almost no crazies walking around. You see absolutely no open drug markets. The sidewalks are almost spotless as well. I am able to ride our amazing public transportation system, the CTA, and not have to constantly worry about some hostile whack job threatening me. And I have spent a lot of time on the south side, which has a toxic reputation for crime (it's greatly overblown by the way; the south side has some beautiful areas, but also some rough ones), and even in the rougher neighborhoods, I still feel safer than I felt in Portland's Old Town. I love my new city. If Chicago can recover after all of the chaos from the pandemic years, it's a wonder why Portland cannot. Chicago is beautiful, vibrant, alive, and exciting. Portland feels like an insane asylum where the patients carry machetes and run the place. I pray Portland can turn itself around, but I have lost confidence that it will. It breaks my heart.

[@wallihaley5194]

I have been visiting Chicago to see my old college friend for the last 30 years and I feel about Chicago the same way you do! I find it to be an absolutely beautiful city with friendly people and very clean and beautiful downtown!

[@briangraham1024]

​@@wallihaley5194Go Cubs!!!😂😊

[@Laura_G]

I am a native Californian who relocated to Chicago and am happy with my decision. It's a beautiful, clean city with world class museums, hospitals, universities, restaurants, etc. As you say there are pockets of gang crime but that tends to take place in the same neighborhoods over and over again. There is a concerted effort to address social ills despite what is reported on Fox News. Chicagoland is a great metro area with many lovely suburbs.

[@daviddahl8186]

I think Chicago is willing to admit there are problems. The people in Portland seem to think things will improve automatically over time.

[@tommylatham9868]

I work in Portland but live out in the sticks. The thing that bugs me is they don't have 24 hour grocery stores anymore, too much thievery. I work a rotating shift and used to do my shopping at night because there's less people, now I have to go to Vancouver where they prosecute criminals.

[@sandyp6523]

Winco

[@kennyc388]

Portland. Another shithole trashed by liberals and their insane ideologies and government. Have lived here for 77 years and have seen it all.

[@mmmd3429]

You can't make the police do their job and patrol.

[@tommylatham9868]

@@mmmd3429 the problem isn't the police, the problem is the D.A., it doesn't matter if the police arrest a criminal when they are immediately returned to the street to commit another crime.

[@mmmd3429]

@@tommylatham9868 You know both can be a problem. If you think there isn't a problem with police departments I want to know what pills and Facebook groups you are in.

[@duanemichaels8435]

1978, Portland was beautiful, fun, and relatively safe. Looks like it's a cesspool now. The entire West Coast metro areas are garbage heaps and their current governments seem determined to keep them that way.

[@fakjoo9553]

California f..ked it up!

[@DreamMonster7X]

What we we're seeing in 2010.

[@carpediem673]

I lived in Portland back in the 90s. It was a paradise compared to where I came from. So sad to see what's happened to it :(

[@Tom_H327]

I work in Portland but live a good distance away. I will not go to Portland on my days off to shop or spend the day. Honestly, I hate my job....only because it's in Portland. I've been here for 20 years. If you could stay away from the hippies and millennials, then Oregon is a nice place. Oregon pretty much sucks now because most of the people in Portland and the Willamette Valley are Shutter Island crazy.

[@guitargirl9714]

“The place kinda sucks, but they charge like it doesn’t.” 😂 So true. I keep thinking that home prices HAVE to go down at some point. With Portland’s population going down, prices will have to decrease, since there are fewer buyers and its turning into a buyers market now. But real estate is SO overpriced, its ridiculous.

[@rickquist3992]

Portland's perfect. It's exactly the way that the voters want it to be...

[@timcombs2730]

People are in active denial of it here because they really are emotionally dependent on their political views for their entire identity and personality

[@dre32pitt]

@@timcombs2730 There are tons of cities that operate the same way on the opposite side.. Neither one is right.. there needs to be balance.. This constant polarization of everything is not good..

[@Jmfufghf]

There is so much corruption in the Oregon election office just look at fagen because she's a fraud, unethical and a thief and she was the Secretary of State running the elections office. So it's hard to tell if these politicians even are who we voted for

[@amandad6782]

Oh, shush

[@amandad6782]

Actually, we have very few people to even vote for. And there were some stir ups recently, its still not changing much so far. The rene Gonzalez won and he is far from progressive.

[@gwenpolly386]

In order to reduce homeless in Portland, they've shipped them to the rural areas. Since 2020, I've seen an increase of homeless hanging around my beautiful downtown. If they are from our town, we should help them. If they are from somewhere else, they should be shipped back to where they came from. Portland was a place that you took visitors for a fun day in the city. Not anymore! The governor doesn't care about Oregon.

[@bonesandbells]

Portland was an early adopter of progressive prosecutors that outside interests, especially the Open Societies Foundations, have pushed to more cities. The inner core of Austin is close to Portland now with Garza as the DA and the drugged homeless/mentally ill shouting at people downtown and even out to Midtown Commons. It's better in the Domain area, but that's mostly due to a lot of private security and plenty of money in the corporate offices and high-end shops; though, that area loses most of the nice live music and independent restaurants that made Austin great.

[@stevensigl]

Soros funded DA and liberal mayor is whats slowly turning Austin into a liberal shit hole but it was never like this back up until late 2012. And Austin is weird but is was never as bad as Portland and I dont really like the comparison. Portland is a garbage heap and luckily Austin is in the middle of a conservative state wich helps with mitigating the leftist loonies or communists hard to tell the difference these days.

[@evegreenification]

YES. This is the pattern. My guess is that these interests, such as Soros, hope actually to institute a much more authoritarian dictatorship style society. They want everyone to get very angry and up in arms about the mentally ill, meanspirited people meandering the streets stealing and excreting and doing drugs. Then we will vote to fund mental hospitals, into which they will stick everyone who really understands what is happening. They take our votes, and twist them to their own malthusian agenda.

[@ibezzant]

Yep, Mike Schmidt is the DA and he's HORRENDOUS. San Francisco had an equally bad DA in Chesa Boudain and even the voters there had him removed in a recall. That tells you how far gone Portland is.

[@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

Austin in its heyday was only cool or liberal in a SAn Marcos sorta way. IT was never cool in an "Actually go there" sorta way and the city has been glorified hype since 2005 if not always. Please quit pretending red state america is nicer than it actually is; even dumbshit hawaiians should not be too casually analagised to red staters.

[@tacocruiser4238]

Portland, OR: Where younger people come to retire and older people leave for work.

[@jennifers6435]

I used to love taking the train from seattle to downtown portland for shopping and the great food.

[@gerryburlage9849]

What killed downtown Portland was when they allowed tents on the sidewalk. Now finally (after much damage to the image of downtown) they are going to ban camping on sidewalks, mostly because of lawsuits filed my some handicapped people because their movement is being obstructed....Liked your video but you stated Walmart moved from downtown Portland. Walmart was never downtown. The 2 that are closing are on SE 82nd and the other near Delta Park, both several miles from downtown. But that just shows the current problems are spread out over much of the city.

[@seattlegrrlie]

As a Seattle girl, I used to love to go to Portland for a mini-vacation. Not anymore

[@eddieg6436]

……Seattle is all boarded up too!!! Garbage, crime, graffiti, filth……PASS!

[@davidolson6436]

Misguided policies on crime, drugs, and homelessness is the root of nearly all these issues. It’s very difficult for businesses to survive in cities that have embraced these policies. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the ideology behind these policies has been catastrophic for the cities that chose to embrace this failed experiment.

[@johnsanchez2256]

You did not metion the RIOTS.... night after night and as tourists riots can break out at any time anyplace here and no police downtown anymore.....not good for a family vacation!!

[@timcombs2730]

People actively pretend that they never even happened.

[@JohnHoulgate]

I lived there from 2011 to 2017. Watched a lot go downhill. What I heard from people who lived there from a long time ago was that a person could live on a part time income. That encouraged a lot of people to pursue their creative sides and it helped make the town very cool. Over time Portland became a victim of its own success. It attracted a lot of progressive people and their moving there drove up housing costs. It eventually became too expensive for the artistic types who had made the city so cool. They either had to move or take full-time jobs. The homeless found Portland to be very friendly. It was the best place in the country to be homeless during the Summer and early Fall because of the weather. When Trump got elected in 2016, that's when things took a turn for the worse. That's when the town went full commie. Up until then people would tolerate you if you center-left or right, but any hint that you were not pro Mao or Stalin meant you were literally Hitler. It sounds like things are slowly coming back, but so much damage has been done. It will take a long time for Portland to resemble anything close to the pre-2017 days.

[@paulmarshall690]

John Houlgate: blame Trump! LOL When will you wake up. 4 years of peace & prosperity was awful! Boo-Hoo!

[@APWare]

⁠@@paulmarshall690 Read it again. He’s not blaming Trump. He’s blaming the overreaction to Trump from the citizens of Portland. Good grief.

[@AlvinSeville1]

​@@paulmarshall690he's not blaming Trump. He's blaming Portland's reaction.

[@jilianemorales2074]

The answer to any problem is : it happened when Trump became president. I think it would be safe to say that these crazy commie things began when the first commie President took office: Barry Obama whose name brings people to orgasm.

[@boot-strapper]

@@paulmarshall690 not too bright are ya?

[@TimothyLeeClark]

The worst part is it has been bleeding into Vancouver. I have lived here for over 30 years and I never thought we would have such a downfall in the area.

[@QuinnPrice]

I lived in Portland for years, loved it, and moved 18 months ago. I agree with you.

[@nogames8982]

I almost moved to Portland in 2005. I'm glad I didn't. It was a gorgeous city back then. I hope they get it together and get it back to what it used to be.

[@georave1785]

That city is occupied by comunist mobs. It won't get better.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Never going to happen. It's finished.

[@Logistical_Nightmare]

It never will be back to what it used to be. Move somewhere else. Definitely move somewhere else, and never come back

[@jeannearc9879]

Same. Portland was on my list because SanDiego,CA, is super expensive to stay. However, good thing I stayed

[@buddha108bliss]

I moved to Portland, Or in 1976 lived and worked in town. My first encounter with unhoused individuals was in the inner NW area north of Burnside. There were people who lived under the bridge. My mode of transportation was a bicycle. I experienced Mt. St. Helens eruption. Attended and graduated from The Museum Art School in 1981. I left the Northwest in 1983 and have been happy ever since about my move to New England. What I want to say is that Portland has the same problems as we do in the NE. crime, homelessness, drugs & high cost of housing but we have it to a lesser degree because of our smaller population. We are a microcosm of the macrocosm with similar struggles. What people may find in other regions of the US is that our country is struggling with these problems everywhere.

[@MrDan708]

Large numbers of homeless began appearing in public in the US after the old mental hospitals were shut down. No, those places weren't enjoyable to live in - but are things any better for these people out on the streets? Their presence in cities like Portland and SF shows that until these people are treated for their mental issues, they will continue to be a problem wherever else they show up.

[@roberthunt1540]

With the loss in sales taxes from the homeless crisis alone, the city could afford to re-instate some kind of asylums for the mentally ill.

[@athos1974]

You are absolutely correct. Those places were shut down during the 1970s as new drugs became available. And they were shut down because people in this country decided that they didn't want to pay taxes to keep the mentally ill portion of the homeless off the streets anymore. I was born in 74, so all the adults at the time made those decisions. But as an adult, I have to deal with the consequences of their stupid decisions.

[@joywebster2678]

The decision was made by Ronald Reagan, not the individual taxpayers. His administration showed how much money would be saved by shutting down the huge asylums. There are towns in the USA whose entire purpose for 1000plus years was to support and staff a large asylum which housed the mentally handicapped, the mentally ill, those who just couldn't function due to addictions. So generations worked as groundskeepers, nurses, Maintenance, housekeeping, staff, office staff, administrators. And best of all the infirm were warm, dry, and had care. Many of the institutions weren't as severe as back in the 1800s. So instead of building the great group homes and community services promised by Reagan, and all the countries that copied him, they just dumped asylum lifers onto the streets. And Reagan was praised. We've never fully recovered from that 1980s decision. Now add in the increase in addiction, and we have a more violent reactive homeless population vs just mentally ill folks and drunks.

[@paulmarshall690]

@@athos1974 I don’t agree. I lived as an adult in the 70’s It was empathetic liberalism that closed asylums. They renamed it (like they do SO often) calling it “MAINSTREAMING” the patients. Actually they were giving up, abandoning and killing them slowly in front of us-so WE could see how “bad” we were as a society! Liberalism

[@climateclean]

You do a good job covering the Portland crisis. Thank you.

[@bicicogito989]

Really? His first point said that Walmart left downtown, because of crime/loss. There was NEVER a Walmart downtown!! There is a small, urban Target downtown. I bet their "shrinkage" at that Target location is enormous!

[@Arielrosemusic]

I lived in Portland from 2000-2008 and you missed the real 'heyday' of that city. Honestly I think I did too - because the best years up there were the 90s and previous to that if you ask locals who have lived there a long time. When I moved there, I got a 2 bedroom, 985 square foot apartment for $585 a month! it was super nice, felt very safe and I thought I'd never leave. Before I moved in 2008, the rents went up almost double because of the housing crisis and they never came back down. Crime started to skyrocket and my friends who still live there say they no longer feel safe outside at night or walking alone. I worked as a musician and performed live frequently. It was never easy making money in the city, people tend to be seriously stingy and not all that friendly or open. I had way more luck in Portland's suburbs - people were way more generous and friendly outside of the city center.

[@tedlarson6216]

I applaud your candor and objective thinking. It's a sad realization that liberal ideologies work great as a personal philosophy, but are utterly disastrous as public policies. Truly- "Get woke, get broke, trashed, ruined and abandoned".

[@seavol8692]

We moved out almost two years ago from Portland and I would also add a big piece of our move was the Covid response. with kids entering elementary school they kept public schools closed for 1.5 years (private schools were allowed to open) while increasing taxes. We enrolled our kids in private school for kindergarten as schools were closed w/o signs of opening. Portland has also implemented a 1% tax for homeless, income taxes for bikes, which was also on top of the 9.9% state income tax. Portland now has the highest marginal income tax in the country, with little to show for it. Having gone to high school there (dad still leaves in the region) and returning there after school and my first job it's not worth the cost.

[@dushanepowell3782]

I visited Portland in November for my birthday. I was shocked to see the state of the city. I asked the concierge at the hotel, where is the bad part of Portland? She said, “Portland”. I had the feeling that I was in a dystopian novel set in the future. Every vertical flat surface below 25’ in height is tagged with graffiti. The freeway right of ways are lined with homeless encampments. I was deeply saddened to see such a once beautiful city being desecrated.

[@mlight7402]

I live in the southwest and a similar thing happened in my city during COVID. The city council tried providing support and more homeless came in droves. One day the tents, sleeping bags, buckets of human waste, and the junk were gone. Our council decided it was not ok for the homeless to live downtown. They have been moved to lower density areas. The problem is still there.

[@SurrealGal]

Portland State 1970 grad here. Left to go to grad school. Cried when I left. Now I cry when I watch your videos. Just sad to the millionth degree to see the decline of a once great city.

[@toastcapital]

We’re still good here. This guy is from the burbs. He knows nothing.

[@SurrealGal]

@@toastcapital Jeez, I hope so. I'm planning a trip in the next few months to check it out myself.

[@dre32pitt]

Portland's 'demise' is very much overblown.. it's turning into pretty much any other major metro area.. You just need to aware of what areas to avoid is all.. just like any other major metro area.. It really is overblown imo.. All the neighborhoods I got to in Portland are clean and businesses are doing fine.. Now someone may say 'that's all the gentrified hipster neighborhoods', but that's the reality of it.. Portland is just going through it's growing pains

[@ShermanMark1]

@@SurrealGal It's trash Don't believe Toastcapital

[@jenniferpearce1052]

@@SurrealGal I don't think these people who are saying it's fine know what it used to be. 10 years ago, I would wait for the MAX alone at 11pm and feel safe. Now I wouldn't at 4 pm. My office closed because of machete, knife, axe and gun attacks around the building (including bullets lodged in the cubes). It used to be a place where you could leave your lawn chairs overnight, to claim your place for the parade the following morning. And I'm not talking about the 60s or something. I'm talking about a year starting with 2.

[@islanddon865]

Portland Drug Crisis: Red states buy 1 way bus tickets for their meth heads to Portland. Just like immigrant refugees to NYC.

[@cleokey]

We live on the coast, moved there in 1990. Portland might as well 5 states away, only exception is the hospital. Last 10 years it's simply decomposed.

[@JonnyFoxx]

I missed the Portland boom by a few years unfortunately. It’s really got a lot of potential and hopefully they can get back on track. The PNW in and of itself is the most beautiful, magical place in the country, Portland just needs help. The prices and homeless crisis are real, don’t believe people who say they aren’t. Got an opportunity in North Carolina so we’re gonna go ahead and give that a go. Godspeed y’all. 💛

[@BrightResultsMedia]

Portland needs help. From who…? Portlandians?

[@toastcapital]

Portland is still kicking it. Don't believe this guy's lies

[@billmM3605]

@@toastcapital It's kicking alright, like it's having an epileptic seizure.

[@thEM1ghtyricer]

​​@@toastcapital man you're in multiple comment threads with some serious cope. Just face it. Your liberal policies failed. Turns out you can't catch and release criminals, allow open and encouraged drug use, ban any form of self defense, and cave to any demands people with no understanding of consequences happen to have. Just admit your failure and move on. It's ok. Excuses got you here, solutions can get you out.

[@logica1167]

@@toastcapital There is a thin line between civilization and savagery and that line is blue. Woke Portlandia is self destructing and the leftist electorate is reaping the harvest.

[@slidefirst694]

I love feel good videos like this.

[@tychill]

Born and raised. Left with my fam a couple of years ago. Love that city. Traffic didn’t bother me I just rode my bike. Politics didn’t effect me I didn’t make enough. Weather didn’t kill my mood because it’s all I knew. But once the homeless trailers started parking in front of our home, which was also next to an elementary school…game over. Fighting, theft, defecation, and drug use right in front of our kiddos every day. Thought about moving out to the burbs but instead decided to move to a smaller town and LOVE it. Think I’m done with cities, except to visit.

[@kathiemanchester8618]

We’ve been in the area for 17 years - selling our home currently and moving out of state!! 🥳

[@TheValkryie]

Best of luck on your home sale. We are doing the same (although we're headed to a different area of Oregon). I kinda cringe when I see videos like this, because I don't want it to affect potential buyers! However, people do move to Portland from "worse" areas, so one man's crappy place is another man's paradise 😅

[@dockersfavs3110]

Homeless,addiction, mental health is killing the West

[@trailrvs]

Given the status of both Portlands, I think Maine would be a better one to live in.

[@roberthunt1540]

Portland ME is happening.

[@dre32pitt]

Depends on how much you like snow and only seeing one ethnic group..

[@trailrvs]

@@dre32pitt did a quick check and Portland Oregon is 5.4% African American while Portland Maine is 8.3% African American. So the diversity scale tips toward Maine as well!

[@dre32pitt]

@@trailrvs lol, Portland ME is 85% white.. Portland OR is 70%. That was more my point.

[@James-np8pu]

I moved out of Portland and to another state last year for all the reasons you mentioned but for me it was mainly, high crime, antifa, decriminalized drugs, defunded police, insane policies, homeless and garbage everywhere. So so very happy I left. Where I live now is completely the opposite of Portland.

[@TheValkryie]

We are looking forward to moving out soon for the very same reasons. I can't wait!

[@stevensigl]

Yea but are you going to stop voting for democrats, we only hope you dont spread the liberal disease to a peaceful conservative city.

[@IvorThomas]

Big piles of bricks conveniently left on sidewalks for the Antifa psyops definitely ticked a few boxes.

[@crashjz]

sweet! thanks for moving.

[@James-np8pu]

@@crashjz How very dare you!