Why Are People STILL Moving to Portland Oregon?

Why Are People STILL Moving to Portland Oregon? Is Portland Oregon a good place to live? Absolutely! If you're wondering what it's like living in Portland Oregon, follow along as we journey through the city discussing the best aspects of living in Portland Oregon. Moving to Portland can seem intimidating, but there are common themes for anyone relocating to Portland, whether it be the Portland Oregon job market, the best Portland Oregon neighborhoods, walkability, culture, and more. Tune to learn why people are still moving to Portland Oregon!
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[@thomasmcroy1756]

The amount one complains about Portland and the distance they actually live from the city center are proportionate.

[@Skunkhunt_42]

😂 guess ima odd duck here then. Not here by choice, gonna leave as soon as I can

[@masonboerger7935]

That’s so real, living here for the summer w a spot on burnside, love it. But I visit clients in Vancouver, WA and all they talk about is how terrible the city is lol. I just like public transit and culture a little more than I hate seeing ppl down on their luck

[@Skunkhunt_42]

@masonboerger7935 you think portland has alot of "culture"?

[@gthisiseasy]

​@@Skunkhunt_42why dude stay

[@IMcbee]

you totally should leave. ASAP. ​@@Skunkhunt_42

[@johnwashingtoncountyor4954]

Decent city. Lousy leadership.

[@No_Hype85]

That's the problem for sure, leadership Is trash!

[@Buckseed]

Great City, outside agitators love their drugs!

[@m.w.2401]

Having lived in Oregon for 20+ years I can tell you Portland has always sucked.

[@xisigma]

Wealthy Californians are infusing the economy, moving for the natural beauty and weather. But as leadership crushes small business, brain drain will rot the city from the inside. Not sure about the rest of the state.

[@sketchypeoplepdx]

Forest Park is Portland's ace up the sleeve. To have that much hiking within the city limits is really amazing. Not to mention the backdrop it gives the city when looking to the west.

[@livinginoregon]

+Washington park, Marquam nature park (where I was in the first part of the video), Tryon Creek, Marshall Park, Mt Tabor, Oaks Bottom, Gabriel Park… and much more!

[@nomaderic]

I'm a nomadic person who travels a lot, and the Portland metro parks were top tier. I particularly enjoyed the fact that many of them are connected and I could walk a trail from one park to another.

[@PenandInk2012]

Been downtown on a number of occasions recently and it is doing much better and I feel it is improving...it just needs some better leadership and a "hell with it, let's fix this mess as best we can without their (leadership) help" mentality.

[@comeconcon569]

Portland offers both an urban and rural setting combined just in the city.

[@Thierry-l3k]

Yes, people are moving to Portland and real estate prices are not collapsing as some less than truthful people posting on KZbin claim. In the last 2 months, my neighbors house was listed at $750k and sold for $823k and my cousins house listed at $699k sold for $728k. The buyers were from Phoenix and Dallas.

[@kin357]

It's ridiculous to think it will crash. It's simple supply and demand. There are only so many single family homes in the metro area.

[@MatthewGillespiedj]

Portland is so awesome, I am moving back after being away for two years.

[@Christopher-pe6zj]

Portland NW area against the hills.. amazing!

[@jonyb123a]

It's the weed that brings in out of staters. In staters come to escape their small towns.

[@roycereidnm]

One of the best places to spend yr 20s. Kinda hard to settle down and buy a house, workplaces can be strange. I’ve lived in both of the metros of the PNW and eventually didn’t want to live in a gentrified ‘IT’ city anymore. Townies wax on how good it used to be while drinking.

[@martinrebhahn9665]

Exactly.

[@GergonX]

I dare you to walk the length of the Springwater Corridor Trail, runs right through SE Portland.

[@livinginoregon]

Maybe I’ll do that one this week

[@3DEditor]

Don't give people a false impression of Portland population decreasing, despite more people moving in. The traffic congestion has quadrupled over the past 10 to 15 years! If you want to get an honest readout of how overpopulated an area is, look no further than major highways/freeways coming and going into and from Portland metro areas.

[@les0101s]

Great video and can't believe you walked so far! Thanks for showing how beautiful Portland is.

[@rogerg.2686]

I don't know who needs to hear this but living your life to the fullest does not have to involve hiking.

[@livinginoregon]

Amen 😂

[@thomasmcroy1756]

Get the gear!! Also haha.

[@Bambooken]

But it is nice when you feel like it

[@paulross9287]

Or blocking traffic on your bicycle.

[@SteveSchmitt-n4u]

Loved this urban explorer adventure. Bike rides covering similar territories are 5-star fun. You should do another adventurous vid by taking the Max to all the way out destinations - Clackamas, Gresham, Airport, Hillsborough, Milwaukie, etc.

[@thelastavenger754]

I'm impressed you did this in the rain! I love taking long walks around the city, I start in the Pearl and head towards Downtown. I'll have to try the this trail the next time I'm in town. Portland is a hidden gem that has the same issues as any other big city but you highlighted all the things that make it great.

[@m.w.2401]

Stay the heck out of Oregon, we are tired of out of state movers ruining the state.

[@junemoonchild69]

😂Too bad, I have more money than you, and we are moving to Portland next month!!

[@forest12able]

90 neighborhood associations sounds like a lot of NIMBYs.

[@MylaMinoki]

The people who complain about Portland, live in Vancouver.

[@somecharactersnotallowed1319]

Because there are alot of places that are way way shitter and/or way more expensive.

[@nomaderic]

As someone who has lived in most major cities in America i always tell portland folk that they just don't realize how good they have it sometimes

[@m.w.2401]

And there are a lot of cheaper places to live where the wages actually provide enough to cover rent for a one person apartment.

[@martinrebhahn9665]

Very few apparently are moving here since a simple Google search will tell you Portland's population is 622,882 in 2024. Portland's population peaked in 2019 with 654,378 people. Lots of issues facing Portland right now and combine that with a super low birth rate which of course is a national problem as well.

[@holiday197]

Would you consider doing a video on the attitude of Portland residents to new people moving into the state? For the city of Seattle, there is a stigma around the Seattle freeze in which it is hard for newcomers to mingle and integrate with Seattle residents. I’m curious to know if this is a similar case with Portland.

[@livinginoregon]

I think we have that too to some extent. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b32ooZ-em9tri5Isi=yyb26Xf54NX29g3_

[@vanji611]

Don’t sweat it, soon the California transplants will outnumber Seattlites!

[@prestonphelps1649]

Im from seattle. I left a few years back due to the woke culture mostly. Also famously hard to make freinds there.

[@PCSPounder]

Disdain of newcomers was way bigger in the 1980s than 2008-now. The odd part is some of the Portlandia newcomers were the one priced out by the next wave of newcomers. There is the universal disdain of house-flippers, but that’s everywhere. For Portland to go through what it’s gone through the last 4-6 years and really NOT lose property values is both a curiosity and the problem for those who fell victim to it.

[@thentil]

The "Seattle Freeze" is a complete myth. I can't speak to the 80s or 90s, but there is no problem these days. I get the feeling the people having a problem are due to themselves, not the society they've moved to.

[@craigemmett2425]

Serious question..how do you afford to live there? It looks like you need a six figure income.

[@user-Brian_Gregory]

The video focused on an expensive area- the West Hills are Portland's "old money" neighborhood. Out in the suburban sprawl east of the river, housing is much more affordable, and you still have some of the amenities, like abundant parks and extensive public transit (I lived there for decades without owning a car).

[@JDVarney-sm8fe]

I wouldn't live anywhere else.

[@larryjex6485]

One of the things I miss about Portland was the fact that you can ride your bike year round. You can't do that in Phoenix (too hot), or Portland, Maine (too cold). As for size, there are only about 20 cities in America that are larger, so it's not really "small" anymore. The best place to live in the metro area is Clark County, Washington if you ask me, and the Couve's waterfront is only 9 miles from the one downtown.

[@cutterhasthevision]

You ride your bike in the winter?

[@m.w.2401]

You clearly don't live in Oregon. As someone who has lived here for 20+ years I'll tell ya you aren't biking in snow and ice season.

[@larryjex6485]

@m.w.2401 I lived there for 4 years, and there were a few days I couldn't ride, but they were very few. I'm from Salt Lake, so winters in Portland seem more like Fall and Spring.

[@jmarie28]

Your comment was very reassuring since I'm planning on moving to Vancouver WA next spring from the East Bay in No.Cal, finally ditching the job. Having PDX within 10 miles is a significant advantage since I plan to travel. I've been to Portland 4 times and love the Pearl District but it was apparent during my last visit in 2015 that the homeless situation was getting a bit out of hand.

[@larryjex6485]

@jmarie28 I used to live in San Jose, and my daughter and grandson still live in Oakland, so for you, that first winter is going to feel pretty cold and wet, but I wouldn't plan on much snow, Portland only gets a few inches a year, and some years none at all. I don't know what you do for a living, but almost all of the really good jobs are on the Oregon side of the Columbia, so plan on commuting. The Couve is great, but it's still very much a suburb, and you'll always be aware of the fact that half the population of Oregon (about 2 million people) live just minutes away.

[@e621_]

why am i watching this i live here

[@joeschiewe7292]

The leadership is horrible.

[@jilllandefeld3829]

I was among those who moved to Portland, and here are some of my observations. I couldn’t afford to dine in any of the wonderful restaurants because I was living on a low Portland salary that barely covered necessities. People were superficially friendly but isolated in their own homes. The natural scenery was gorgeous but nine-tenths of the year it was too rainy to enjoy it. The mild temperatures I was expecting went down into the 30s every night in the winter and I froze even with an overworked heater… End of my story? I lasted 7 months and went back home!

[@mercyme8014]

Truth!!

[@michaellasfetto5810]

Correction: *inner* Portland is super bike-friendly *inner* Portland is very walkable

[@IBPaintsppp-wt5ou]

I've been living in Portland for 8 years, can't type out much right now but I can answer any questions. Overall quite a nice city, but let's keep some of that negative press to help keep rents down lol.

[@Twigggggy]

omg 100%

[@davidabarrios1503]

Washington Park used to be the country poor farm. It closed in 1911

[@PDXLibertarian]

I hate living here. Totally want to get out.

[@MarvinThiessen]

They're coming here for jobs, not the long, soggy winters. Several high-end earners have left the city 3 yrs. consecutive, way too many taxes here. In the most recent election, naive locals just approved 3 more measures that will further the tax burden. The only tax Oregon voters have never approved is a state sales tax, that's failed 9 times.

[@PCSPounder]

Know what’s funny? That zoo measure that passed was most opposed in Multnomah County (Portland). Clackamas County (whose voters tended to be the most anti-Metro in the past) provided the biggest support for that measure. Things have changed around here.

[@m.w.2401]

Then people are really f&&King dumb, Oregon is the worst state for jobs in the country. Unless you enjoy low wage jobs that never cover the price of a one person apartment.

[@DeanRamser]

Good video. Our HE 18B is also for sale.

[@LAT-qk3vj]

The "Grim" series was filmed there. That was a great show. 😄

[@TToilets]

Surly you jest sir. No way people are nut jobs there

[@livinginoregon]

Plenty of ‘em

[@rickytrux]

Was a cheaply priced paradise in ‘91….hard to find work though but hated to leave. Hateful young people have ruined this town thanks to the internet, and iPhone cult takeover….tragic!

[@Buckseed]

It was an opiate hellhole in 1991...white people love their drugs like a lot.

[@kyuremcjn8406]

I left Oregon cause it’s about to become the next California cause I’ve been seeing more California license plates and home price spiking dramatically like crazy it’s sad, and I am glad I made the right decision to move away from Oregon, I won’t say where I move because I know people will wanna come and make that same decision also

[@No_Hype85]

Facts.. and they don't know how to drive in the rain, going 20 in a 35 cuz of rain! Annoying!!

[@dandandandandanJr]

​@@No_Hype85and don't even mention when it snows that one time every year. Parking cars on the freeway!

[@nomaderic]

Every state in America has tons of ppl coming though. You act like you can escape that. Unless you moved to the backwoods somewhere

[@m.w.2401]

@@nomaderic Your clearly haven't gone on many road trips, people aren't moving to other states like they are with Oregon. A huge part of it is Illegal immigration since Oregon is a state that caters to stupid sh!t like that.

[@nomaderic]

@m.w.2401 haven't gone on road trips. Dude read my name again. I'm literally a nomad. All I do is travel and live different places. I've lived in every state in the lower 48. I've spent ample time living in different cities and areas of the country to see how life is. If anyone knows about the state of America it's me. I actually am all over America unlike most ppl who are in a little bubble

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

On the title? No clue. Place is an absolute hell-hole unless you're rich and in SW Portland. Oregon is a strange place for sure.

[@prestonphelps1649]

Portland has always been the poor cousin of seattle. Very Very similar in many respects. Tough to live in either city if your not woke..... if not you will ostracised

[@livinginoregon]

Definitely true on the first point. The second point… not so sure about that one.

[@No_Hype85]

I live here you're correct the city will eat you up if you're not woke and ready for it!

[@mercyme8014]

@@livinginoregonoh yeah, i can vouch for the woke mindset that levels all thought and creativity. It feels very cultish and so boring for that reason. They support diversity in all areas except difference of opinion.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Moved here 16 years ago, it's been down hill the whole time. Now I hate the place!!! I'd love to move back to upstate NY where I grew up, but family complications keep me trapped in the miserable place. Portland has nothing to offer, I gave it enough of a chance. It's worthless now. Hopefully, some day, I will leave. It's just not as easy as some think.

[@jb-cp4ye]

Because your title is click bait....nobody is

[@livinginoregon]

In the past three years, there’s been more people out than in.

[@m.w.2401]

@@livinginoregon Maybe in portland but the rest of Oregon has more people coming here then I've ever seen in my 20+ years living here. Worst part is they bring their sh!tty liberal politics with them, these bastards moving here have ruined the state I grew up in. They keep coming here raising the prices of rent which people already living in Oregon were struggling to pay due to them being so high before it was popular to move too.

[@nicksam5518]

As a native Oregonian, Portland has a lot of offer. The odd obsession with 'helping' people who struggle , do drugs, take and don't contribute, ruins so much of PDX. For example, Max train system is fantastic...the creeps, beggars, smelly homeless talking to themselves...ruins the value(to me). This is NEW. I lived in Tigard and grew up in Vancouver WA, and the choices leadership makes it WORSE. It breaks me heart the priority to the vagrants and dirty over the families and hard working common folk. The community HATE the police and punish them when they do their jobs. Love to visit, would commute for a job, but would never live/ buy a home.

[@PCSPounder]

A thought for you… if landlords use something like a pandemic to push out people who won’t pay the rent increases they’re in process of foisting upon people, and that overwhelms all the systems that might otherwise take care of such a situation… …then what? Now… that does come down to leadership. If you think the current council is liberal, then I apologize for laughing at you.

[@warmwestwind]

The problem here is that you're a bad person. If you were a better person, you'd like it better here.

[@joyg2526]

"The odd obsession with 'helping' people who struggle , do drugs," 🤨 You think trying to help people is odd??? What do you think people should do? Get a Soylent Green program going? What happens when you can't contribute to the capitalist machine? People in Portland want to help each other, that's part of what it a nice place. It's just figuring out HOW to best help people, in a way that will benefit everyone.

[@mercyme8014]

@@joyg2526I hear such great stuff about how friendly and wonderful the people are. So, why did they destroy their city?

[@janie7242]

Californians are moving to Orgon State because the house pricing is more reasonable. CA is too expansive to live comfortably! However, some news was reported that Organian was not really happy about that, if they saw the CA license plate they may kind of damaged the Car. Well, paradise wants to keep life simple and clean and doesn't want to fight for spaces with too many outsiders. Orgon State U in Croville. Is Orgon Univ. in Portland, I believe.😉

[@dearfinesoul]

We sold our home and leave Portland today ! The city is a sewer!

[@livinginoregon]

Congrats!

[@Buckseed]

The place just got classed up! Bye! 😂

[@Alterspark120]

@@livinginoregonkeep the up the shooting and stabbings Portland! Number one in homicides on the west coast. More than Seattle and San Francisco combined!

[@m.w.2401]

The whole state sucks.

[@mercyme8014]

@@BuckseedYes, and it will be destroyed again in time for the election. Class is an inside job.