Portland is such a filthy city

get out of the core, you will be fine. The Riots have been a disaster
St Johns can be nice.
skip hillsboro if you can and Gresham
foster road about 70th or so was okay
haven't lived there for some time, but back often.

enjoy the largest intra -city park over 200 miles of trails
90 minutes from the BEACH and THE snow

homelessness is big there because it is also kind to the homeless. so there are LOTS of them and being homeless makes you crazy.

transit can be pretty good tho.

fell free to ask me about details, I am a great native guide
sorry about the housing cost explosion.

Our world has become a very broken place and it brings me to tears seeing how fast we are sliding backwards .

best place to live in the 70s and 80s
not anymore

the west coast from San Diego up to Vancouver and Victoria have had all the same problems with crime, drugs, policing, housing, they all follow the same cookie-cutter policies and end up hosed

had a friend in Portland and they wanted to move to Canada [crime/politics/healthcare/virus spooked them]

I guess now you need to know kung fu and target practice to visit the big bookstore - Powell's

Yes it is, it used to be such a beautiful place. To much drugs and terorists, oh yes and terrible gov. And mayor! I’ll never go back there.

Where's one of the nicest places in the US to live?

Hmm...consider somewhere between Wilsonville and Salem, if you csn swing the commute.

That is a big reason why I would never live in a big city again

I'm shocked ! 😲 I saw a 'What Would You Do' episode where a guy was littering at a park in Portland to see people's reactions. A lot of people called him out. One Portland native said, "this isn't New York." It gave the impression that Portland is a clean city.

That's the Democrats for you 🤭🤭🤭