Rumor What's going on in Portland?

Yeah well not everyone is a badass trained to destroy military policeman. Easy for you to say.

 

Stole this post from reddit, regarding blaming our meth problem on some "new formulation". Apparently there is no evidence that the new hotness is chemically different than the old busted meth...

 

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/vancouver-waterfront-wa/amp/

I helped build some of the railing on this. I need to go check it out.

 

Portland is the most affordable metro on the West Coast. I have no doubt sales will remain strong, just as we were not hit nearly as hard as most major metros than in 2007 or so.

That being said..... we don't really have an active shipping port. The Port of Portland is essentially dead. (At the moment, and it will be short-lived, the Port of Seattle is essentially dead due to the logistics issues facing our country.)

It's no surprise that real estate prices are slowing right now, though. It's called "fall" and "winter". Naturally happens every year. November-February are the typically the slowest real estate months in Oregon by far.

 

By the way, just sold my 90-year old, 2,000+ sq foot house in Mac without listing it for sale for nearly $600K. Buying slightly bigger here new construction in Mac for $100K less than we're selling for. Sure, I'm moving from Main Street by 3/4 of a mile, my current lot is average-sized, but given the interest rates, selling my house for double what I paid 5.5 years ago, etc., it's totally worth it. I see houses in similar lots and similar square footage in inner SE Portland going for about the same price. We didn't even publicly list - we interviewed agents and one already had buyers for it. Moving next week.

I work with a lot of folks living outside the state moving here because the affordability of the area and the newfound abilities to work from home. Portland metro should hold strong, even if it takes a small dip in the short-term.

 

Mac?

 

McMinnville

Wine country, braddah! Come on, I sent you some love in a box, FAMS!

 

In Japan one crazy night I got “ love in a box”! That’s a story for another time my friend.

 

Travel Pussy? They sell those in vending machines in Germany bar bathrooms…

 

‘New meth’ is a factor in Portland’s homelessness crisis, Central City Concern CEO says.

 

A few years back went golfing out there with a friend, who's lived there is whole life. I was mazed at how many sirens were constantly occurring and he said it was all the retirement centers in Mac?

 

No clue. I live right in the heart of town, and I don't hear them, but I wouldn't be surprised. Especially if you're near the golf course, where it's mostly older folks living (and apparently dying).

 

The dog, the deer? Yes, but I would never abuse a child. How could I show my face in here had I raped a child?

 

Lloyd center is closing.
Many memories including my first job in highschool there…

sad.
https://www.oregonlive.com/business...lloyd-center-mall-in-2021.html?outputType=amp

 

Yeah, my folks took the family there when it opened.