Rumor What's going on in Portland?

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  1. Strenuus

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    When it wad the Paris Theatre (early 2000s) I went to a lot of shows there on the corner of 2nd and Burnside. Never really any issues and ash st saloon was a pretty dope spot.

    Now? Lol.
     
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    It's almost like it doesn't matter where you are, blue or red, people are going through hard times whether their own doing or under their control or not.

    Now, back to on topic.
     
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    Well luckily you live in the utopian society that is Beaverton. Man are you lucky to wake up to THAT everyday.
     
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    Agreed.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I was joking
     
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    There is. The difference is they confine their homeless to certain areas and if they leave they take them back to those areas. Boston is the same way.
     
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    I agree. Still less homeless people in Manhattan than Portland though.
     
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    I park on 11th and just south of burnside half a block. Yes, two blocks down is shake shack which had a crackhead sitting at a bench in the section where the road is now closed for seating. And on 11th where i parked is the gutted car, now bbq, i mentioned.
    To be down there and not see these things and say its all hunky dory is either intentionally blinding oneself to reality or is, in their own self, not realizing one is not living in reality. I walked from 3rd to 11th four times. Most building entries had a homeless sleeping and they looked like addicts.

    I am sure there are pockets/areas of good and bad. Maybe five blocks north its not that way. But Burnside is a main throughway. It did not look good at all friday night anywhere from 3rd to 405.
     
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    Ditto.
    Berbatis is no longer as well. Paris is all boarded up aNd fenced off Nd looks like it was a one time crackhead hangout. Which is sad because only a few years before the pandemic, they completely remodeled the interior and it was really nice for the first time in who knows… ever?
     
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    Thats it? Comparing the size thats nothing compared to Portland….







    According to Portland.gov, around 4,000people sleep on the streets, in cars, or in shelters in Portland on any given night. However, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Portland has increased significantly in recent years:


    • 2015: The number of people experiencing homelessness in Portland was 1,887
    • 2023: The number of people experiencing homelessness in Portland was 6,297, a 65% increase from 2015
    • January 2024: The number of people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County was over 11,000, a nearly triple increase from 2015
    In response to the growing homelessness crisis, Portland has implemented a number of initiatives, including:


    • Temporary Alternative Shelter Sites
      These sites provide a safe place for people to connect with services like housing, mental health support, and substance use disorder treatment
    • Safe Sleep Policy
      This policy allows people to camp on a city sidewalk or city right of way overnight from 9 PM until 7 AM
    Portland and Multnomah County have also set a goal of halving unsheltered homelessness by 2026.


    Home Again - Portland.gov
    n any given night, about 4,000 people sleep on the streets, in cars, or in shelters across Portland. Homeless people include adults, youth, couples, and.
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    Homelessness and Behavioral Health | Portland.gov

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    New "Safe Sleep Policy" Legalizes Homeless Camping in Portland, Oregon
    The city estimates about 2,000 people are now sleeping on the streets. With the total number of shelter beds at 478, this leaves most homeless citizens to find ...
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    Smart Cities Dive
    Homelessness Rises 20% in Multnomah County, Annual Count Shows
    May 10, 2023 — Multnomah County enhances that count with by-name lists from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and data from local homeless servi...
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    Portland enforces public sleeping ban - Street Roots
    Jul 3, 2024 — The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication. Musical chairs on the Titanic. Sh...
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    Multnomah County, Portland present plan to halve unsheltered homelessness by 2026
    Mar 11, 2024 — The pitch may sound familiar: In 2015, Portland declared a “housing emergency” and partnered with the county to tackle the city's growing homelessne...
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    Supreme Court will decide if cities can punish homelessness while a ...
    Feb 14, 2024 — While criminalization efforts increase, the number of homeless people sleeping on the streets reached an all-time high in 2023. In a single night, 2...
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    Understanding Portland's Homelessness Crisis - Do Good Multnomah
    Between 2020 and 2022, the unsheltered population in Oregon surged by 23%. Current estimates suggest there are 18,000 individuals in Oregon experiencing ...
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    Do Good Multnomah
    Multnomah County reports big progress in sheltering, housing ...
    Aug 21, 2024 — Those numbers include people who entered or remained in housing programs or shelters. The most recent annual point in time count showed that Multnom...
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    OregonLive.com
    Portland, 'repelling its current citizens,' is Seattle's cautionary tale
    Feb 4, 2023 — Every bad trend Seattle has been struggling with is arguably worse down in Portland. Last year Portland had twice as many homicides as Seattle, and a...
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    Sorry. Mods can move the off topic posts from myself And others to…whats going on around portland thread maybe?
     
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    It was an official report in response to a claim that there was less homelessness in Manhattan than Portland.

    What you can see is homelessness is increasing in Manhattan while it has been decreasing or at least leveling off in Portland.
     
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    From my perspective downtown has improved a lot. Lloyd district has gotten worse.
     
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    No. What i see is you clearly didn't read a thing i posted….or you completely ignored it….
     
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    It may very well have. This was the first time id been out at night in four or five years( excluding blazer games)
    Im just saying i was literally right where HCP said it was all good and it was not all good. At all.
    Again, it may have been exclusive to burnside, but its still a main artery
     
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    Love Dantes! SINferno is one of the great Portland experiences. But Burnside is Burnside. It's always been a place of homeless and "bums." That's just part of the Dantes experience.
     
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    What you posted had next to nothing to do with what I posted. So I just reiterated what I posted.

    I'm not interested in a debate over anything else that you were posting about in this thread.
     
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    This is why having a discussion with you is futile. You said homeless in portland went down. I posted stats showing they went up.
    But you claim it had nothing to do with your post.

    my lord man,…
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