Most desireable neighborhood in Portland proper?

Like where? Or are you talking outside of Portland metro?

 

Baltimore, Kansas City, Cincinnati, San Antonio, New Orleans, Flint, Milwaukee, Albany, etc. I could go on and on and on and on. My point is that people in Portland have no idea what a really bad area looks like.

 

Oh, yeah. For sure. I've traveled enough to know Portland is one of the safer metro areas. That doesn't mean I'd prefer to live in inner-Portland.

How much time to do you spend in LO? Do you maintain a bigger house here, or just something more small and cozy? Doesn't matter really. Just wondering, since it's a second home out of state from you.

 

I was making more fun of those who live in "inner" Portland who are patting themselves on the back for living in the "hood". Please. They live in Mayberry with 2.2 million people.

I spend less and less time in LO, and I'm not happy about it. It used to be half the year, then it became a few months a year. Last year it was 2 1/2 weeks. My place in LO is bigger than my place in Denver, but I bought it years ago, in a different market. However, I won't sell my LO place unless I'm going bankrupt. Some days, knowing it's there and that I can move my family tomorrow is what gets me through the day.

 

Denver seems like a rad place (I've only been for a day - I was traveling and made a 24-hour "layover" so I could check it out). I'd like to get back and spend some days scoping the area. Of all the places I've been, can't say there's anywhere I'd rather live than Oregon. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do for work, the family, etc. That's cool the LO house is there - it's an asset you can always fall back on if needed. I assume you have someone taking care of maintenance while you're away?

 

Belmont area is starting to grow on me.

 

Funny part about that is that there is parts of NE that is some of the more upscale neighborhoods in Portland.

 

Great post!

 

15 years ago that wasn't the case. But today, yeah I agree with you.

Are you assuming that none of us travel outside of Portland? I've been to bad areas in St. Louis, Oakland and Boston.

 

Some parts of Oakland are nasty. Same with parts of LA. South side of Chicago in parts are terrifying. Witnessed two shootings with a 90-minute period. But parts of the Deep South are crazy. I think I was the first white person they'd seen in a month. It didn't feel like I was in the US.

 

Thats odd. I have total street cred in Oaktown and on the south side of Chicago. They must know you are from west linn.

hoop fam

 

See. Forrest heights has the luxury of west linn and the closeness of living in the hood!

hoop fam

 

Yeah. Total street cred. I'm sure. Or more likely is you hang out in the trendy areas.

 

Forest Heights is pretty bomb. But I wouldn't call it hood. Looked there, but I chose the bigger house, better schools, and proximity to work. While FH has far better access to public trans, it didn't make sense for me ultimately because I'm a home body.

 

It's hood adjacent.

hoop fam

 

Ha! That makes me think of the time I was staying in Indianapolis for a couple days. I asked at the hotel desk how far it was to Eli Lilly's. The fellow promptly told me about 1/2 mile. I turned and started to head out, when the fellow asked if he could call me a cab? I said no, I think I will walk. He said, Oh! No Sir, you best let me get you a cab. I took the Cab.

 

Actually, I think all of us who live in Portland are saying that it's NOT the "hood" - that it is, despite suburban legend, incredibly safe.

 

Agree, none of us city guys were calling it the hood Max.