Rumor What's going on in Portland?

I say get out and live. Stop going out of your way to Google bad shit and go live….. but if you must, keep fighting the fight!

There is a chicken place on Mississippi we are going to this weekend. Supposed to be amazing. Then heading over here to get some plants for the house…. Hope you enjoy your neighborhood and what it has to offer as much as we do.

 

Because I was offered a career level job in Salem. No effing way I could live in Salem (And I will offer no apologies) and after a year plus, the commute was killing me. To say that I was angry about leaving Portland is a major understatement.....but I got over it (it took awhile) and adjusted to the trade offs. Like I said, I love Portland. It is, and always will be my home town. My roots are deep and I am disgusted with how the City of the 1990's evolved into what it is today. I looked down my nose at the podunk 'burb I moved to 38 years ago but am extremely proud of what it has morphed into.....and that is why I stay.

 

I left Portland in 2001 and it was even back then too much humanity for me. I never was by nature an urban creature as my roots are Iowa dairy farm roots. Wilsonville definitely doesn't have the culinary options the city does nor the shopping. I like the tennis courts though and the library there.

 

may i ask what your objective is for ignoring reality? What is your issue with others pointing it out?

no the suburbs don't have clubs like the city does. You are way off base. The city offers many shops not found in the burbs. You state false claims.
ive lived downtown more than once in my life and lived within the city limits for over half my life. Ive esneed the right to an opinion so you can fuck off with your cold farts of bullshit.

If you don't like me pointing out what i see then use the ignore button.
What exactly is your issue with me countering a false statement?
What is your objective with arguing with reality and trying to shovel it under the rug? What is your objective with shoveling bullshit loke cold farts??????

Burying ones head in the sand and muttering all is fine now, doesn't help.

If one cant handle people stating what they see without trying to belittle them or mock them then maybe they should find another thread to participate in.
For fucks sake….

 

Oh don’t worry; I have so little respect for you it’s almost comical, but amazingly that doesn’t have anything to do with your opinions on Portland.

I don’t see many people here willing to talk seriously about Portland’s real issues because it sure seems like most people here are stuck on the “eww filthy!” level of discourse. People like that aren’t really bringing anything to the situation and I see that when I drop my level of discourse down to your level, suddenly everyone is up in arms and offended. It’s really telling.

 

I figure it’s a vast country. Lot of options for folks as to where they feel at home

 

i care not for your respect or the myriad of fantasies you like to live in. Im just done trying to play nice to make your life easier. I tried that and you spat in my face in return. So i lost all respect or caring for you a long time ago. doesn't change the fact that im going to continue to speak the truth about what i say. Whether you continue to play games or not.

And for your better than thou bullshit about discussing it? Like any type of discussion in here will solve anything? You think this forum has that power? That spread? Just how many fantasies do you live in?
Doing something about it is voting certain ways or volunteering for cleanup. Or being active in the community. No amount of discussion in this forum is changing shit, so get off your high horse about, “people just saying how icky it is and not discussing”

if you cant handle people stating or posting what is going on in portland, then move on. Period.

 

Beautiful evening out tonight. Living life in P-Town!

 

Housing first is so much simpler.

 

The fantasy is believing it hasn't improved since the money started flowing to solve it in 22-23. It's exponentially better now than it was during the pandemic and after the fires.

 

ill believe my own eyes. Not some fantasy or be a sheeple to manipulated numbers to cater to an agenda.

here is a portion of my post you failed to discuss. Said you wouldn't discuss yet here tou are trying to discuss.

• 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

sheeple. Sheeple. sheeple……

guess ill have to head down again this weekend and take some pictures but even then some would be in such denial in the face of factual proof, its likely not worth it.
When a head is buried in the sand it doesn't see anything else but its own mindgames….

 

Once again, if you think Portland is worse now than in 21-22 then you are delusional. There is no way there are twice as many homeless on the streets down there now than there was in 2021.

It may be that the increase in funding has allowed us to get better counts. Or maybe the incentives to get money now make it beneficial to have higher numbers. Or maybe we're getting the people who need to be in treatment off the streets and the others don't cause as many problems. But the streets of downtown Portland are better now than they were in years past.

Anybody who spends much time in downtown Portland has seen the improvements.

We also lost literally thousands of houses during the fires. That has added a ton of pressure in Oregon. I don't think that pressure has been removed (we'd need excess building). And there are far more services in Portland than the rest of the state, and it's far more walkable. So the people who have been pushed out of homes are more likely to wind up in Portland's numbers.