I go there for a convention every fall. The city is generally a shithole with meth and heroin addicts on every corner. I learned Portland is the runaway capital of the US. The number of 14 year old homeless kids there is saddening. I've been going for nearly 20 years. It's always been a weird fucking place but it's gotten noticeably worse the past 8-10 years, each year.
Like any large metro, there are some nicer areas of course. The dining scene is good and the tax free shopping is nice. But still... preeety much a total shithole. For a vacation I'd go 10000 other places before Portland.
Onnnnnnn the other hand, Oregon in general is fucking awesome. If you like the outdoors for sure. There is a ton of stuff to do and it's beautiful and, believe it or not, a very conservative state outside the shithole of Portland. I feel bad for the country pedes in Oregon.
Oregon is a polarized state for sure, politically.
I have been realizing our battle is urban vs suburban/rural. If you look at a breakdown of who voted for who by county its amazing to see the majority of America is red. Its just the urban centers are blue. I have not figured out the connection but the denser the population the more blue it is.
We went there once on vacation. The place fucking stinks like mildew, and on literally every corner there is either a head shop or a sex shop.
I go there for a convention every fall. The city is generally a shithole with meth and heroin addicts on every corner. I learned Portland is the runaway capital of the US. The number of 14 year old homeless kids there is saddening. I've been going for nearly 20 years. It's always been a weird fucking place but it's gotten noticeably worse the past 8-10 years, each year.
Like any large metro, there are some nicer areas of course. The dining scene is good and the tax free shopping is nice. But still... preeety much a total shithole. For a vacation I'd go 10000 other places before Portland.
Onnnnnnn the other hand, Oregon in general is fucking awesome. If you like the outdoors for sure. There is a ton of stuff to do and it's beautiful and, believe it or not, a very conservative state outside the shithole of Portland. I feel bad for the country pedes in Oregon.
Oregon is a polarized state for sure, politically.
I have been realizing our battle is urban vs suburban/rural. If you look at a breakdown of who voted for who by county its amazing to see the majority of America is red. Its just the urban centers are blue. I have not figured out the connection but the denser the population the more blue it is.