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 also spent a lot of time in Portland. I always heard about it and landed a client there. Man a year of that place is enough to never want to go back, and this was 6+ years ago. I have never seen so many young, able bodied people begging for money. Everywhere. On the street, on the train, in the stores, in restaurants. Everywhere! Worse than San Francisco. And the entitlement! If you say "no" they give you attitude or insult you. Random people always asking to use my phone or asking for a cigarette. Junkies sleeping in the streets. Nasty place!
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 also spent a lot of time in Portland. I always heard about it and landed a client there. Man a year of that place is enough to never want to go back, and this was 6+ years ago. I have never seen so many young, able bodied people begging for money. Everywhere. On the street, on the train, in the stores, in restaurants. Everywhere! Worse than San Francisco. And the entitlement! If you say "no" they give you attitude or insult you. Random people always asking to use my phone or asking for a cigarette. Junkies sleeping in the streets. Nasty place!
^This guy Portland's