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.
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.