For east Germany

don’t wish for people when you know for a fact you’d rather a quiet clean city

@@devo-teeeecities can be very clean with lot of people. idk what you're talking about.

@@miles5600 obviously man, i’m just saying a nice quiet walk is preferable to a bustling shit show like nashville per say

@@devo-teeee OP said that it feels lonely walking the streets of downtown portland, having some more people on the streets walking would still mean you can walk quietly. the only really Noice polluter here are cars.

It feels lonely because all the business and successful people left becuse they had no incentive to stay. It's a boring, barren city that's plagued by open air hard drug use, homeless camps and backwards policies. It's been in a downward spiral for years. Anyone with any potential jumped ship and didn't look back or they are currently jumping ship. I visit every so often out of obligation to family and every year it gets worse. It's sad but the residents only have themselves and their elected officials to blame.

Foliage lmao 🤣 yeah, look at the leaves- that'll distract you from the thousands of empty businesses, homeless tents, piles of human shit and the crisp crunch of hypodermic needles underfoot. Just don't look, it'll all go away on its own

@@SNWECyou’ve never even been here and it shows

@@lowbeam627 lmao Bro I spent Months out there- I have family out there in NE and Gresham and St John's. Cut your B.S I'm just being straight with you guys. I'm from NYC- we are straight shooters out here. We will tell you what's up. It's for your own good. Grow up and see your city for what it is.

@@SNWEC you might be a straight shooter, but your comment was irrelevant in response to this persons. There are plenty of issues with downtown, but, the foliage is beautiful. It's almost like two things can be true at once.

@@merrylyn1957 The trees are very pretty. Yes.

Told us how it was

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It isn't anything like this. I've lived there for 2.5 years.

@@abesapien9930 I didn't catch is it better or worse in reality?

@@AlexAlex-bm1xx Far worse, unfortunately. And I am not just being a typical crabby KZfaq commenter. The drug problem has skyrocketed ever since hard drugs were made completely legal to posses, and the homeless issue is unlike any you will see in other major cities. That's not even getting into the political unrest and seeing half the shops boarded up downtown. I truly wanted to love Portland and actually moved all the way from Chicago to be there.

@@abesapien9930 Omg. You've broken my dreams and imaginations. Hopefully, the situation with drugs will be getting better and better. Have you ever been in Seattle?

@@AlexAlex-bm1xx No, I've never been to Seattle. I was going to visit it while I was in Portland (since Seattle is so close), but I was told it had the same problems as Seattle, so I never visited.

I know right, it’s almost like it’s a normal downtown, mind blowing.

Where do you live dreamland?

except all businesses are closed on the street you are so braindead lmao

Go take a walk and find out??

They are absolutely beautiful right now.

we are, and it’s getting better every day, and compared to cities that are actually fucked up like Detroit and Compton, people really need to get their priorities straight this town really isn’t that bad, I walk around all the time, at night too, and if you just ignore the homeless people, it’s like they don’t exist, they dont really fuck with you if you just ignore them, you really gotta go out of your way to hate it here :/

@@_G4.R4_ exactly, this is what people don’t understand.. I’m from LA , and it’s 100x worse than this, I love how chill & laid back Portland is

It has already improved so much just over the last 6 months! I work in town every day, and spend every weekend checking out the new (and old) restaurants, shops and cafes - it's actually still so vibrant and charming! Portland is still cool :)

Moscow.

I don’t know bro, if you look for them, you’ll find them, just like any other fucking city in America.

They are in their tent cities under the bridge by the river consulting their crystals to try to figure out where it all went wrong 😅 Maybe they are robbing bicycles or getting their ski masks to break some windows at the few remaining business...

He didn't edit anything, Target used to be a big drug area but it's cleared. Burnside used to be packed with tents but it's cleared. Stop it. DT Portland is cleaning up

Trolling?

@@pacmanc8103 nope, just pointing out the reality

@@AnthonyL0401 Nonsense.

I live and work downtown, and you are right, there is homelessness and drug use, and human suffering. Not going to sugar coat it. However it is very possible to walk around for quite a while and avoid all of that entirely as it’s mostly concentrated in a few small areas (usually around shelters and aid centers). Most of the city is beautiful.

Wrong.

People say it's evil

go troll someplace else, this isn't that kind of video

You obviously havent been to portland because, it 100% has AMAZING food lil bro

@@mileswilliams4356 I actually have. Many times. Some family members unfortunately chose to move there bc they like crystals and shit. The only good thing about Portland is its proximity to Mt. Hood, and even then I'd rather be in the 2 block town of Sandy and closer to Hood. You obviously haven't been anywhere but Portland "Lil bro"- it has terrible food compared to other cities. Even cities in Idaho had better food. Portland THINKS they have good food. Thats why they dont improve. They are dillusional. They have very high opinions of themselves in general, that are based in absolute fantasy. Portland is 100% garbage. It's a trash ass city with trash people and trash food. Explore the world a bit little fella then come back and reassess your claim. They have good beer, good coffee and good weed. If you think Portland has good food you simply have no taste and no experience with food.

yeah? Like who? homeless people? The working class? Gen z who is completely fucked over by the economy and can’t afford a house without like 20 roommates? or do you mean poor poor baby conservatives who already own like 90% of the fucking world? if that’s not who you meant, I apologize, no one can talk about Portland without some type of political backhanded bullshit istg 😒

Creepy troll.

It is unfortunate that urban problems and urban decay can be reduced to a simplistic political cause. You could then draw the conclusion that the problems can all be solved by just changing political affiliation, which of course, is not true either. There is the same problems in many states, regardless of the politics involved. Life is just not that simple.

The problem is not democrats, the problem is that American cities are built with many homes in the city centers, and all over, which causes lack of affordable housing, the need for a car, and 80% of homeless are that way because they couldn't afford rent. European cities don't have that problem because they are actually planned cities. And, hello from over here in Lille France, I am an American living in northern France.

what are you even talking about. it’s literally just october lol. I was there in September and it was absolutely gorgeous. it wasn’t run down of filthy and it isn’t in this video either. the trees are just missing leaves lol

lol is this parody? 😂😂😂 I’m guessing it’s a joke/parody. Thank you for showing how stupid republicans talking points are with your sarcasm 👍👍

y'all voted for it 😂 deal with your pedo joe

Nonsense. Your political bent and rants about Democrats and ‘woke’ provide a crystal clear window on your bias. Many of us native Oregonians are sick to death of constant whining by people who offer absolutely nothing to the community other than complaints.

At least your city is safe. Many people from around the world would take this city over what they've got.