David. Rocky butte is not a cinder cone. It's a butte. Hense the name.😏

You didn't mention Lake Grove, or Mountain park. & when talking about Lake O. You don't mention Washington Square mall. The only up scale mall in Oregon.

Perfect if you love living amongst simple sheeple.

You came all the way from England to do a story about Newberg? Impressive.

Thank you for the cool restaurant suggestions. I didn't know about them.

West. Closer to the park. Closer to the action. East side, meh

PDX is going to get bad (again). I'd think twice before moving there.

Other things to take into consideration that I wish someone told me before I relocated here are the public school systems are poor, homelessness and crime are continuing to get worse and one accident on a freeway will back traffic up. Moved here 5 years ago from Colorado Springs. The west coast is beautiful to visit but living here is getting scary! I've never felt this unsafe.

A lot of the streets look empty lol. Even that bus behind you didn't have any passengers. 6:13 Kind of sad for a city that large.

amazing how Hillsboro is growing...Nice video, thanks for doing it!

Another great video, thank you Mr. Backholer! I didn't realize that part of the city was called Oak Hills. Your use of maps is excellent and provides really good perspective.

I love Portland, but stop sending people to Voodoo Donuts. Their success is clever marketing, cute names, and lots of frosting to take you mind off the truly craptastic donuts. I groan every time someone brings them to a meeting. Blue Star Donuts are good. Actually, almost all the donuts in Portland are decent. I love donuts, but Voodoo Donuts are inedible. Too much frosting. All decoration and naming, nothing to do with flavor.

Thank you. Your video is very helpful. : )

happy valley not mentioned?

South Waterfront has a MAJOR flaw in my opinion. There is no grocery store such as a Trader Joe's, New Seasons or Whole Foods. I worked as a field tech and have been to all of those buildings and that is a consistent concern I heard from my customers.

Madison High School was recently remodeled and renamed McDaniel HS.

Portland's a lot pretier in May after the trees come back to life.

Hi David! Great stuff! I'd love to work with you, If you need a video editor, I can edit one video for free to show you my work. If you're interested, just let me know! 🙂

Thanks for a good review, our in laws live in the area and we visit from the U.K. everything is within 10mins and really well thought out and clean place to live.

Yes because you guys elected one of those former republicans. They never work out.

Killer video!! Can't wait for the next one!

another great video! Mr. Backholer you provide excellent information, I've enjoyed your videos a lot. Your videos are very informative and have educated me on the different neighborhoods of Portland. In the 80s I lived in Beaverton as a junior high schooler and my dad worked downtown, and I never knew any of the names of the different sections of Portland. Thank you very much for covering Portland (and the surrounding areas) as well as you do!

Don’t move to Portland. I’m a twenty year resident and I can’t wait to leave.

I am amazed at your ability to film this video without tents and overflowing shopping carts in the background. No Portland is not a wasteland, but it certainly has dropped off the last 10 years. No worries as Beaverton, Hillsboro and a handful of other burbs have taken off.

There are so many people to condescend to there.

I recently started browsing on Zillow and this is the area where I found a few homes!! Just the video I was looking for. Thank you!

Dude Portland sucks

Congratulations! You said Oregon and Willamette correctly! No, Portland doesn't suck, some of the DB's do, but the city is great!

There's nothing charming about needing more money to live in West Lynn than in Portland.

Thank you for the vids. Could you do a cheapest suburbs to live? I cant afford any of the places in any of your videos 😅. Thanks.

Happy Valley is way above and beyond Portland..

It’s really Not the best neighborhood .. It was a long time ago. The park is now a homeless magnet..

Great video, keep going and you will get there.

No

Nah, downtown PDX doesn't suck. It offers a lot. There's plenty to do there. I'll be watchin' for all ya to sketch! Keep Portland Sketchy and pick up Sketchy People books at Powell's!

Does it suck to try and make $$ on this bozo video??? Vancouver, Wa waterfront is getting worse then Portland now. But they both suck. My condolences living there!

One pays slip rent OR HOA fees, never both. I don't think you meant to imply that but at 3:40+ it sounded like you were talking about slip rent and an HOA as an additional fee. One either rents their slip (slip rent), or owns it (HOA). I live on a floating home and so do my parents. I can attest to it being a fabulous way to live! Nice video.

As a resident of Happy Valley I can confirm. It's a wonderful place to live. It's quiet yet close enough to Portland & PDX to make it convenient.

There's more to life than flannels and eating out. Enough already

Prices are ridiculous. I can get those in Omaha for $550,000. That doesn’t include homeless, methheads, or high taxes though.

More about 55+ on golf course?

Hope you are well . I visit your youtube channel and your video making is Very good. Your content idea are very good . Thank you so much .

My company has a branch in Vancouver WA and Portland and I have looked many times as I am a trail/ultra runner however the out of control drug use that has destroyed Portland in my opinion keeps me from considering the area

Yout youtube video is good

I discovered this through a game Days Gone, place looks relaxing and beautiful now that I see videos about it in real great vid man

I made the move from Texas to Oregon in 2018. I lived on the coast, lived in Portland and in the valley. The best part was the valley McMinnville in particular however, I moved right before the pandemic and only went back once to try it one more time as I’m a big love nature and the outdoors and Oregon definitely has this hands-down, but I could not overcome all of the drug addicts and wading through homeless people, human waste all over the sidewalks to get to the front door of my office in Portland. Also the evening commute killed me. I will never consider living there again during the current state of the USA. I moved out of the country 2 years ago from Salem and best decision of my life.

Helpful…thanks!

your video is amazing

A very marked British accent.

So much nature in the Portland metro area that 80% is covered in forest.