Losing Alberta: Gentrification in Northeast Portland
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2016
- Gentrification affects more than just numbers. It changes lives - not always for the better. Videographer Sawyer Montgomery and reporter Joshua Webb looked into what life is like in the fastest gentrifying city in America.
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Job well done on the video! It brought tears to my eyes! I grew up in Portland until I was 21. When I left never thought coming back would feel nothing like home.
Its safe now tho
Yes, the pimp’s, ho’s, gangbangers, drug dealers, players, hustlers, and thugs are gone. The crime rate has gone way down. My kids do not have to worry about constantly fighting to stay alive simply because they’re white. My brother, sisters, and I had to fight to stay alive. We were lucky to be large, powerfully built German people and dad taught us the fighting skills that he learned in the USMC. My size, strength, and fighting skill saved my life more than once. After I served my 20 in the USMC, I went through the police academy and then joined the Sheriff’s Department. I now patrol the streets that I grew up on.
I do not miss how it used to be.
Oh so I’m sure all Black people in Portland subscribed to your prejudice in that time.
Excellent work here. I fell in love with this community after a visit to the Albert House for a children's play. Literally read the righting on the wall and knew I needed to know more. You could see the fresh coat of paint everywhere and it was obvious it covered up another culture and another time much more rich than the plastic world that has been dropped into that neighborhood.
" a church ain't a church if it's just got a steeple, just look inside it's all about people " Paul Thorn.
What a beautiful piece of work!! I am so impressed with everyone who worked on this documentary! I have worked with some of the best producers and creative folks in the advertising industry for 25 years and have very high standards when it comes to quality and integrity. Not only did you collectively write a brilliant and moving dialogue, but you supported it with solid facts and compelling anecdotes. This is a beautifully filmed, beautifully edited, and extremely timely story, and I hope you get a chance to share this with everyone who cares about this very difficult subject and especially those who can make a difference. Bravo, young people, bravo!!
We appreciate it! It isn't often that high schoolers like us get to put out our voice, but I feel like filmmaking provides a great platform for that.
Sawyer Montgomery Great work! Really insightful. As you know, gentrification is rife in NY it would be superb if you could work with this family who were displaced from their home of sixty years in Brooklyn. www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/134/287/724/. Please sign and share
Excellent documentary!
The real estate agent told the young man that the houses were in deplorable condition but failed to tell him WHY. Hmm...perhaps because the banks REFUSED to give black homeowners bank loans to make repairs, destroying the ability to upkeep the properties? Cities such as Portland also love rundown neighborhoods because they can condemn properties, forcing people and businesses out they don't like and replacing them with people they like and WANT living there (generally white and wealthy). See Chicago/Seattle/NOLA/Atlanta for prime examples. In any event, this kid has a future in documentary production. Hope he can further explore this issue elsewhere and produce other works.
He needs to study redlining in Portland as he is very young and probably doesn't understand our history. But he's obviously bright and I am happy to see our next generation of black Portland paying attention to the issues.
Home depot is very racist against blacks and doesnt let these people buy building materials either. I know this is true because I only ever see white men and mexicans in home depot and I’ve listened to many black guys tell how they wish they could remodel and build their mothers houses but could not. Home Depot needs to go down!!
Great work! Very high quality reporting!! It's a complicated issue. I loved the diverse perspectives to the complex situation. On the one hand, it's a very straight-forward economic function of the signals and incentives of the market that drives the gentrification. But on the other hand, it is damaging to the existing community because of the traditional bonds, neighborhoods, and roots that are severed when entire families move out of the community. There's no one spot you can point to and say THAT'S gentrification but the movement as a whole creates the phenomenon. However the tragedy of the whole thing is the lack of foresight on the part of the previous political leadership of the existing community, for the people who are generally of color and predominantly of lower socioeconomic status, to prevent it from taking hold like a wildfire, until the problem is almost entirely untameable and you can't help but notice it. This is a function of most modern economic human societies though and I'm not sure what the best way to go about solving the problem is besides teaching love, compassion, and respect. Gentrification unfortunately comes with the territory of a capitalist based society, rather than something like a human-centered based society. You touched on all this though. Keep it up and stay humble with it!
Hey, I would appreciate it if you could add captions to this amazing video so that the Deaf community and hard of hearing individuals can access this!
Amazing video, I had some friends in high school who lived pretty close to the area and I remember noticing gentrification going on back then and now it's in full force. Loved the perspective you gave and the faces you put with the opinions. Keep spreading awareness!
Thank you for this beautiful, personal, and informative film. Some of us that are considered "part of the problem" want to be a part of a diverse community, too. I wish the city would put restrictions on all the new construction to at least make the apartments affordable so that the community would diversify again.
The alternative is to earn a proper education and skill set so that you will qualify for jobs that pay more. You’re only part of the problem if you fail to earn that education, pay your bills, pay your taxes, take care of your home, contribute to society in a positive way, obey the law, and teach your children to do the same. If you are doing those things, then you’re not part of the problem. If you vote for Democrats then you are part of the problem regardless of where you live.
If you work hard, take care of business, and you’re successful, you do not want to live with people that refuse to do those things.
If you’re willfully unemployed or underemployed, lack a proper education, don’t pay your bills, don’t pay your taxes, don’t obey the law, don’t take care of your home, don’t own your home, don’t vote for Republicans, don’t contribute to society in a positive way, and you’re not raising your children properly, then you are part of the problem.
The construction is a positive. They’re tearing down buildings that have been used, abused, and neglected. Yes, they need to build affordable housing, but in addition to that you could improve yourself so that you qualify for better paying jobs. Why stay poor?
Great video, guys. Thank you for putting this together.
7:00 Everyone thinks Hawaii is grass huts on the beach. Reality, it's more expensive than the rest of the US. It's small, crammed with people, and everything is shipped over and expensive.
Alaska is just as expensive as Hawaii. Everything is imported in Alaska just like it is in Hawaii
this video was rad af. i'm so impressed. thanks for this!
Even 5 years later, this video is very relevant and it makes me upset that this issue is still so ignored and if anything worse after the pandemic
This is absolutely amazing I'm going to share this.
Excellent service and great knowledge
Very articulate story told here. Thank you. I live in Woodlawn and have seen this happen before my eyes.
Susan, do you remember a Black woman who lived on Holland Street? We'd ride the #6 bus together around 1995/96?
Hello, my name is De'Angelo Boone. I am the Community Outreach Manager for Habitat for Humanity of Lenawee County. Good Job! I am currently researching Gentrification and displacement. I will be given a presentation to our board as I work in Neighborhood Revitalization. I may be using your video in my presentation. Thank you.
Great documentary! I left Portland 20 years ago. When I came back to visit last year, I was truly shocked in the changes - changes not for the good. It makes me so sad and I blame the city leaders. Where are you, city leaders? How could you ruin our beautiful Portland?
Lived in this area until 1986, great people, neighbors, no crime. City leaders think they know everything, everything they touch turns to ruin. Same with Albina neighborhood, leadership destroyed it as well!
The gentrification has never been a problem. The problem is the Democrats. If you vote for Democrats then you’re voting for a shīthole.
@@maryhensley2597 I lived nearby in Woodlawn since 1972. The Alberta neighborhood has had a crime problem since the Vanport Flood. That was 1948.
@@MS-ns2pj Do you live in Portland? Because anyone who lives here, regardless of political party, knows for certain this video is a true representation of one of the problems here.
@@nikkienikkie4310 Yes, I have lived in Portland all of my life, not counting my time serving overseas while I was in the USMC. That’s 50 years.
The gentrification is caused by not taking care of business. If you fail to earn a proper education, you will not qualify for the better paying jobs. That means that you will not earn enough to own your home. If you fail to pay your bills and taxes, obey the law, take care of your home, vote for the best candidates, contribute to society in a positive way, and raise your children to do the same, you will eventually get evicted and someone with the drive and money that you don’t have will buy your home and do what you should have done.
Voting for the best candidates determines the level of crime. If you want leaders that want you to succeed, you will vote for Republicans. If you want leaders that want you vote, but don’t care what happens to you, you will vote for Democrats.
After I served my 20 years in the USMC, I was honorably discharged and I came home for good. I still needed to support my family and considering my skill set and education, training, and experience, law enforcement seemed like the most logical choice. So I went through the police academy and then joined the Sheriff’s Department in my county. I now work in our jails, courtrooms, and patrol our streets. Our useless Mayor and useless Governor (Kotek will be more of the same) handcuff our ability to do our job. The crime rate and the condition of downtown are where they are because of Democrats. If you are voting for Democrats, you are part of the problem.
If you are failing to take care of business and you lost your home in North or Northeast Portland, it is your fault. I took care of business and so my oldest son, his wife, and their children live in the house my father bought in NE Portland back in 1968.
Gentrification is progress, but only for the people that work hard and work smart.
good job guys. good direction, and everyone articulated their point well.
Thank you for making this video. It may be 4 years old but still is very very relevent .
As a Grant alumnae, this is one of the finest reports I have ever seen from the Grant Magazine. May someone please add closed captioning to this video? I want my Deaf friends to have access. Thank you in advance!
Grant, class of 1989. :)
dang...thats the exact film i was talkin about making..would love to meet the young brutha that made this beautiful piece of truth...few of the shots were literally houses down from my house..much respect...look forward to more truth...
Proud of these young brothers. Brilliant work. Much love from Detroit to Portland
Why are you proud? They’re willfully poor. Detroit has developed into a shīthole. It was once one of the best cities in the USA. Now it’s garbage.
@@MS-ns2pj you are a weak excuse of a human being. For you to downplay these young men and then to somehow flip it into hate for my city is ridiculous. I see you responding to many comments on this video. You hold no value. Continue to live your miserable “shithole” life and be quiet.
A well informative video.......Great job.......
this is excellent
Great Doc. Home Is Where The Heart Is!! If You Sell Out,Don’t Be Mad If Someone Comes Along To Buy!! If You
Want To Keep Your Neighborhoods The Same, Improve Them Internally!!! If White And Black City Managers Feel They Have Went Too Far In Displacing Folks, Help Them To Correct The Wrongs And Move Forward. Along Wt. Helping To Buy The Properties,Help Those Who Want To Create Businesses In The Neighborhoods.
Enjoyed the film man. I think you were very objective! I think the only way we can create more diverse neighborhoods is to have more mixed income neighborhoods. Now a days we are all separated by income more than anything else.
I lived off NE whygant street in the 1960. Moved to NE 24th & Regent (Alameda) mid 60's. I was just a little kid. I roamed around/played till after dark on the streets. Did it w/o grow ups around. Had VERY little problems that happened. No presents of gangs. Houses and yards were in nice shape. I walked to the small store down the street to get a candy bar & pop. By myself. 8 years old. Safe. Aware... Walked to school too. That area has changed BIG time. It is more then the last 10 years. Down fall started in the 1980's in Alameda. I wish you could all have seen how wonderful it "was"
Great video. Upon seeing this was a high school product I didnt want to watch, however, y'all put in a lot of work and it shows. By tracking change through personal experience, the issue of gentrification becomes -- beyond an intellectual exercise (think white, progressive liberalism) -- an issue involving real people, with real lives, all-too-often hidden in predominant Portlnd media. There is a grand dichotomy between economic development and cultural preservation (Why must these two be incompatible? Oh, money?!) It seems the Portland planning mantra trends towards "economic development," a system designed to produce spaces of homogeneity... neighborhoods of white homogeneity. Being a white Portlander means disavowing gentrification and loving Blue Star Donuts. This contradiction should be analyzed further.
good documentary.
32 years ago Alberta St was nothing but boarded up buildings and litter everywhere. The gang activity was at its peak with young men killing each other by the dozens. What could have been done to save the neighborhood, stop the killing and keep the long term residents in their homes? I am not for gentrification...it is a serious question that I haven't received an answer to without someone losing control of their emotions.
Hi, i agree. see my post above for more info. It "was" a wonderful place to grow up for me :)
I wonder what percentage of the people who had to move owned their homes as compared to renting. If they were owned and the taxes were current how could they be moved out so easily? Renting is different because it's temporary. In my community I get all kinds of offers to buy my house. I throw them in the trash. My taxes are paid and I maintain my property. America is about wealth and we blacks had better start saving and getting some.
have you seen the documentary, Gentrified?
Mang people have lost the homes they once owned due to a combination of factors. Keeping up with the increased property taxes is a burden that many families cannot afford. Never mind that we originally lost homes for the city to put in I 84, Memorial Coliseum, Rose Quarter, and expand Emanuel hospital. Which didn't even expand until two decades later. And once the entire neighborhood was dead and or dying the city and Emanuel incentivized their employees with higher median incomes to purchase homes in the area with tax breaks and other "loans". At one time all those homes were owned by families who then passed them down and built the black dollar by providing generational wealth. Now as Mississippi is undegoing its latest round of redevelopments the original gentrifiers are now being pushed out too. I have no sympathy.
There is no way you can honestly say with a straight face.... These were ghettos, filled with drugs, crime, prostitutes and it wasn't safe for us too walk outside at night, and we miss the way these areas were. It's the same in EVERY argument. It goes, we have more cops, the area is safer, less drugs, more vegetable stands....BUT, we miss the way the area was.....WHAT?! you can't live in an area for 40-50 years, do nothing about the crime or drugs in the area and then get UPSET when other people move in and clean it up for you.
Tell the truth about how 'other people' clean it up though.
All communities have their negative aspects. But the negative aspects are not the sum-total of the community. The positives of the community were the racial diversity, the artistic expression, the religious diversity (there were churches on just about every street corner), etc. Yes, it could be dangerous to walk down the street at night (I often did anyway), but that could be said about many neighborhoods. We live in a society where children are killed while sitting in class in high school, mass shootings, etc. And the concept that the gentrifiers clean up the neighborhood "for" the people who live there is inaccurate. Gentrification gets rid of the people who were living there.
Hey bro what they mean is that they miss the sense of community and vast amount of culture the area used to have, when new residents come in, they indirectly kick out existing residents, to make things worse the same kind of people are moving in ( generally white hipster young professionals), the wealth of culture doesn't expand but rather shrinks.
I can't wait to see your white face on Judgement Day
The Modern Investor YOU'RE WRONG (.) What u dont understand about these "Ghettos" especially here in Portland was a direct reflection of REDLINING in the early 40s 50s and 60s where blacks were basically restricted to buying property if they wanted to own a home. So in a city like Portland where the state is maybe a 3% population essentially ALL BLACKS were in one section.... the negative aspects were absolutely there and absolutely REAL. But what gentrification does is essentially push out that whole community... yes the NEW look of the neighborhood looks great, its increased the value of the properties immensely but the people who once live there are GONE. Pushed out to the outter easterner part of the city. So theres good and bad with gentrification.. the worst part is literally 3 or 4 generations GONE and displaced in different neighborhoods
Grew up in alder st next to stark and Washington, my family had to move out due to the recession and many neighbors followed.
Just because you stayed don't mean other people wasn't forced out.
Bernard used to cut my hair as a kid, salute to still see him cutting heads there 🫡
I used to live and work on Alberta. It is so strange to go down Alberta these days and have it look nothing like how it did when I was in my early 20s.
Yes, it’s clean, safe, and relatively crime free.
Do you guys help people who's been forced out of family land in South Carolina???
Bettering yourself, and your status, is what this country is all about. If you choose to remain stagnant and not participate in society, then that society owes you nothing.
This comment literally makes NO sense.
When you're FORCED OUT you have no choice.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
Ghaz you are out of touch with reality. It's systematic inequality.
@@_Red_Hand_ The proof is the pudding.
@@_Red_Hand_ All is forgiven,. The cost of housing in the US is outrageous too. The most basic thing we all as a human race deserve.
In early 2000s, I saw that this neighborhood was gentrifying, so I bought 2 rentals. The value of my homes had tripled since then. The market value of my rents have doubled. I remember I didn't like being there at night. I don't feel that way now, as crime has gone down. I learned from this video that gang violence has tripled, which was surprising to me. I feel much safer now than before.
Gentrification tends to push it crime ridden neighbourhoods so it makes sense your area became safer.
Glad you are happy with the marginalization of the minorities who once called that neighborhood their home.
Aw that last guy is awesome. Never sell. No reason to leave home.
I taught at Jefferson High "in the hood" until school board "reconstituted" the staff. Oh, I'm a white guy, btw, if that matters. I loved that neighborhood, the community. It was lively, had a bounce to it hard to find elsewhere. I now live in Thailand, often think back to how it was. I miss the students and all. Sad what has happened.
This is my home town I miss it
Now it's "gentridestruction" with Antifa/BLM. I wonder how it is now? I'd be curious to know..
The homeless are taking over now
@@RetroHabit82 So sad. Our family always would go up to Portland until last June. I really miss it
This gentrification is a real thing. However, it is easier to see when the people who are being forced out have brown skin. I come from a working class white family and come from Astoria Oregon. Do I live there now? No, I can not afford it, rich white people moved in and bought up the homes that me and my relatives used to live in. This drove up property values too high. Many people who bought up the homes were buying up homes in Astoria to use as their SECOND home. A few of us have stayed, but I have not been able to. This is problem of rich vs poor or a problem the social class you are a part of. It makes no difference if you are black or white, it is all about money.
I'm black, and I would agree with you, gentrification is an economic problem, but black communities do not have equal access to the capital that white people do to weather the storm of rising land values.It's called redlining...
Please don't tell me that I have received my share of white privilege. My mother had to raise 5 kids by waiting tables for $2.85 per hour. Went I was 11 yrs I was working in the fields, getting paid 3 cents per pound picking green beans. So, where are all of my white advantages? I had to go into the military to get a job, just as many people of color are forced to do just to survive. But in the military there was only the color of your uniform. I can't help if you just see all whites as having everything handed to them. For upper middle class whites yeah, this is true. And yes they are snobs, and many of them racist. But do you really think that I could "pass" for one of them? Not in a million years.
@@flighter7713 Oh yeah all white people are rich I forgot. My mom raised us 5 kids by waiting on tables for $2.85 per hour. Just where is my white privilege?
@@juliacarl584 Dunno about your "privilege", but rich whites have a lot of "privilege" which obscures their view of what affects poor white, black and brown neighborhoods.
Everyone can thank a Swedish Immigrant for the gentrification of Alberta Neighborhood. Magnus Johannessen and his wife have been a huge driving force in the gentrification of NE Portland particularly in the Alberta Neighborhood.
I saw this coming 20-25 years ago. I grew up in the Alberta district, and for most of my life, lived within a few miles of it. My dad lived on 8th and Alberta, and we slowly, but surely, saw the whitening of the area. Now, it's unrecognizable. It no longer has any culture or flavor. The once predominately Black area, that I called home, has been replaced by a bunch of Buppie White people and Asians. It's sad to see the life that it once had is now culturally dead. I mourn my hometown.
Chris, I agree with your last sentence. You are right. Your comments are right on.
well nyc still has room for your "culture" as still alot of drive bys, dope dealing, hookers running the steets & unhealthy junk food selling for miles
I remember in 1957 the Alberta district was mostly white. We walked to the theaters 17th & Alberta the Alberta theater. We had no gun
Fight , it was safe for kids to play outside. Even in the evening we could take a walk with out being affraid. Oh well times changes for every one.
Gentrification is too kind a word. I'm in Seattle and we feel your pain. 206/503 love. Time for revolution
Born and raised near Lombard and albina I definitely agree , they pushed out the community.
Not really. The neighborhood improved and some of the people either lacked the ability or refused to improve as well. If you failed to plan by working hard to earn a proper education and then work hard to be worthy of earning more than you planned to fail.
@@michaelshultz1590 lol failed by not working hard and proper education. I guess nopo and the NEP was just full over uneducated lazy bums 😆 😆
👎🏾 Typical “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” response from a colonizer. Like 400 years of institutionalized slavery and racism redlining and housing discrimination didn’t play a part. Okay guy.
I grew up on 23erd and alberta. Shit was scary. My elementary school dident have fire drills or earthquake drills. We had drive by shooting drills. But i think
Its so sad what theve done in the area now
The funk? Drive by shooting drills? Damn shame.
There was a biker club house on the corner of my block. When the meth lab inside it blew up, it blew out all the windows in my house.
LOL this is happening all around the area. where i grew up, in rural SW outside of Pdx, parents bought land for about 10,000. Now the neighbors just sold thier similar parcel for over 5 million ( about 10 acres ). I couldn't live near where i grew up. TALK ABOUT PRICED OUT.
Wussup uncle Geese.. I see you Family!
Well done, gents!
I blame portlandia
I recall hearing or reading that before World War I 50% of Black people in Oregon lived outside of Portland. Oregon is a beautiful but racist state and that’s unfortunate because it has the potential to be for everyone.
If a given community commits to live future generations in that place and invests and develops that community, there is revitalization without the part of gentrification that upsets so many. The gentrification of communities that were created under racism, as in the case of NE Portland, are a whole other category of study. Redlining plus drugs and job despair has driven prices to rock bottom. Then the lifeline is activated but with a focus on developing the area, not on pulling up individuals by their bootstraps. So money pours in, highly capitalized and educated fresh blood pours in and the area is completely redeveloped. Only those with the foresight, resources, and skills like Lumb Blake benefit. the rest eventually move away, some to the fringes of the metro area, the others to different states. It is hard to imagine that once we are in the 1970s and 1980s, how it could happened any other way. The opportunity to grow well was in the 1930s and 1940s. Like the man said in the barber chair, at some point it is too late.
I live there
Amen. it's a complete travesty what's happening, and continues to happen in Portland.
James Montegomery why?
when californians move into your city
bud Clark the last real portland mayor
Doing the same in los angeles.
Wow! What a convoluted mess! That's social engineering for you!!
The divine right to rule
Lord vs Commoners
Land Grant
Land Lord
Landed Gentry
Gentrification
Commoners
Peasants
Yes My Lord
Real power doesn't rule - it reigns. In the old days those who were granted land (landlords) were considered Kings. Though they were not considered a High King... they were still Kings nevertheless. What you see around you is intended to extract the maximum tribute to the eState (taxes). I can only imagine the property tax revenue in Alberta is 10x what it was 20 years ago. $600,000 for a 3 bedroom 1 bath house in Alberta. Cmon now.
the vampires follow blood. they hunt and kill with no conscious!
Atlantis Sol Arabs?
Wtf
That's Good in a bad Way
Never mind that Grant is currently gentrifying as we speak. I'm curious to see if any of these kids have chosen to get involved in the fight to reclaim our communities
Well when you OWN !! Gentrification isn’t even a factor
It’s a factor when rich people buy up every other house on your block, remodel them, raise the property value, and thereby raise your taxes to where you can’t afford not to sell and move.
You sound dumb af!
Can't own it when Antifa wanna burn it down.
Im homeless in chicago cus a gentrification. Staying with a friend.
Well is life and facts and economics don't care about your feelings.
The video doesn't explain why gentrification is supposedly bad. Crime falls, property value rises, schools improve, shops improve. The positives definitely outweigh the negatives as the last couple of gentlemen recognize
The problem is a lack of proper planning for how the changes affect those who live in these neighborhoods. Why can't we make improvements without displacing people? Where are the people supposed to go? It's happening in all of our cities. Money and greed are also at the root of the problem.
@@nikkienikkie4310 I guess he's trying to be subtle about his opinion that it's a good thing to throw people out of their homes who aren't wealthy like society says you should be.
All people commit crimes.
This is ignorance :)
And he's never experienced someone he loves falling victim to it.
I couldnt help but notice you said in 2015 the medium income black family cannot afford to buy a home in the city core. Just a fyi man. Its not just a problem with black people. Im white and i still get treated like shit at work and cant aford housing. So you know it affects everyone. Im tired of all these black people crying about there problems and blaming it in there race. If you would wake up you would see poor white people get treated like shit too. I dont understand what disrespecting the country by kneeling during the national anthem solves anything. Its like slapping your kid cause you got fired from work. Your kid didnt fire you. Just like America isnt hurting you. The police are racist and i feel for you on that but when it comes to houseing and getting the shaft at work wear in the same boat.
Forcing low income people out of neighborhoods and move in Overpaid Techs is just wrong. I wish something can be done about it, instead of becoming homeless and getting looked down by those privileged rich people that had taken your home. Its what happening here in Denver, Silicon Valley techs are moving in and driving up prices and forcing people with their 6 figure salaries out of their homes. Its not drug dealers or gangbangers its a Silicon valley Techs are the serious threat.
Mr. Blake said it best. And, by the way, you don't have to be black or Latino to be low-income. I (a white human being) lived in this neighborhood all through the 90s... This is a class issue, not a race issue. People sold their good land to vultures. Where was the community support? Sadly, I will never live in Portland again - a bunch of greedy people of every color and ethnicity. One day the bottom will drop out. Sad. Go ahead and flame me - I miss old Alberta. Real folks.
If you fail to plan then you’re planning to fail. No, the people that used to live there did not sell their land. They did not own it. They were renters. If they had owned the land then they would still be there.
The people that bought the houses or property are trying to improve their lives. They bought houses that had not been maintained. They buy them, fix them up, and either move in or sell them to other hardworking families that will take care of them.
The community was busy not earning a proper education, not earning enough to own their homes, not paying their bills and taxes, not contributing to society in a positive way, not obeying the law, not voting for Republicans, and not raising their children to do the same. That’s why they failed.
The people that have ruined parts of Portland are Democrats. If you are voting for Democrats then you are part of the problem.
Apparently you miss the gangbangers, thugs, pimps, ho’s, drug dealers, players, and hustlers. You miss the rapes, assaults, and murders. Real criminals.
Shouldn't have sold out.
wait portland has black people
Had..
Hu Fair Its black people every we’re!
Portland has such shitty housing.
Thanks for nothing. It was a ghetto
The issue is there are more renters than owners. When you own a house you respect and maintain it If you dont own (renters) you dont maintain it or respect it because its not yours. Thats the issue ,BUY YOUR HOUSE and cut your fucking grass.
Isnt Portland the whitest city like ever??
Nah there's citys that are 95% white lmao
Major city
Yes I’m from Houston lives in Denver it was blacks when I went to Portland it was white asf
gentrification is a GOOD thing..
Get over it, live and let live...and go get a job.