maybe instead of just being like oh let’s criminalize all drugs and punish people, maybe people should start educating each other about drugs instead? or how about better housing options so homeless people don’t resort to drugs because they have nothing else. it’s a country wide issue not just Portland, and I’ve lived in over 40 locations and they’re all the same all over America, if people really want to fix the drug problem educate educate educate, fix the root of the problem, instead of smacking Band-Aids everywhere and blaming the victims.
It’s those things it’s also public misconduct to block roads or sidewalks or to obstruct commerce cause property damage, stain, danger, etc. etc. From the oldest times guards would protect, intervene, and guide to remedy from the harms we’ve suffered.
Imagine caring more about homeless people than the hard working tax payers. Portland is a failed rehab facility with benefits Its gets better in one area then get worse at the next. I'd hardly call this progress
When i was working downtown Portland in 2017, i couldn't believe the number of homeless people sleeping in the streets. I see how much worse it is now. Left Portland after living there for 27 years. It's not the same. If you have the means to leave, go! What's keeping you there?
Enslavement.... to uncle Scam and a mafia passing for a government.. may your tax slave colony burn as brightly as my homeland you're burning for fun and profit.. Enslaved Ukrainian , OUT!!!
The city was an amazing place in the 70s through 90s. None of the problems of other big cities. Innovative shops and stores, everything locally owned a safe downtown. It's a tragedy.
The nature of office work has changed, there is no need to rent huge office spaces anymore when most office work can be done remotely. The office buildings downtown will remain empty and should be repurposed. Until they repeal measure 110 I feel they are only going to get so far making downtown safe. Where there are drugs there is also violence, it goes hand in hand. The last time I was downtown my 10 year old daughter and I watched a man shoot up less 6feet away from us.
There are places in the world where decriminalizing drugs has worked. The important difference is that in those places they decriminalized and then implemented treatment and support programs that actually helped people get off drugs. You cant just make them legal and leave it at that, as Portland is finding out to all of our chagrin.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
I love the comments of people who are like “it’s not that bad, I don’t feel unsafe.” I have lived here for thirty years. You obviously haven’t. If you didn’t see what it used to be, you don’t have a clue. It used to be clean and vibrant. If you accept this now you accept the slow decay. Sorry but it used to be way better
I noticed things have gotten dirty and I think it's because they more or less stopped running the street cleaners and haven't cleaned off sidewalks and buildings like they used to, but they can change that. Also the buildings are aging and some have boarded up windows and graffiti, but that can be changed too.
So true, people are getting used to the dangerous, dystopic trash dump it has become, and this has been accepted as the new normal. I also lived in Portland for thirty years but moved to the coast to escape. I remember the beautiful city that I loved so much. The local government and MayorTed Wheeler have failed this city miserably.
ok, but you don't actually live down here. Its actually not that bad right now. I walk around here all the time and I shop down here, go to movies, out to eat, and concerts all the time. Some of us actually support downtown and trying to help it out.
I remember back in the mid 80s and 1990s the Portland downtown was sooo beautiful. There was an awesome hustle and bustle. Yamhill Marketplace was awesome, no MAX line. Everyone was friendly and happy. It's such a shame what it has turned into. It makes me sick inside. What a sad thing for Portlanders.
Yep, before all of the California transplants. The Rajneeshes started the trend after dropping off bus loads of homeless from Los Angeles into downtown Portland. They used them to try and win the vote in Antelope county Oregon. Also it had to do with Expo 87 in Vancouver, BC. Huge amount of Californians travel by car, going through Portland and Oregon on the way there. They saw how nice it was and decided to move to Portland. I saw the whole thing.
@@kattycat3502 We know we're disliked but it's a domino effect. We flee the border situation in the Southwest. We graduate from college expected to compete against entire families willing to cram into one studio apartment and pay 2.5k per month while holding 7 min wage jobs. The math is impossible. Our choices: 1. Become a millionaire fast 2. End up on the street 3. Move to Oregon/Nevada. So entire California neighborhoods relocate here, and the homelessness and addiction follow them. But how can we feel guilty? Oregon votes even deeper blue than we do. It's just as much their fault. Now Idaho laments as their state is flooded with Oregonians. It all starts at the border where the environment is trampled and nothing matters but cheap labor for businesses.
@@amandad6782The California plague left a herd of homeless people in Phoenix too, they sell their expensive California homes and buy up in other cities causing inflation. People who lived in those cities all their lives couldn't afford the increase in housing.
Portland will come back. It'll have to do it in a different way of course. Working from home has altered the way of downtown commerce. Is there one solution? No. But the overall theme is creativity. The city has to get smart about how it uses space. The arts is a great way to help that. We can't go back to how Portland was. We gotta stop wishing for a past to be our present. It's not a healthy way to go into the future.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
I used to LOVE to get a daily Max pass and just explore the city. I grew up in SE and only went downtown a few times, so as adult I love to window shop, let my nose guide me to good food, and ice skate at Lloyd center. I hope they clean it up and make it worthwhile to come visit.
Step 1: Repeal 110 Step 2: Remove vagrants and junkies, no excuses, no empathy Step 3: Cut taxes, such as the CEO tax, Metro SHS tax, and the indomitably stupid Arts Tax. Step 4: Provide specific incentives to anchor tenants. Step 5: Respond to the needs of taxpayers first and foremost.
i work downtown we had a drugs rage person chase a group of people with a hatchet just yesterday, Portland is done and its sad, and its not if its when it will affect you
Makes you wonder what folks expect when local government permits open drug use, creates a sanctuary for criminals then defunds their police dept. all simultaneously.
My Mom and I visited in the mid 2000s and we had a wonderful time in the city. We moved here to Oregon in 2017 and were shocked and appalled at how far the city had declined. Homelessness, crime, drug use, mental illness, trashed encampments, riots, ridiculous housing prices, and the traffic sucks. Fast forward to 2023 and to this day my Mother and I have yet to return again except to go to the airport. NOT ONCE. Oregon is a beautiful state but Portland has stained its reputation. The problems of Portland have now spilled over to the state as a whole. Homelessness, drug use, mental illness, and ridiculous housing prices have spread to places like Salem and Eugene, etc. I live in Woodburn, and there are new apartment complexes being built all over. I called one to ask how much a two bedroom apartment. They said $2000 per month. Just ridiculous.
@@thechocolatemonster3392 oh absolutely. The entire State needs housing development. The Government needs to subsidize and incentivize massive housing construction.
The main problem I see with downtown portland are many. We currently are a city that has no idea what it wants to be. It is a city that wants the arts and entertainment, but does not want to pay for it. It is a city that wants its restaurants then goes and double or triples the rent to the point that it is no longer feasible to run said restaurant. It is a city that wants the homeless to vanish without a trace as long as shelters or section 8 is not in their neighborhood. It is a city with decaying infrastructure and awful zoning laws that prevent the buildings downtown from being repurposed. It is a city government that wastes massive amounts of taxpayer money on ideas that never get beyond the endless planning meetings. As long as Portland continues to be run by people with no vision for a future it will remain the same it has always been. It sometimes hits me as funny that people seem to not remember what Portland was like in the nineties. If we truly want Portland to improve it will take all of us working together to build the city we can all be proud of.
you see no hells angel mc in Portland because Portland Is Peckerwood Capital in America 1966 separated the SF, CA Hells Angle MC from Gypsy Joker made all deal put them in Portland as Gypsy Joker OUTLAW MC pushing chrome plating--all major families in America took a city and our affilaite to that city major
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Please please come downtown. Beg them. You're so liberal and care for all, well that's YOUR issue. Afraid of losing your job, why worry just join the homeless. Blame it on the Pandemic sure. How about explaining why you got so much crime, riots and homelessness. Is it due to policies? Who wants to open any business with camps outside their doors and people using drugs and fighting, serious question. Just let them be, ok so dont help them in any way....so this is the result. You elect people to be in charge of your city so be it. Good luck Portland, you need it.
I feel dumber after watching this. It all comes down to liberal policies yet nothing will change. Residents voted for this yet they are crying about the consequences. Baffling.
@@robforrester3727 What rock have you been sleeping under ? It's very easy to verify and you can even see for yourself how much the P.D. was defunded. It wasn't just Portland but look around at other cities with skyrocketing crime and you will find they did the same thing.
I live in the Hood River Valley, love many things about downtown Portland, but just cannot accept the risk of bringing my family here. Hoping that the people demand their leaders take the necessary steps to enact true change, as opposed to the dithering and posturing we currently see from them.
"And no one wants to be your friend, cause you're not from round here like them, As if that were something to be proud about. The pearly king of the Isle of dogs feels up children in the bogs". Blur, Mile End
Don't believe the hype. There are major issues to overcome. It will happen. Most of the idiots commenting here don't even understand the cause(s) and blame the wrong people. I hope more people move away.
Why should people be compelled to come downtown just because they plea for it? Why take a risk or hassle with your safety? Nothing is more valuable or takes precedence! The government certainly doesn’t give a damn.
Taxpayers cannot both pay for the people on the streets and their needs and the arts,which has always been considered a rich person's entertainment.The city has to decide which is more important the money on.
The riots and pandemic made it Worse, sure, but I used to work downtown and walk or take transit through Old Town several times a week as part of my commute and it was getting worse for several years before Covid and everything else.
The riots of 2020 when more than 100 nights of constant rioting proved that the city leadership could care less about protecting Portland's downtown area and refused to enforce the most basic laws for civil decency. Once socialists take over any area, things do not magically improve no matter how biased and distorted the local media may try to hype things or the chamber of commerce with wishful thinking.
Some of us left Portland because some of us are seniors and did not want to waste our precious remaining time waiting for the city of Portland and Multnomah County to bring back the city the way it was before BLM riots and the pandemic. I am not very optimistic that it can revive the city in the next 5 years, given the homeless issues. We loved Portland before 2020 but we lost faith in the city and county management, even the state legislature. Some of the new bills that are being discussed such as decriminalizing homeless encampments in “PUBLIC” places and allow homeless people to “SUE” for $1,000 if harassed or told to leave, are outrageous and not being fair to law abiding and tax paying citizens. And some of us are seniors paying higher taxes in this high inflation economy. Portland has much to offer and hence, we moved to Portland to retire to enjoy the city, the coast, and to the east, Mt. Hood. But after 2020, the city is on the decline and have not seen any improvement. The advocates of the homeless are not reasonable, do not come up with productive and collaborative solutions and hence Portland will not recover unless they become more reasonable, logical and come up with solutions that are fair to both the homeless as well as the law abiding and tax paying homeowners.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Facts. Many native Portlanders have done dirty things that have caused me loss of job, station and in any other place they would be sued and there would be oversight. I speak now of MODA CENTER, LEVY RESTAURANTS< ALUARA TAGGART, one of PDX's darlings. She is also a liar, rude and defames the character of others. What a pearl. With people like that, this town is worse than Chicago in the 1940s. It must have been nice to have your own playground to grow up on though.
“Portland depended too much on office workers and offices are vacant, we need to rethink how we approach downtowns” *refuses to even entertain the idea of converting empty offices into more housing*
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Portland is the "Land of Oz" Complete/ the flying monkeys and odd characters. I've lived in old town for years. Just gotta watch out. This ain't Kansas anymore
In Charlotte, we did the same thing that the lady on the study said. It’s actually more fun to go downtown and Charlotte than it used to be. There are huge big name acts at our NFL stadium, lots of minor-league baseball games, we even had our first major music festival last week. There are two food halls, There are plenty of things to keep you busy that don’t have to do with work. I don’t know how Portland would be able to do that if they don’t get a handle on the crime issues.
Lived downtown portland starting in 2011. The city is now dirty, unsafe and property taxes almost doubled in 10 years. Sick of the Democratic leadership and policy. Sold my home and left in 2021. May leadership change hands and be accountable on spending and support this city!!!!!
So it's the 'perception' of crime that is killing Portland? I thought it was actual crime killing Portland. There is no safe place to park, good chance your car will get broken into or stolen. Until the place is cleaned up and laws are actually enforced, nobody is coming back. You are a real piece of work if you encourage family and loved ones to go see a show at night in Portland,
His notion of progress about how people enjoy a spring day... a city of thousands and shows one family out and about... during the day when most of the other people they interview about night outs in downtown feeling unsaved. Show us a video of the host walking around downtown and how he feels
The Apple Store did not take down that fence they built that fence into their wall the glass can break but each one of those panels can have a piece of plywood put up pretty fast not sure if you remember they had floor to ceiling windows what is at 20 ft tall pieces of glass I think it's great that they Incorporated protections for their building into the new front but when you news guys go down there and say huh they took it all down no they just built it in of course there was no way they could continue to have that huge pieces of glass 20 x 8 all of them are 8 by 4 the same size as a piece of plywood relatively easily installed removed when they undoubtedly will be damaged again
Well, if yu'all won't try offering free parking from 4pm on & ALL weekends, then how about a return to FARELESS SQUARE?! - even if just for the summer, to see if you can pick up more foot traffic?? maybe even just try weekends for awhile? From N (the Pearl D > S where PSU ends; & from E, where it was b4 (starting at the Lloyd Center > W - Providence Park! After games, Folks might want to Max or Bus into DT & peruse Restaurants or some 'Artsy' Events? what have you?? anyhoo, any idea at this point, should be worth considering????!
I remember visiting Portland in 2010 and thinking what a cool city it was, beyond the homeless issues it was already dealing with back then. At this point, Portland is a total disaster, and it basically died and has none of the appeal it used to have.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
A angel once told me as thrice I held a dying newborn, a life for a life you must atone. As a child a grew up on little lies told by my parents and family and as I became a adult I did the same as the lies grew and grew I also told them to my children. The smallest lie turns into a greater truth. Turn away and you give up your innocence causing nothing but chaos to all life. We must all acknowledge the truth at some point but generally it only happens in the face of death. A life for a life we have lost our innocence.
Seattle is rebounding quickly. New convention center. New waterfront and aquarium expansion underway. Several streetscape and park improvements under construction. New museums, restaurants, breweries, etc. opening. Tourists and cruise ships are back. Many events and festivals taking place. Just had MLB All-Star week. A couple hundred thousand visitors downtown this weekend alone due to two Taylor Swift shows at Lumen, two Mariners/Blue Jays games at T Mobile, The Bite at Seattle Center, 9 cruise ships, Capitol Hill Block Party, some parade in Chinatown, and other concerts, events, and performing arts shows at other venues downtown. Hotel rooms downtown are mostly full. What's left are going for over $950 downtown. The difference between Seattle and Portland is night and day.
The woke Louis Vuitton store boarded up and left in ruins with black power graffiti on it is so symbolic. The dead-end of pandering to people who hate you.
Thank you for pointing out the Apple stores built into that wall protections for the building I never hear anybody point that out and I appreciate that you did
San Francisco is the same. There will always be great areas in The City and just like this article so much of the news focuses on the crime and bad and very rarely on the good.
Come downtown. Nah. Thank you for your statistics. My family would rather spend the night out on town where we live… Washington County has more than enough to offer for our family. I work as a Security officer in Washington County. I’ve also held the same position in Portland. We’re very happy where we’re at. Thank you though.
This video is: danger, homeless, drugs unsafe danger homeless drugs business leaving rent to high danger homeless drugs danger homeless drugs closed business vacant business vacant offices danger homeless drugs I've been working in downtown Portland most of my life, I did the math yesterday and it's been 27 years. I don't hang out downtown anymore because it costs too much. This video even has a blurb on how much rent has increased... but it's only a blurb. Every business I know of has stated, "Rent is higher, revenue is lower" but the drugs-homeless-danger, though there, is the headline. You even state the April '19 to April '23 comparison is not "stupid high" though it is higher. How much has rent increased in that same time?
being worried about getting mugged is one things - a more realistic situation is your car window gets smashed in and whatever thing you left on the seat taken.
It could happen anywhere. I live downtown and my partner parks here all the time and his car has been fine. I've lived downtown for 6 years and never been mugged.
For democrats and you shall have true worsening lawlessness. Just ask the good people of Texas what happens with 5 million poor non English speaking people invading your state looks like. It seems to me that Biden and the democrats are working hard to destroy the once greatest country on earth.
Let's do weekly meet-ups in the city. I went to the Christmas festivals and a fire performance festival in the "Winter Wonderland of lights" in Downtown Portland, and I loved it; the city looked great all lit up.
I find it frustrating that the majority of coverage on Portland focuses so much on the protests and homelessness instead of their causes. Stop investors from holding our city for ransom, stop kicking out local bushiness to build hotels and luxury apartments and make it affordable to live again. Only then will downtown be a place people actually want to visit.
The causes? The causes? Don't let the causes stop people from committing anarchy in the streets and destroying property and being violent, right? You are EXACTLY what the problem is in Portland. Zero accountability for one's actions. We're committing crimes in the name of our causes. Wow, talk about out of touch w/ reality, but this is your typical Portland resident.
@@stevemarino5745 don't talk about a place you've never lived. your ignorance is showing. or are you so afraid you never leave your house? because it isn't more dangerous here than anywhere else
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
I worked downtown for 15 years, 5 in Pioneer Square and 10 at 1st & Market. I loved walking through the downtown streets on my lunch hour, eating at different restaurants and food carts, shopping in the boutiques and department stores. I loved showing off the beautiful and vibrant downtown to out-of-town guests. Since the pandemic, it looks pretty depressing. I don’t feel unsafe, but the decline in the bustle, closed businesses, boarded up windows and graffiti, homeless camping, and open drug use is sad to see.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Strange to read the comment section and see all the excuses for Portlands decline while everyone ignores the giant elephant in the room that coincided with the decline.
Just wanted to say I really appreciate your reporting (to the whole team). Everything from the perspective of eastern Oregonians and the greater Idaho movement to topics like this here in Portland. I really think you're fair and thorough. Thank you for being a positive force.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father. ''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His. Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption. LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Portland is past the point of no return. I live within a couple hours of Portland. We used to to Portland alot. Now no one goes to Portland. It's done...
Make inexpensive instruments and music lessons available to those homeless people who aren't currently addicted to anything, and bring them into the orchestra when they're ready. It wouldn't solve the whole problem, but it would make a small dent in it, and it would help them have some income, get them off the streets, make more room on the sidewalks, and make a more positive impression of the Downtown Portland area. It would also set an example for other employers. The real "perception" problem is the idea that some human beings are trash, while others are angelic. Neither is true.
the city really does need more of this. these drug addicted people need a purpose and a light at the end of the tunnel, not to just be swept away and left in the dark. as far as the overly intoxicated they need incarceration and treatment. on the other hand, the city needs more people to be less afraid and embrace what we all know will be an amazing city. the sooner we do that the sooner it gets better.
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As long as the rights of those who break the law are upheld and rewarded at the expense of those who obey the law, Portland will not recover.
Down town is not safe
Until people stop pretending this is a homelessness issue as opposed to a drug and addiction issue, the problem will persist.
very good point, homeless are everywhere, but the access to fentanyl and meth is ridiculous. decriminalization is one thing but it needs reform!
maybe instead of just being like oh let’s criminalize all drugs and punish people, maybe people should start educating each other about drugs instead? or how about better housing options so homeless people don’t resort to drugs because they have nothing else. it’s a country wide issue not just Portland, and I’ve lived in over 40 locations and they’re all the same all over America, if people really want to fix the drug problem educate educate educate, fix the root of the problem, instead of smacking Band-Aids everywhere and blaming the victims.
It’s those things it’s also public misconduct to block roads or sidewalks or to obstruct commerce cause property damage, stain, danger, etc. etc.
From the oldest times guards would protect, intervene, and guide to remedy from the harms we’ve suffered.
Imagine caring more about homeless people than the hard working tax payers.
Portland is a failed rehab facility with benefits
Its gets better in one area then get worse at the next.
I'd hardly call this progress
Depends on how you define progress. More drugs, homeless, crime, shoplifting than ever, then it's making wonderful progress.
When i was working downtown Portland in 2017, i couldn't believe the number of homeless people sleeping in the streets. I see how much worse it is now. Left Portland after living there for 27 years. It's not the same. If you have the means to leave, go! What's keeping you there?
Enslavement.... to uncle Scam and a mafia passing for a government.. may your tax slave colony burn as brightly as my homeland you're burning for fun and profit.. Enslaved Ukrainian , OUT!!!
Portland was a drug chit hole back in 1993..what's new?
Ummm...OK, most people are working from home anyways.
I loved Downtown Portland in the 90's. Those days are looong over. Favorite time: 1992
The city was an amazing place in the 70s through 90s. None of the problems of other big cities. Innovative shops and stores, everything locally owned a safe downtown. It's a tragedy.
. My God, Portland was dirty as fck back in the late 80s! 😂
The nature of office work has changed, there is no need to rent huge office spaces anymore when most office work can be done remotely. The office buildings downtown will remain empty and should be repurposed. Until they repeal measure 110 I feel they are only going to get so far making downtown safe. Where there are drugs there is also violence, it goes hand in hand. The last time I was downtown my 10 year old daughter and I watched a man shoot up less 6feet away from us.
There are places in the world where decriminalizing drugs has worked. The important difference is that in those places they decriminalized and then implemented treatment and support programs that actually helped people get off drugs. You cant just make them legal and leave it at that, as Portland is finding out to all of our chagrin.
@@mattalley4330 Probably true. I hope they don't take forever to repeal this measure.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Whyte People love their opiates and it's hitting even Grandmas.
I love the comments of people who are like “it’s not that bad, I don’t feel unsafe.” I have lived here for thirty years. You obviously haven’t. If you didn’t see what it used to be, you don’t have a clue. It used to be clean and vibrant. If you accept this now you accept the slow decay. Sorry but it used to be way better
I noticed things have gotten dirty and I think it's because they more or less stopped running the street cleaners and haven't cleaned off sidewalks and buildings like they used to, but they can change that. Also the buildings are aging and some have boarded up windows and graffiti, but that can be changed too.
@lucas
Couldn't have said it better myself.
So true, people are getting used to the dangerous, dystopic trash dump it has become, and this has been accepted as the new normal. I also lived in Portland for thirty years but moved to the coast to escape. I remember the beautiful city that I loved so much. The local government and MayorTed Wheeler have failed this city miserably.
so true - people visiting me in early 2000s said this was the most clean city they ever been too ... now they will not return to visit
ok, but you don't actually live down here. Its actually not that bad right now. I walk around here all the time and I shop down here, go to movies, out to eat, and concerts all the time. Some of us actually support downtown and trying to help it out.
I remember back in the mid 80s and 1990s the Portland downtown was sooo beautiful. There was an awesome hustle and bustle. Yamhill Marketplace was awesome, no MAX line. Everyone was friendly and happy. It's such a shame what it has turned into. It makes me sick inside. What a sad thing for Portlanders.
Ok, well its only been bad the last few years.
Before all the California implants showed up .
Yep, before all of the California transplants. The Rajneeshes started the trend after dropping off bus loads of homeless from Los Angeles into downtown Portland. They used them to try and win the vote in Antelope county Oregon. Also it had to do with Expo 87 in Vancouver, BC. Huge amount of Californians travel by car, going through Portland and Oregon on the way there. They saw how nice it was and decided to move to Portland. I saw the whole thing.
@@kattycat3502 We know we're disliked but it's a domino effect. We flee the border situation in the Southwest. We graduate from college expected to compete against entire families willing to cram into one studio apartment and pay 2.5k per month while holding 7 min wage jobs. The math is impossible.
Our choices: 1. Become a millionaire fast 2. End up on the street 3. Move to Oregon/Nevada.
So entire California neighborhoods relocate here, and the homelessness and addiction follow them. But how can we feel guilty? Oregon votes even deeper blue than we do. It's just as much their fault. Now Idaho laments as their state is flooded with Oregonians. It all starts at the border where the environment is trampled and nothing matters but cheap labor for businesses.
@@amandad6782The California plague left a herd of homeless people in Phoenix too, they sell their expensive California homes and buy up in other cities causing inflation. People who lived in those cities all their lives couldn't afford the increase in housing.
Cities must have standards , unfortunately Portland has none .
“…cesspool of crime, anger, tension and FOOLISHNESS.” That sums up what happened in 2020, especially the last word.
R.I.P. city
Bring the Elk back! If it needs armed guard give it armed guard. It’s on the sign for Christ’s sake
They might want to remove the motto, though: "THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN."
@@robforrester3727 Sorry to disagree, but it has thrived under the white man's influence for a long long time. Where have you been?
DONT WORRY FOLKS TRUMP IS COMING BACK !
@@possum9562 nobody can help those who don't want help.
This is what happens when you take advice from social justice warriors.
Portland will come back. It'll have to do it in a different way of course. Working from home has altered the way of downtown commerce. Is there one solution? No. But the overall theme is creativity. The city has to get smart about how it uses space. The arts is a great way to help that.
We can't go back to how Portland was. We gotta stop wishing for a past to be our present. It's not a healthy way to go into the future.
DONT WORRY FOLKS TRUMP IS COMING BACK !
@@possum9562 I never worry.
@@gullscomic WHATS UP WITH THE STUPID ART TAX ?? DID ANYBODY CONSULT THE REST OF EASTERN and SOUTHERN OREGON ?? PRETTY PATHETIC
@@possum9562 two good questions.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
You get what you voted for 😂
ouch ! I'm surprise that comment of truth is not banned or censored.
Nothing is coming back,it’s a mess
There is optimism and there is foolish. Foolish is optimism with NO change.
Indeed. Hope with no tangible plan in place is foolish
the perception that downtown is dangerous is there because it is. feels like an attack is imminent when you walk down the streets at night.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
I used to LOVE to get a daily Max pass and just explore the city. I grew up in SE and only went downtown a few times, so as adult I love to window shop, let my nose guide me to good food, and ice skate at Lloyd center. I hope they clean it up and make it worthwhile to come visit.
Step 1: Repeal 110
Step 2: Remove vagrants and junkies, no excuses, no empathy
Step 3: Cut taxes, such as the CEO tax, Metro SHS tax, and the indomitably stupid Arts Tax.
Step 4: Provide specific incentives to anchor tenants.
Step 5: Respond to the needs of taxpayers first and foremost.
i work downtown we had a drugs rage person chase a group of people with a hatchet just yesterday, Portland is done and its sad, and its not if its when it will affect you
Makes you wonder what folks expect when local government permits open drug use, creates a sanctuary for criminals then defunds their police dept. all simultaneously.
My Mom and I visited in the mid 2000s and we had a wonderful time in the city. We moved here to Oregon in 2017 and were shocked and appalled at how far the city had declined. Homelessness, crime, drug use, mental illness, trashed encampments, riots, ridiculous housing prices, and the traffic sucks. Fast forward to 2023 and to this day my Mother and I have yet to return again except to go to the airport. NOT ONCE. Oregon is a beautiful state but Portland has stained its reputation. The problems of Portland have now spilled over to the state as a whole. Homelessness, drug use, mental illness, and ridiculous housing prices have spread to places like Salem and Eugene, etc. I live in Woodburn, and there are new apartment complexes being built all over. I called one to ask how much a two bedroom apartment. They said $2000 per month. Just ridiculous.
All agreed, except building those apartment complexes are extremely important for keeping long term prices low
@@thechocolatemonster3392 oh absolutely. The entire State needs housing development. The Government needs to subsidize and incentivize massive housing construction.
I hope this is sarcasm. Housing is monumentally overpriced, especially for what you get.@@thechocolatemonster3392
The main problem I see with downtown portland are many. We currently are a city that has no idea what it wants to be. It is a city that wants the arts and entertainment, but does not want to pay for it. It is a city that wants its restaurants then goes and double or triples the rent to the point that it is no longer feasible to run said restaurant. It is a city that wants the homeless to vanish without a trace as long as shelters or section 8 is not in their neighborhood. It is a city with decaying infrastructure and awful zoning laws that prevent the buildings downtown from being repurposed. It is a city government that wastes massive amounts of taxpayer money on ideas that never get beyond the endless planning meetings. As long as Portland continues to be run by people with no vision for a future it will remain the same it has always been. It sometimes hits me as funny that people seem to not remember what Portland was like in the nineties. If we truly want Portland to improve it will take all of us working together to build the city we can all be proud of.
you see no hells angel mc in Portland because Portland Is Peckerwood Capital in America 1966 separated the SF, CA Hells Angle MC from Gypsy Joker made all deal put them in Portland as Gypsy Joker OUTLAW MC pushing chrome plating--all major families in America took a city and our affilaite to that city major
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
I'm visiting tmmr, just booked amtrak without thinking too much abt it, now i don't feel great abt my trip 😬
Please please come downtown. Beg them. You're so liberal and care for all, well that's YOUR issue. Afraid of losing your job, why worry just join the homeless. Blame it on the Pandemic sure. How about explaining why you got so much crime, riots and homelessness. Is it due to policies? Who wants to open any business with camps outside their doors and people using drugs and fighting, serious question. Just let them be, ok so dont help them in any way....so this is the result. You elect people to be in charge of your city so be it. Good luck Portland, you need it.
I feel dumber after watching this. It all comes down to liberal policies yet nothing will change. Residents voted for this yet they are crying about the consequences. Baffling.
Defunding the cops is the silliest idea I have ever heard.
So you should be happy that nobody serious ever proposed it, and it didn't happen.
@@robforrester3727your absolutely WRONG GENIUS!!
@@PotatoHero-ol2emrob is a libturd
@@robforrester3727 What rock have you been sleeping under ? It's very easy to verify and you can even see for yourself how much the P.D. was defunded. It wasn't just Portland but look around at other cities with skyrocketing crime and you will find they did the same thing.
Walmart, Target, Safeway, WinCo all cut hours do people cannot pay their rent and get evicted
I live in the Hood River Valley, love many things about downtown Portland, but just cannot accept the risk of bringing my family here. Hoping that the people demand their leaders take the necessary steps to enact true change, as opposed to the dithering and posturing we currently see from them.
"And no one wants to be your friend,
cause you're not from round here like them,
As if that were something to be proud about.
The pearly king of the Isle of dogs
feels up children in the bogs".
Blur, Mile End
Don't believe the hype. There are major issues to overcome. It will happen. Most of the idiots commenting here don't even understand the cause(s) and blame the wrong people. I hope more people move away.
go woke go broke
Why should people be compelled to come downtown just because they plea for it? Why take a risk or hassle with your safety? Nothing is more valuable or takes precedence! The government certainly doesn’t give a damn.
Taxpayers cannot both pay for the people on the streets and their needs and the arts,which has always been considered a rich person's entertainment.The city has to decide which is more important the money on.
City of dead rose 🥀
The riots and pandemic made it Worse, sure, but I used to work downtown and walk or take transit through Old Town several times a week as part of my commute and it was getting worse for several years before Covid and everything else.
The riots of 2020 when more than 100 nights of constant rioting proved that the city leadership could care less about protecting Portland's downtown area and refused to enforce the most basic laws for civil decency. Once socialists take over any area, things do not magically improve no matter how biased and distorted the local media may try to hype things or the chamber of commerce with wishful thinking.
Some of us left Portland because some of us are seniors and did not want to waste our precious remaining time waiting for the city of Portland and Multnomah County to bring back the city the way it was before BLM riots and the pandemic. I am not very optimistic that it can revive the city in the next 5 years, given the homeless issues. We loved Portland before 2020 but we lost faith in the city and county management, even the state legislature. Some of the new bills that are being discussed such as decriminalizing homeless encampments in “PUBLIC” places and allow homeless people to “SUE” for $1,000 if harassed or told to leave, are outrageous and not being fair to law abiding and tax paying citizens. And some of us are seniors paying higher taxes in this high inflation economy. Portland has much to offer and hence, we moved to Portland to retire to enjoy the city, the coast, and to the east, Mt. Hood. But after 2020, the city is on the decline and have not seen any improvement. The advocates of the homeless are not reasonable, do not come up with productive and collaborative solutions and hence Portland will not recover unless they become more reasonable, logical and come up with solutions that are fair to both the homeless as well as the law abiding and tax paying homeowners.
F*ck Portland
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Facts. Many native Portlanders have done dirty things that have caused me loss of job, station and in any other place they would be sued and there would be oversight. I speak now of MODA CENTER, LEVY RESTAURANTS< ALUARA TAGGART, one of PDX's darlings. She is also a liar, rude and defames the character of others. What a pearl. With people like that, this town is worse than Chicago in the 1940s. It must have been nice to have your own playground to grow up on though.
There’s good? I went in 2018 and it was roughy then
Moved to Washington and try to never go into Portland. Sad what the city has become
Stay away.
“Portland depended too much on office workers and offices are vacant, we need to rethink how we approach downtowns” *refuses to even entertain the idea of converting empty offices into more housing*
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Portland is the "Land of Oz" Complete/ the flying monkeys and odd characters. I've lived in old town for years. Just gotta watch out. This ain't Kansas anymore
In Charlotte, we did the same thing that the lady on the study said. It’s actually more fun to go downtown and Charlotte than it used to be. There are huge big name acts at our NFL stadium, lots of minor-league baseball games, we even had our first major music festival last week. There are two food halls, There are plenty of things to keep you busy that don’t have to do with work. I don’t know how Portland would be able to do that if they don’t get a handle on the crime issues.
Lived downtown portland starting in 2011. The city is now dirty, unsafe and property taxes almost doubled in 10 years. Sick of the Democratic leadership and policy. Sold my home and left in 2021. May leadership change hands and be accountable on spending and support this city!!!!!
So it's the 'perception' of crime that is killing Portland? I thought it was actual crime killing Portland. There is no safe place to park, good chance your car will get broken into or stolen. Until the place is cleaned up and laws are actually enforced, nobody is coming back. You are a real piece of work if you encourage family and loved ones to go see a show at night in Portland,
His notion of progress about how people enjoy a spring day... a city of thousands and shows one family out and about... during the day when most of the other people they interview about night outs in downtown feeling unsaved. Show us a video of the host walking around downtown and how he feels
The average rent is over $1,000, this is the real reason why there is so many homeless
The Apple Store did not take down that fence they built that fence into their wall the glass can break but each one of those panels can have a piece of plywood put up pretty fast not sure if you remember they had floor to ceiling windows what is at 20 ft tall pieces of glass I think it's great that they Incorporated protections for their building into the new front but when you news guys go down there and say huh they took it all down no they just built it in of course there was no way they could continue to have that huge pieces of glass 20 x 8 all of them are 8 by 4 the same size as a piece of plywood relatively easily installed removed when they undoubtedly will be damaged again
moving to Vancouver......taxes in Portland is killing companies .......I fired 11 employees in Portland area.....
Well, if yu'all won't try offering free parking from 4pm on & ALL weekends, then how about a return to FARELESS SQUARE?! - even if just for the summer, to see if you can pick up more foot traffic?? maybe even just try weekends for awhile? From N (the Pearl D > S where PSU ends; & from E, where it was b4 (starting at the Lloyd Center > W - Providence Park! After games, Folks might want to Max or Bus into DT & peruse Restaurants or some 'Artsy' Events? what have you?? anyhoo, any idea at this point, should be worth considering????!
I remember visiting Portland in 2010 and thinking what a cool city it was, beyond the homeless issues it was already dealing with back then. At this point, Portland is a total disaster, and it basically died and has none of the appeal it used to have.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
There is plenty of people in my neighborhood that now work from home.
A angel once told me as thrice I held a dying newborn, a life for a life you must atone. As a child a grew up on little lies told by my parents and family and as I became a adult I did the same as the lies grew and grew I also told them to my children. The smallest lie turns into a greater truth. Turn away and you give up your innocence causing nothing but chaos to all life. We must all acknowledge the truth at some point but generally it only happens in the face of death. A life for a life we have lost our innocence.
I can see Seattle and to a lesser extent San Francisco making a recovery, but I think Portland is a stretch.
Seattle is rebounding quickly. New convention center. New waterfront and aquarium expansion underway. Several streetscape and park improvements under construction. New museums, restaurants, breweries, etc. opening. Tourists and cruise ships are back. Many events and festivals taking place. Just had MLB All-Star week. A couple hundred thousand visitors downtown this weekend alone due to two Taylor Swift shows at Lumen, two Mariners/Blue Jays games at T Mobile, The Bite at Seattle Center, 9 cruise ships, Capitol Hill Block Party, some parade in Chinatown, and other concerts, events, and performing arts shows at other venues downtown. Hotel rooms downtown are mostly full. What's left are going for over $950 downtown. The difference between Seattle and Portland is night and day.
@@jazzcatjohn yeah Portland is going to decay, but Seattle will probably be as vibrant as it was in 2016.
The woke Louis Vuitton store boarded up and left in ruins with black power graffiti on it is so symbolic. The dead-end of pandering to people who hate you.
Thank you for pointing out the Apple stores built into that wall protections for the building I never hear anybody point that out and I appreciate that you did
Portland city can come back if they are serious about dealing with the rampant vagrancy and crime.
Postponing that drug bill enactment until September was a stupid mistake. Should have made it start immediately.
San Francisco is the same. There will always be great areas in The City and just like this article so much of the news focuses on the crime and bad and very rarely on the good.
the stuff Portland is putting out there calling art includes an egg being beaten on the street by a whisk. My tax dollars are paying for that crap?
Too expensive there.. That's why the city is in its condition. People can't afford to live and can't afford to leave. So, these are the results
No free concerts will get me downtown
a broken car window from a thief will cost more than any concert
Homeless artist
Against the tweakers gang members and dipsh*ts.✊
This city has so much potential, if we can elect leaders who care we can turn it around.
What do you think journalism is? A 4k walking video?
In the economic downturn heralded by layoffs and hyperinflation large city centers will not be the place to be when unrest starts to grow.
so much closer to reality than most of these extremist right wing comments oblivious to reality
Great journalism. This news channel brings me needed hope for the future.
Do you prefer to have reality and truth hidden from you. personally, I always appreciate transparency.
Come downtown. Nah. Thank you for your statistics. My family would rather spend the night out on town where we live… Washington County has more than enough to offer for our family. I work as a Security officer in Washington County. I’ve also held the same position in Portland. We’re very happy where we’re at. Thank you though.
This video is:
danger, homeless, drugs
unsafe
danger homeless drugs
business leaving
rent to high
danger homeless drugs
danger homeless drugs
closed business
vacant business
vacant offices
danger homeless drugs
I've been working in downtown Portland most of my life, I did the math yesterday and it's been 27 years. I don't hang out downtown anymore because it costs too much. This video even has a blurb on how much rent has increased... but it's only a blurb. Every business I know of has stated, "Rent is higher, revenue is lower" but the drugs-homeless-danger, though there, is the headline. You even state the April '19 to April '23 comparison is not "stupid high" though it is higher. How much has rent increased in that same time?
being worried about getting mugged is one things - a more realistic situation is your car window gets smashed in and whatever thing you left on the seat taken.
It could happen anywhere. I live downtown and my partner parks here all the time and his car has been fine. I've lived downtown for 6 years and never been mugged.
Why would you leave anything on the seat of your car anywhere? You're just asking for you car to be broken into.
The mayor does nothing, we don’t go.
Thank gentrification and inflation. Greedy politicians.
The man saying he smells urine was shocking most of the homeless use the library bathroom, and other places
What a spectacular library that must be.
The arts and restaurants and food truck scene are what keep me wanting to go downtown. But the decay and lawlessness must be at least slowed down.
DONT WORRY FOLKS TRUMP IS COMING BACK !
For democrats and you shall have true worsening lawlessness. Just ask the good people of Texas what happens with 5 million poor non English speaking people invading your state looks like. It seems to me that Biden and the democrats are working hard to destroy the once greatest country on earth.
@@possum9562 He's going to jail, actually. So good luck with that.
@@possum9562 don't you remember , the mayor & governor declined Trumps help when it was offered.
Let's do weekly meet-ups in the city. I went to the Christmas festivals and a fire performance festival in the "Winter Wonderland of lights" in Downtown Portland, and I loved it; the city looked great all lit up.
DONT WORRY FOLKS TRUMP IS COMING BACK !
@@possum9562 Didn't this start when Trump was in office? His only job was to cause divisiveness, the only thing he accomplished.
Stay long enough and you will get lit up.
Seriously... why doesn't the symphony and other arts just move out of Portland? I will never, never, never set foot in the city again.
Humans truly suck at times!!
Oregon chooses not to have a sales TAX , so this is your fault
I find it frustrating that the majority of coverage on Portland focuses so much on the protests and homelessness instead of their causes.
Stop investors from holding our city for ransom, stop kicking out local bushiness to build hotels and luxury apartments and make it affordable to live again.
Only then will downtown be a place people actually want to visit.
The causes? The causes? Don't let the causes stop people from committing anarchy in the streets and destroying property and being violent, right? You are EXACTLY what the problem is in Portland. Zero accountability for one's actions. We're committing crimes in the name of our causes. Wow, talk about out of touch w/ reality, but this is your typical Portland resident.
@@stevemarino5745 don't talk about a place you've never lived. your ignorance is showing.
or are you so afraid you never leave your house? because it isn't more dangerous here than anywhere else
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Where have you gone, Charles Bronson, our city turns its lonely eyes to you.
take an army of Bronson's to fix this mess -- and there's not enough body bags to put all the casualties...
Must be nice being able to work from home.
In a place like Portland, Seattle or San Francisco your life depends on it.
@@terryvlunsford1610 LOL extreme paranoia
@@jazzcatjohn until you're the victim.
How very sad my city has become! :((
I worked downtown for 15 years, 5 in Pioneer Square and 10 at 1st & Market. I loved walking through the downtown streets on my lunch hour, eating at different restaurants and food carts, shopping in the boutiques and department stores. I loved showing off the beautiful and vibrant downtown to out-of-town guests. Since the pandemic, it looks pretty depressing. I don’t feel unsafe, but the decline in the bustle, closed businesses, boarded up windows and graffiti, homeless camping, and open drug use is sad to see.
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
LET THE CONTENTIOUS COMMENTS BEGIN by Russell Charles Leininger prince of Poland!.
Strange to read the comment section and see all the excuses for Portlands decline while everyone ignores the giant elephant in the room that coincided with the decline.
I live in Portland and am anxiously waiting to get out. I used to be a liberal. I am not their kind of liberal. Get me out.
I'm homeless in downtown Portland. Lol
@@uglyhobo4602 I think I saw you
Pro-law enforcement political candidates need to show these videos when campaigning.
Not risking my life for a show….no thanks
Just wanted to say I really appreciate your reporting (to the whole team). Everything from the perspective of eastern Oregonians and the greater Idaho movement to topics like this here in Portland. I really think you're fair and thorough. Thank you for being a positive force.
PORTLAND SUCKS ALWAYS HAS EVERY BODY KNOWS THIS
There would therefore be no need of a savior and redeemer. As everyone would return to heaven, Lucifer wanted to have all the glory and honor due to Heavenly Father.
''Jesus''agreed to God’s plan of salvation and volunteered to leave his Heavenly Father and come to earth as a mortal. He agreed to suffer for the sins of all mankind and to be lifted up on the cross. As he was following God's plan, He said the glory and honor would be God’s, not His.
Christ was chosen. Lucifer, along with 1/3 of all the spirits, rebelled and were evicted from the presence of God. Lucifer and his followers have since been trying to thwart God’s plan by tempting as many of God’s spirit children, his brothers and sisters, as possible to become unworthy of salvation and redemption.
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DEFUND THE POLICE WAS THE CRY OF PORTLAND. HAHAHAHA
This cry is exactly what took Portland down.
Congratulations, democrats!!
Just another democrat run city gone to hell
DONT WORRY FOLKS TRUMP IS COMING BACK !
Portland is past the point of no return. I live within a couple hours of Portland. We used to to Portland alot. Now no one goes to Portland.
It's done...
How's the east side doing? Hawthorne/Alberta/Mississippi? I haven't been in years.
actually quite good, the heart and soul of Portland's leftism...
It will come back 💜 lower the empty spaces rents ..so business can hire security guards for awhile 💜 make it easier for smaller new business!!
Make inexpensive instruments and music lessons available to those homeless people who aren't currently addicted to anything, and bring them into the orchestra when they're ready. It wouldn't solve the whole problem, but it would make a small dent in it, and it would help them have some income, get them off the streets, make more room on the sidewalks, and make a more positive impression of the Downtown Portland area. It would also set an example for other employers. The real "perception" problem is the idea that some human beings are trash, while others are angelic. Neither is true.
the city really does need more of this. these drug addicted people need a purpose and a light at the end of the tunnel, not to just be swept away and left in the dark. as far as the overly intoxicated they need incarceration and treatment. on the other hand, the city needs more people to be less afraid and embrace what we all know will be an amazing city. the sooner we do that the sooner it gets better.
This situation is not the police fault. The leadership has tied their hands.
You voted for it. Enjoy.
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Is it a perception or reality?