Buy in Portland?
I’m thinking of moving to Portland to score a good deal on a condo downtown - horrible idea? I haven’t been to Portland since pre covid, and I loved the city. How bad has it gotten? I keep seeing photos online and it looks worse than Detroit. Thoughts on investing in downtown Portland?
Maybe rent for a year, see how 2021 plays out.
Portland downtown looked like a terrible area to live.
Nah, easier access to Antifa rallies and homeless people pestering you. Let’s face it, if you want to live in Portland, you already know what you’re in for.
Hell no - protests, homelessness and liberal policies have ruined the downtown.
Most of the place honestly. Chinatown in Portland is so sad. I don’t see it surviving. Homeless everywhere and it smells like piss. The pandemic probably killed off some of the smaller restaurants.
I don’t think you will find any good deals. The housing market it super hot in Portland and downtown is still a highly sought out area for young people, especially in tech. The whole city is trashed (I live in the suburbs, which are still nice) but most of the really bad stuff happened in the part of downtown with just businesses, barely any condos.
Is Facebook approving your move to Portland?
yep
Why Portland even after seeing those protests last years, seems you like Multnomah falls.
Mightaswell move to Vancouver WA for no state income.
Avoid downtown Portland right now. Homeless issues in certain area are really bad. Come see the place yourself before making any decisions. However, the sub urbs like Beaverton, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Tualatin, Forest Grove, Wilsonville are still decent, but depending on your life style
Downtown is in rough shape, more a result of COVID turning it into a ghost town and homeless moving in than scary communist antifas.. Now that offices are reopening, some of the biggest firms have threatened to move out if the area isn't cleaned up. I expect things to change down there over the next few months. Anyone telling you to avoid Portland because of protesters doesn't actually live here.
Just agreeing with MasterCard. You guys may be "data-driven" engineers but you all are still clearly manipulated by the media. I live next to downtown (Goose Hollow for the locals) and the last few weekends my girlfriend and I have had pleasant weekends going to the zoo, an art museum, some of the beautiful gardens and waterfalls in the area, had good food and drinks, and even went downtown to do some shopping. But I guess my first-hand experience is wrong and the media saying it's a war zone is right. The homelessness is present but not worse than Seattle. And even if it was a war zone I'd rather take that than the douchiness in Seattle. People are more down to earth here.
“you guys aren’t data driven - here’s my personal anecdote as a counter argument”
I'll concede mine was an anecdote but this whole thread really is so what are you gonna do? And it was more of a point that there are anecdotes on both sides and you have at least 2 of people who actually live here who say its good.
Hell no