The Shocking Truth Behind Portland's Troubles.
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- čas přidán 28. 04. 2024
- Where and how is Portland Oregon spending our tax dollars? That is a question a lot of people would like to know. This video compares Portland's budget and spending to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A city that is almost equal in size but taxes and spends very differently.
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What did you think of this video?
Facts man
Briggs for Mayor!
Just run this video everywhere you can.
I really like it!
Your close enough to Washington state, so where is safe in Seattle? Context, I'm 6'2 fair build, and I just don't want to be around violence, any Seattle suggestions?
I commented earlier but will say again: this is probably my fave video from you, and again, I’m sure it was a tough one to compile. I hope Portland city leaders take notice - they should. Well done Briggs.
Where is the money Portland?
Well, I'm from New York State where political corruption is an accepted culture.
Therefore my immediate follow up question is which politicians and political action committees are flush with taxpayer dollars?
It's going to the Homeless Industrial Complex. The more money you spend on the homeless, the worse the situation gets.
These liberal strongholds funnel so much money into NGO groups through no-bid contracts with the city and pay quarter million dollar salaries to government bureaucrats. A lot of people got rich off this crisis. Along with the dark and twisted revolving world of the rehab industry.
The other side of the coin is the millions in cannabis taxes that go unaccounted for into the pockets of Democrats. Not to mention that rural communities have been devastated by the cartel and black market cannabis industry, with no taxes going to the local municipalities. Portland doesn't care about the remainder of the state on any issue.
The Homeless Industrial Complex
They also keep all the marijuana tax dollars for themselves to maintain their plantations
Milwaukee winters clear out lots of homeless.
Yeah, you can't just brush that fact aside.
Portland has it's own Milwaukee, you know. It's a suburb.
@@1chumley1he mentioned that fact in the video😊
So how do you explain Anchorage?
@@michaellauer3397 Those folks are trapped. If you are already homeless...you are BROKE. So now you are all the way up in Alaska...you aint going nowhere...don't matter how cold it is...straight up trapped in BFE.
I’ve only been to USA 🇺🇸 twice and that was in the last 2 years, both times to the Portland area having travelled from Scotland, what a culture shock that was! While there is a lot that I like about Portland, Powells, Danner, the parks, zoo etc, the pervading impression I had was that almost all of these so called ‘homeless’ were on Fentanyl and associated mental health issues were attributed to their addiction. I’ve never seen a place like that in my life.
Wow man, there's a whole lot more to the USA than Portland. I can't believe you'd go back there twice. Plenty of other places to visit in the USA.
Nah. Portland was on its was down the toilet before that drug was ever a thing.
@@NoName-rl3fh got that right
Great vid, my good sir. This is how those in power begin to be held accountable. It used to be called reporting. Private individuals gotta do this now.
Boom
There is a chop shop on the open street at the park near my house in Portland. Every week there is a new stolen car parked there. Once the car has been stripped for parts an new one shows up. I used to report it to the police but now they don't even answer the phone. I gave up.
Uncle teddies used car parts emporium cops are getting a stipen you know it
Glad someone puts this out there. I moved to PDX and stayed for 9 years, turned ugly and I packed up, left and moved back East. I was tired of paying taxes and not seeing it go to the issues that really require attention. It’s a shame, I had a great time there when I first got there but I quickly left with just 2 suitcases-fast!
Well he's starting to wake up. This was my favorite channel for years, but I finally unsubscribed after months of him defending nonsense - including in Portland. I watched this just to see how the channel's doing, but I'm definitely not coming back.
I nearly moved to Austin at the beginning of 2023 for similar reasons
Unfortunately, Seattle is only about one step behind Portland.
Oh, they're arriving to catch up!
Same virus, different patient.
By design
I'd venture to say Seattle is worse off than Portland.
@@bennett338able Facts. Spent weeks working in both and 1 full year living in Eugene Oregon. Seattle is far sketchier IMO. Way more ghetto violent criminals IMO.
@@bennett338able I just looked over the Seattle and Portland city websites. Seattle looks like it has purged some of the woke garbage. Most of the City Councilors' statements are no longer dripping with woke word salad and virtue signalling. Portland, on the other hand, still sports images of staffers outside, six feet apart with masks on, and the woke word salad is interspersed among the real concerns of making a city livable. What's amazing is that the Seattle city budget is smaller than Portland's by a margin of $800 million.
The problem is... when you have "just a small percentage" behaving that way, with the rest of the department just looking the other way, or directly supporting it?
It's like the saying goes: "If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage. If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage."
- Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy
Love this
Ted Wheeler has over 20 office assistants, $90k each...
Portland has commissioners, each of those has multiple assistants... Do the math, and you'll find the waste is systemic via liberal policy...
“Lets have a meeting about why we have too many meetings!!”
Ted Wheeler also made himself Police Commissioner instead of hiring a professional because he knew no professional would put up with the crap the city doles out.
I live between Clay and Columbia on SW12th. Every timei have to do outside my apartment it is a fluffing ordeal. I call Portland the Seventh Circle of Hell.
The problem is corruption and incompetence, time to clean house.
I'd hire you 🧹
Choosing Chael Sonnen for governor of Oregon would be a good start. It honestly probably Would indeed take a former career mma guy that is from the state and seen it become garbage to get anything done.
I’ve been homeless in Portland for two years now. Actually fly under the radar pretty well because I stealth camp in my car but the hardest part to break the home cycle at least for me getting a job. shower every day at the gym. I’m not dirty. I don’t take drugs. just getting a minimum wage job is very very difficult if you’re homeless. I’ve literally applied to every place that has a sign saying they’re hiring and they might be but they’re not hiring me.
See this is what I am talking about. The homeless population is made up of more people like you than people here want to admit. I feel for you. Other people need to stop bitching about the camps and the leaders need to make getting jobs easier and housing more affordable!
You just admitted you're too lazy/ignorant to move. hahahaha
I worked in a homeless shelter in Old Town. I was amazed at how many people were employed full time but couldn't find an apartment.
@@Gregareusingthethat’s so sad, but I completely understand because all these places are requiring credit checks and bs like that
Exactly the same but in Denver. These people create the problems.
I took a trip to Portland and I kind of fell in love with it. Most big cities seem a little dead to me, in the sense that it feels more like a hub for tourists, but when I visited Portland, its character was palpable. Hard to explain, but it had a certain quirky charm that I really liked.
How long ago was that though?
@nogames8982 About 5 months ago so not too long. From all the horror stories I've heard about it, seems like they are cleaning up a bit. Wasn't as bad as they said it was.
That was very common 8-20 years ago, not common now
@@taylor_drift1it has been getting better. Still a long, long ways to go though.
I have to say, you should really look closer.
There is nothing attractive about having to fight for your life just because some fentanyl freak was going through withdrawals.
Stay away from this shithole.
Another factor in the number of homeless in the two cities no doubt is the costs of housing. Portland, OR averaged $539K. Milwaukee, WI averages $196K. A huge difference.
Have you been to Milwaukee in the winter? Its more than just housing prices. You Can’t be homeless in Milwaukee in the winter, or you will die.
@@jules4626 - Understood, even though it wasn’t my point. Briggs mentioned the climate differences in his video and I don’t think I need to expand on that.
It’s hard _not_ to be homeless if you can’t afford the price of housing.
I live in Auckland.... house prices have LOTS to do with it especially here in NZ where there are lots of ppl living in cars, working fulltime and are mentally sound.
That said the houses over here are so crap that it's prob warmer in a car than a house
@@jules4626Not wrong but there’s homeless in Alaska even lol I suppose if it’s near the coast it would be much more mild than Wisconsin, can’t recall where they were in the video I saw a while back.
Briggs you're the best. As a former Portland resident, 30 yrs...you nailed it. We escaped Portland and Oregon 3 yrs ago.
Just make sure not to vote for what you left behind
I’m just frustrated how there really isn’t barriers to keeping what causes the problems in the first place is being brought to normal people in smaller regular towns. Those with money move out and bring their policies to here.
Sounds like a wise move. That place is craptown, usa. The rest of the nation that has a brain knows it too.
Living in a studio loft in Portland used to be my life goal.
Well... in that case I would advise you seriously look at Vancouver Washington. It's basically Portland, but across the Columbia in Washington.
@@walterbunn280 I lived in Vancouver when I was working in Camas, its like an exurb where you have to drive everywhere and you hit traffic at both the bridge and the airport driving into Portland. Eventually you quit going to Portland because traffic is such a pain through that corridor.
Portland is awesome! Weather sucks though. That’s your biggest issue. Who wants to live somewhere that is guaranteed to make you clinically depressed for half of the year. You guys have the best summers though in the country by far!
Yuppers
Agree
Live in PDX. Didn’t say a thing about drugs/users🤦🏻♀️ We can’t even walk around the block here! I don’t want to move, I want everyone else to move! Geez, it’s depressing in the city.
Living in the Bay Area and having a daughter in Portland and a son in Tillamook, we have visited the area often...I keep hearing so many bad things about Portland but we have never had a bad experience there....Grant you, we motorhome to and from, stay in RV parks when visiting so we dont get to exposed to inner city life there....I also find the rest of Oregon outside of Portland (not much of a fan of any Metro area) is all amazing and still one of my favorite states to visit...They have some amazing state parks and adequate ""FREE"" casino overnite parking which is right up our alley....
You don’t live in Portland 24/7 so you don’t know or see what goes on daily. The full time. Residents do.
@@rayb.6537 My daughter does so i get a good idea from her and what i see with my own eyes...Does it have its problems , sure...I dont see much worse than any other Metro area as they all have problems ....
I live in Hillsboro. In the area where I live it's a nice place, except that the downtown area has too much traffic. We also have quite a homeless issue here. Our population is 107,617 and the yearly budget is just over 1 billion.
For those who don't know, Hillsboro is located in the Portland metropolitan area. It's west of Beaverton.
I live near Shute Park. It's not a good area at all. But it's convenient to the bus lines and the MAX to leave the burbs if I want to do something fun.
If a Downtown has "too much traffic" its thriving. Downtowns are supposed to be busy.
@@cynthiasimpson931Thanks!
Hillsboro is awesome. It was my second choice after downtown Portland. I love downtown Hillsboro.
I watch a ton of your videos and this is the number one of all time. Love the concept thank you sir.
Great video!!! Thank you so much!! I really enjoy your common sense approach to things! 🙂
You know there's disabled people and veterans on the street and Oregon could build housing further out and still house the people who could afford lower rent and are willing. Why are there no solutions being talked about????
I think there's a solution there but it also potentially creates new problems. Sprawl is a metro problem. One possibility is to build 'projects' some distance away but accessible by public transportation, but that would then be a 'state' project and, you'd end up with the problems of having 'projects.'
Portland has for a long time been caching away people in old hotels. Those are full.
@@LynnFredricksbasically they don't even leave enough left on the bone for people to survive so they can't. People aren't going to work just so they can pay transportation to and from. How long would you be able to hold down a job homeless and on about $5 an hour ? You'd probably lose your mind because that's enough to drive Amyone crazy. People are not going to to work for free for a government who leaves them to die!!! NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THESE TRUTHS! You need a job of $75 an hour inorder to take home $25 an hour... They won't let poor families make there own money, yeah its crazy town alright. 😁
The government divides families and communities with these tactics keeping us weak and themselves the power tripping control freaks who then have all the power. So at that point they are trying to control your will to even live ,let alone try. So they want immigrants who they give clean slates to ,to work and pay taxes. It's very deep and complicated. No one speaks these truths but should. But us who know have to live in fear of our own government control here so we don't want to rock the boat to much ,since they leave us in fear of there retaliatory tactics.They already take everything from you,including your family so your divided and conquered.
Zoning codes and urban growth boundaries in Multnomah County are ridiculous (especially zoning and permitting). If the government would get out of the way housing would be more affordable and accessible.
I have never heard any workable solutions from the "just give them housing" crowd.
Who owns that housing? Who maintains it? What happens when a resident starts causing problems? Some will cause problems because they are causing problems on the street and giving them a house doesn't erase those problems.
If you are giving them a house/apartment and it is theirs: How do they maintain it? How do they pay property taxes? Can they sell it and go back on the streets?
"Give them housing" is a meaningless bumper sticker slogan without workable details. It is also throwing money into a pit.
Where I live Catholic Charities built some low-income apartment buildings in low-crime residential areas. Sounds great, right? Those areas are now no longer low-crime. I am not sure any organization, private or governmental, has done more damage to my city than Catholic Charities.
Homelessness is a problem with multiple causes. For some, it is an easy fix and setting them up with housing or money is all they need. That is the minority though. There was a great project done a few years ago in Vancouver BC. They gave no-strings-attached money($8000 IIRC) to 500 or so homeless people with no severe MH issues or addiction problems. That is less than what they spend per person on shelters and feeding them. The result?
Most of them were living independently with their own housing within a year.
Give $8000 or housing to a homeless heroin addict? That is not going to work. They need far more structure and help.
Homelessness does not have a one-size-fits-all solution.
Homelessness “management” has become a cottage industry to certain cities. see it in So Cal. these governments all have their pet projects that need funding and staffing and so it begins to feed and nobody actually helps the issue because once a goverment programs starts there’s no incentive for it to stop it just expands.
This. There's plenty of money to be made in homelessness.
I have a Fellow I work with. His Son ran off to go to Portland. DRUGS. You have Legal Drugs. His been a Troubled. I feel Sorry for him. As long as there's Drugs, people will Flock there to Use!!!
Another failed social experiment
Finally British Columbia Canada, with our Vancouver housing a drug capital, has de ided to stop the free drug program that was designed to stop drug use, because users would use less when it's free! Instead it attracted evry user from everywhere. What a sooprise!
Fortunately, they're trying to reverse parts of Measure 110. Will it work? I doubt it.
@GeeEm1313 Hard to put the Genie back in the Bottle. It's Stupid to have Legal Drugs Netherlands tried it 20 yrs ago and gave up and cleaned up. You can buy Weed. You havta to Smoke it on Site. A Friend Told Me......
Yeah. Drug rehab was supposed to be paid out of legal pot funds🤣. The money disappeared.
We have family members that live in Portland and Seattle. We had planned to visit and were told dont bother and explained how both cities have declined. They have lived there 20+ years and say its definitely not the same as it was and are planning to move.
I've driven all over the country and finally got to portland after seeing every other major city. I love portland, despite your problems. It's a cool city every city is struggling. Also, Milwaukee has improved since I was a kid, and it isn't at all comparable to Portland. It's more like Detroit. Madison, WI is the midwest city to compare portland to. It has the culture, the homelessness and the BS. Milwaukee is a Chicago reject.
Portland was an amazing, badass city for decades, but after the “Occupy” B.S. in 2013, it got worse and worse. So sad, we used to go there all the time.
Patriot Prayer and Proud Boy invaders had nothing to do with violence in PDX.
Right.
As a resident, I think it started changing in 2010, when the Satyricon closed.
Wasn't the occupy movement against the rich people who corrupt our political system resulting in the exact issue with Portland's corrupted budget that is discussed in this video?
I believe it was Dubya's administration that called Portland the Beirut on the Willamette. So it's been going on for awhile.
@@someonlinepersona I believe that’s accurate. However, many of the occupy campers that overtook some parking lots and other areas, never really left. The occupy era was the first time I started really seeing a large surge in homeless/campers.
I recently visited Portland and I loved it. Would love to live there… but I saw so many homeless camps and people. Kinda tainted my view of it. But it’s a beautiful city.
I mean, isn't that an indictment on our policies nationally and locally? The richest nation in the history of humanity countless people on the streets? The average person can't afford a $500 emergency.
Resident there born there. Don't move there. We escaped 3 years ago. You will regret it.
If you like Portland you will probably like any of the cities in the Willamette Valley. (Eugene, Corvalis, Salem, ect) Then there is the coast from Florence south. Much cheaper when you get out of Portland. Just don't go East -- especially if you are more liberal. Bend and the cities out that way are dark dark red.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 We let a small percentage of people collect an ever increasingly large percentage of the wealth, yet people like Elon Musk still have many adoring fans.
@someonlinepersona, You don’t “let” people collect wealth, it happens as a result of specialized skills, talents, and financial fluency. You’ll find that wealth, much like just about everything else in this world, follows a Pareto Distribution.
I suppose if you think we “let” people accumulate wealth, the solution is banning them from doing so somehow? Or confiscating their wealth?
Point on, brother. Great questions and comparisons
I found this extremely interesting and informative. Would you consider making more videos like this but on different cities, and for states?
That's the plan!
Well done. Nice piece.
Being a former Milwaukee-an, Milwaukee has been going through a" rough patch" for the last 65 yrs. Hasn't improved any. My older brother still lives there, even he says it hasn't really changed since the 60's, if any thing it's worst. You couldn't pay me enough to go back there.
I moved here from NYC I February and I think it's great.
This is when primaries are so very important (as I gear up to vote early in our states primary). Sometimes the only way to get rid of some entrenched politician that feels their job is safe in Nov is to take it away in May.
Nothing will ever change if you keep replacing one (D) with another (D).
Sort of how Mississippi and West Virginia keep replacing R with another R. They are the poorest states and will stay that way. Both parties suck face it.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggsWest Virginia was Democrat ruled for decades. All im seeing is cope from you
@@morewi Democrats were the more right wing party for decades. Right wing policies have done nothing but fail since forever.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs But at least we know which bathroom to use...
Thank you Briggs. I've been avoiding this video because I do have a love for Portland and this whole thing breaks my heart.
Ehh....
So i live in Salem.
Portland is spending billions of dollars to cater to Nvidia, which was gifted billions of dollars, both by the federal as well as the local city and state government to build a chip foundry in Multinomah county.
Corporate wellfare apparently needs to be a thing.
As far as that goes, the issue with homelessness in Portland and Oregon as a whole is directly attributable to Oregon Measure 112, which specifically defined court ordered rehab as a form of slavery, making any sort of court ordered rehab unconstitutional in the state.
The problem is people don't read past the first sentence of a ballot measure here.
This happened at the same time decriminalization occurred, which undermined the point of decriminalization, which also expanded public spending on rehab services. This, in effect, meant that people were not going to take advantage of the newly available rehab programs.
Recriminalization isn't going to fix this issue; drug rehab is still constitutionally defined as slavery in the state.
Clackamas County doesn't want Any homeless and send them to Multnomah county. How does that figure in?
The rule of law still applies in Clackamas county, it’s run by honest adults. Even east Multnomah county suburbs are far better than Portland.
“Help the people who need help. Not the people who want it” might very well be the most spot on thing I’ve ever heard!!!!
I've lived in Oregon all my life, born and grew up in Salem. I lived in Portland for a couple of years in the 70s. All that said, the state and the Willamette Valley have changed. Portland, 'Salem, and Eugene all are experiencing problems due to growth, homelessness, drugs, etc. I happily live in a rural area of the valley now and avoid Portland like the plague.
I moved from Portland in 2017, after 40 years! The city is in a cycle, hoping it gets better sooner ❤️
Wow this is the first notification I got from you in months
Preach on Briggs! Good work here!
Much appreciated
Dang,Jim...I am from the Willamette Valley. Estacada, Molalla,etc. So sad my home has gone down so far.😢 Prayers. I am in Wyoming for now. Luv ya'!👍🤗💓✌️
PS.. many friends & family still in Portland area. 👍🤗💓✌️
Love your views and topics Briggs. I am from the Central PA area and I am starting to see the same problems with our Urban areas.
Democrats know how to run a city.....right into the ground.
As if Republicans are any better
Are you talking about Milwaukee? The city was nicer in the days of socialist mayors in Milwaukee.
Thank you Briggs for putting this up. I’ve recently been thinking you have been avoiding the problems in your own back yard.
PORTLAND USED TO BE AN AWESOME CITY !! IT WAS SO PRETTY , AND CLEAN !! IT IS NOTHING BUT A SLUM NOW !! THE MEDIA IS NOT HONEST EITHER !! ITS GOING INTO SOMEONES POCKETS !!!
Thanks!
We used to go to Portland and Vancouver, BC, 2-3 times per year and in 2017 gave up because of the filth, drugs, and crime. I hope they get fixed.
Not saying I support decriminalizing drugs but Portugal and Netherlands both made all drugs legal about 20 years ago yet Lisbon, Porto, and Amsterdam all feel like very safe cities…where did Portland and SanFran go wrong in comparison?
Portugal and Netherlands had and still have way better rehabilitation programs.
Are you familiar with Michael Schellenberger's investigative journaling on the subject?
His book, "San Fran-Sicko" goes deep into the homeless/drugs issue (& the policies of Portugal and Netherlands)
Well Portugal and Netherlands have programs that help those people
The WHY people do drugs is the root cause not the drugs themselves.
They're trying to cope with depression, despair, and hopelessness.
Remember PDX is a suicide capital due to weather. Dating is notoriously bad. Culture isn't rude but very pretentious and isolated. Degenerate sex culture.....stip clubs everywhere, sex and human trafficking.....hell we even have coffee huts that will get fully naked for you. Naked bike rides......it's a city that has embraced destructive feminism to its fullest.
Basically the city makes identity politics a personality type and lifestyle.
It's one big mess because the people who keep society safe, stable, and economically viable are all leaving. The only people left are the moochers, protesters, homeless, and druggies.
Between 2000 and 2010 I went to Portland from Seattle for business several times a year. It was one of my favorite cities to visit. It is sad what Portland has become.
We've had 3 terrible mayors in a row, "Scam Adams, Choo-Choo Charlie, and Tepid Ted". Portland's version of the Three Stooges.
Dude, I'm writing you in for Mayor next election.
Being intelligent and a concerned citizen are not qualifications. It’s the money.
I'm from Austin, and they're having the exact same problems here. It's really sad!
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, and the average US house is $400,000.00. Rents are going off the charts. Police risk their lives every day for $70,000, you can't even afford to live in the city you work in never mind raising a family on that. You said that this started in 2016, do the math.
Thank you for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video!! Here near Seattle it is the same as Portland, Just like you said!
I live west of Portland in Banks. Only reason to go to Portland is to get to the other side.
Excellent! ❤
Good to see your face and hear your own takes.
Good video!
Unpopular opinion: Minimum wage has a lot to do with it. The minimum wage in Portland is over twice what it is in Wisconsin and as a result everything costs over twice as much.
Oregon is so beautiful ❤❤❤😊😊😊 I am Brazilian
Of course you'd think this. You're from Brazil
This video was different.
I like it 👍
I used to live in the Orenco Station area. Loved that area. Quite and safe.
Intriguing. I live in Tualatin and have seen Portland sadly decline.
Very reasonable assessment !
I work for multnomah county! I know about all the handouts. 🙄 Not going anywhere. Oregon is beautiful! I live in Gresham with Mt Hood as my view! ❤ moved here in 1993.
Beautiful spot.
You used to have a great mayor in Gresham. The cops always responded when I called from 181st and Glisan. That changed with new mayor. We moved away. Gresham was better than Portland.
It the leadership not the police. The officers I met for both cities were competent and helpful.
Thank you Briggs for saying what I have felt since the "pandemic". You will be heard, as I was just pushed away. That was one reason why we moved. I miss my home, but I was not going to sit around and watch the free hand outs. Tao said "feed a man a fish and he is only fed for the day, teach a man to fish and he is fed for a lifetime." Take the money that the city managers have put into their pockets and put it into teaching the homeless to get off of the streets. Teach the street takeovers how traffic laws are supposed to be handled, and for God sakes, stop the violent crimes with stricter penalties!
Penalties only decrease violent crime among law-abiding citizens.
Portland is moving to a city manager instead of a mayor IIRC. It's seems like they have too many cooks when it comes to implementing policy and the byzantine bureaucracy is fiscally inefficient.
Great video. My wife of 43 years lived in the once beautiful city. Now we live near SF, which once too was a great city. Real shame on both accounts.
Before I get attacked, i retired from working in a homeless shelter and I have great compassion for those on the streets.
I used to work in the heart of Downtown PDX from 1986-2015. It's a totally different city now. I even was the Trail Blazers Team Photographer in the 90's and it was great then. But I moved out of the metro area and I'm now in a little town 35 miles away. I never go to Portland anymore and glad I don't have to. Sad to see the rot and decay but enough was enough and I left for good!
Well said! Great video!!
Thank you!
I started watching your channel because I live in Portland and am looking for a place that isn't insane! Thank you, I have a few on my list for this year.
Hey @World According To Briggs, can you make a top 10 list of states with the highest property crime rate next? I appreciate your channel and I'm not saying you have to, but I would be happy if you did that and it would be a good idea/recommendation
I am with you, the condition of Portland has broken my heart. I lived there in the latter 80s - early 90's in the West Hills. LOVED Portland!
My eldest son lives there due to his narcolepsy and necessary public transport there. We used to enjoy visiting him, but now, we usually go outside of the city during a visit.
Very interesting, an enlightening comparison. A Tale of Two Cities, to be sure.
I was struck, in particular, by the Law Enforcement Officer stats:
• The size, per capita;
• The salary ranges;
• The LEO turnover;
• Crime stats.
It would be eye opening, I think, to add NYC & it's 36,000 strong NYPD as a "Third Column" comparison.
The NYPD budget, alone, would be eye popping.
I used to take the train down from seattle to shop in Portland….great Greek restaurants…❤❤❤❤❤
Well done
Having people's bodily fluids and garbage going into storm drains and rivers isn't very "eco friendly"
Great video. I think a lot of cities fall into this. It’s so hard when it’s your city and you have watched it crash. And the only winners are the politicians.
That's wild Briggs ❤❤❤😮😮😮😢😢😢
THIS IS by far the best video of yours I've listened to yet. Just commonsense filled.
Your right, Portland once was a great area.
Green ways are good but should not be only focus when not only homelessness is up, but crime too.
I look forward to more of your videos.👍👍🇺🇸
Thanks for putting Milwaukee in some of your videos alot of people forget about this place I live here and love it here there is some bad areas but most of Milwaukee is like Wisconsin a good place to live 😊 👍
Those are some crazy stats Briggs. I too am in Oregon and sure miss Portland.
Great job Mr. Brigg! More power to you. 🙏👍🏻🤗
Thank you kindly
"Pet Projects" means Kickbacks - in some form or another, after all; it is Politics in America.
I've live across the river in Vancouver and I avoid going over there as much as possible. It's really sad.
I lived in Portland for 60 years, finally in 2019 I had enough. I moved to Wilsonville about 20 miles south of Portland, it was like moving to Mayberry. life is finally good again. don't get me wrong, in the 70s and 80s , I would not of wanted to live anywhere else. I am just getting too old to put up with the crap.
My family has lived in and around Portland for generations and having studied local history a lot, I can say we’ve often had these boom/bust cycles and for most of our history until the last couple decades, it was still a pretty wild place compared to now. Historically it was much much dirtier until serious cleanup efforts in the 60s and 70s.
We’re in a rough period currently but it’s not new for this city, but perhaps new to us in our lifetimes.
Anyway for me, the outdoors is the thing and I’ll remain here as long as I can so I can play in nature as often as I want. Though perhaps someday from a cabin in the woods, and not SE Portland :)
Probably the best video you have done yet, and undoubtedly a very tough one to create about your own town, but it's honest and real - and needs to be heard. You are spot on - Portland was once such a go-to city for many, but the city government has failed its voters. You outlined the issues point by point - and that's the first key step in calling it out and forcing those in control to reverse the trend.
I used to live on the burb of Portland and I saw it has been changed so much. Most of Portland's residents today are mostly transplanted and trying to change the city to where they come from to be the East.
Perfect timing as our Oregon State primary ballot just arrived.
another winner! and the ultimate governance question remains WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING?
Thank you Briggs. I wanted to move to Portland back in 2014, a beautiful place, and amazing public transportation (@ least used to be amazing), and great people, but back then I couldn't afford it, so I went back to Reno. It is very sad how Portland is going downhill.
keep voting for what you're voting for you will keep getting what you're getting ( not you personally but Portland at large )
The “why try, we’re getting a lot of free things” disposition makes up way more of the homeless population than most people realize. I’ve been in downtown PDX for 20 years and have had thousands of conversations with the homeless. These are their words. Not mine.
I love Portland too. So much is wonderful about this place. But yeah, downtown/old town and the size of the homeless population is a problem. You would think there would be some publicly available city budget information that would help answer some of your questions.
The bike path initiatives have been such a money suck.