5 Reasons You DO NOT Want to Move to Eugene
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- Thinking about moving to Eugene, Oregon? You might've heard some whispers...
"Eugene has a large homeless population."
"Eugene lacks diversity."
"Eugene locals aren't friendly."
"Eugene has bad air quality and fire seasons."
"Eugene is a child care desert."
Local REALTOR here, and I'm spilling the tea on the 5 biggest reasons why locals will tell you NOT to move here.
But wait, there's more! We'll also explore the other side of the story to help you decide if Eugene is the perfect fit for YOU. Watch this video before you write Eugene off - you might be surprised.
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Homelessness
5:43 Diversity
8:18 Friendliness
10:43 Air Quality
12:47 Child Care
14:30 Thanks for watching!
I live outside of town. I just moved back here from Florida, the homelessness and crime was way worse there.
I feel like you just don't hear about homelessness as much in Florida. Welcome back!
I wonder where…Miami?
The air quality can be an issue but I also think letting people know the valley is VERY high in allergens!!! We are often off the charts with pollen!! If you have never had allergies, you will at some point if you move here!!! 🤧
Yes, cover allergies in a lot of videos!
I am a native Oregonian and have lived in Springfield for about 25 years and have found it difficult to find friends. I have met some over time but often people already have friend groups here and really don't add a lot of new people. I also think that if I would have chosen to have kids there would have been more opportunities but not worth it for me.
There are likely lots of volunteer opportunities out there but I really just wasn't aware enough to seek them out. I am from a very small town in Oregon and really didn't know to look. 😊
I would agree that both Eugene and Springfield are places where you have to push yourself to make friends, as opposed to the community just sort of inviting it.
I need friends always! saw Eugene. Dog walks. Hikes. Coffee. :)
Other states LITERALLY send unhoused individuals here. Resources are used before many people are able to access them
Funny. I used to be homeless in Eugene and most of the people I met were from Oregon, if not Eugenian.
Happy to hear that is no longer the case for you!
@@MovingtoEugeneOregon I credit Disability and Section 8 as solutions.
People moving here raised rents so high so fast yall pushed all the dope fiends outdoors.
Thanks greedy landlords!
As an LGBTQIA+ I lived comfortably in Eugene for 15 years. I then moved right next door to Springfield & have experienced hate crime twice.
Wow! I am so sorry that was your experience. :(
We just toured the Eugene area looking for a new home. When we made a loop through Springfield we saw so many Trump signs and other hate propaganda. If we do ever purchase there, we're not going to be anywhere near the 'Trump Trash' neighborhood.
I have experienced hate crime on both sides. My family met in AZ at Rocky Horror. Most my uncles/aunts were gay. I moved to Eugene/Springfield/Cottage Grove area and I have been judged by all sides. So, I experienced a NDE in 2018 at the hospital, and I witnessed what felt like Heaven, He'll and the forgiving man of light I know as Jesus Christ. Never believed before this experience.
Well, I have been to loose parties in Eugene where they claim ALL are welcome, parties I used to attend for about 6 years! But as time went on, the group became very cultish in nature. I have seen many people, including myself, go here and debate the existence of God or Christ. You could talk about ANY religion there... except Christianity. I have seen many people be kicked out if events for asking questions about why this group's main focus was heresy and debauchery. For nearly a decade I watched people in these venues slowly lose their own personality, their own minds, and become a group collective... pushing away anything that could threaten how they justify their actions of indoctrination young vulnerable women into this costumesque masquerade lifestyle.
Meanwhile... I have lived in Springfield and Creswell, the surrounding cities. Springfield has the largest strip clubs per capita, and Creswell has the most churches per cap. So after my NDE I was still dying my hair funny colors, blue streaks in particular! I was actually nearly fired from a small town job once they realized I had one blue streak under my hair. People could have pink, dusty rose, burgundy purple... but I had to hide my blue. If the streak showed I was pulled into the office to redo my bun. I have met many amazing people, so loving and open, claiming to be christian... but the minute I tell them that my uncle was a tortured gay christian, or my parents met at Rocky, or that I wasn't raised Christian, or i used to hang out with new age witches... or they find out I have a black great great grandma... all of a sudden they hear "equally yoked" and want nothing to do with me or my Godless parents. People who think that because I had a blue streak that I voted for Biden 🤣 telling me to go home and stop polluting their original religious ways that conquered this entire state.... u know, the laws that made it legal to hang blacks until nearly 1910. Don't even go to Coburg if you aren't noticeably wealthy and white.
This is why many if the "generational Oregonians" who have been here since the start are moving to Idaho for religious/political reasons. Their vote doesn't get represented with all of the lgbtq community here... which can be just as unwelcoming due to fear... both groups are staking their territory and not wanting any outsiders in.
And then... I have met many people who are in between like me, amazingly loving people who understand both perspectives... these who know God's love enough to KNOW its not our place to judge others who are struggling with discovering who they are, rather instead support them in their struggle.... to understand that "the devil" also sits openly within the church system itself... that God's love is within, and expressed through others without lust or judgement.
But again... those people are hard to find. But they are here. I would say the historical mining/logging town of Cottage Grove is probably the best place to find the existence if a happy medium. No time for extremes there cuz they gotta make a mountain town of 10K work.
Sadly... too many rich outsiders are buying up the land there cuz its prime location. So getting to LIVE there is not easy anymore.
Funny this popped up on my feed after just moving to Albany from Eugene last week. Interesting.
The internet knows. Lol.
They burned fields in the 60's. I grew up in Eugene as well. Didn't have fire season until the climate crazy's started getting involved. I never saw so many homeless at Costco in my life. Ferry Street Bridge is another area to stay away from. Santa Clara area is a trouble spot for High School Students attending North Eugene High School. Gimple Hill area is where we lived, nice farms and quiet. Fern Ridge Lake has some good housing, my youngest sister lives at Fern Ridge Estates. Homeless are spreading out to forest areas, be aware. You can no longer pump your own gas in Oregon, it's a shame.
Springfield is the pits, literally. The area near Winston Churchill High School (my school) is another area to stay away from.
Thanks for watching all the videos Pluto!
I'm surprised about your views on the city. I'm wondering if living up Gimpl hill and "coming in to town" has left you with only a small snapshot of the city.
Climate crazies? You mean people concerned about the environment and are trying to point out climate change? The climate is changing and it has nothing to do with certain people's views.
Also, you can pump your own gas and have been able to for awhile now. I'm surprised you're not aware of that.
Homeless at costco? I almost never see homeless there. In fact most of the coburg rd/ Gilliam area i rarely see a homeless person.
This is coming from someone who's grown up here, lives in the coburg rd area and works around Hwy99. Eugene and Springfield has its issues and some parts have gotten worse over the years bur I've see areas improve.
I don't think your view of the city is really representative or reality.
@@StephenJMaas I think I know Eugene very well and better then you. Your views do not reflect mine. You are the one who needs to get out and really look around and see what's going on. I'll be glad to give you a personal tour anytime.
Wow Hannah, I had no idea that childcare is such a rare resource there. Scarcity sometimes breeds opportunity, so if someone was seeking to open a childcare facility or provide childcare privately, maybe Eugene is perfect? By the way, I have a possible topic for you. Rumor has it that Eugene has a robust and thriving recovery community. Would you know anything about that?
Absolutely, I would love for more people to come and start preschools or in home childcare here. That is a great point. I am not super familiar with the recovery community, but I do know a newish Peer Recovery Center opened recently.
Pollen problems spring and summer. Extreme heat in summer. Near 100F for at least two weeks. It’s expensive as far as cost of living. There is a big native people’s community (this is a positive) here not mentioned here. Healthcare not as prevalent as in Portland city. Lack of parking in some areas of living. Come stay for a while at an Air BNb maybe and check it out. :)
Thanks for sharing others!
So Happy to see a video about Real Estate!
Thanks for watching!
You forgot, like everyone else, the indigenous population
I live in Eugene, for 2 years, I have also had 3 bikes stolen lol
I'm sorry!
I'm in Winston so we have to come to Eugene for anything worse than a splinter. We do not have an animal hospital, GI specialists, or a level one trauma center in Roseburg, the "city" next to us. I'm from Reno so this shocked me when I moved here. Neighbors are fine but did have to be put one in their place. Had one tell me, "I had better be a republican" since I moved to Winston and we had a little lesson on what freedom actually means.
Southern Oregon definitely does have less infrastructure.
I plan on moving to Oregon soon and when I posted to the Oregon reddit asking for info all the responses were “sorry were full” or “go to washington”😭🤣
Ya, that's what I mean when I say the internet sucks. I'm sorry. :( Trust me, once you get here, you will find community that will welcome you and be so happy you are here.
I spent two months there in 2018 looking for my house. I found more friendly conversations in Eugene than my other home, Santa Cruz CA. Your experience was kind of the same type of attitude our locals have.
@@MovingtoEugeneOregon Eugene is open. We welcome new people.
That’s what they told me when I moved here.
I have not experienced people discouraging others to move here AT ALL. The opposite in fact. I mean we'll give people warnings about the quirks of Eugene but otherwise in my experience we tend to be a welcoming and helpful bunch.
I think a lot of the negativity lives on Reddit.
Any one complaining about homelessness in a major is kind of dumb at this point.
Ya it has become pretty common place in any city of significant size.
I left Eugene after 20 years. It is not a SAFE place for women to live.
I find it quite safe for me, but everyone's experience is different.
Crime of opportunity is still a crime. It’s not your fault that someone stole your unlocked bike, it’s their fault for choosing to steal your bike.
I agree it is still a crime, but I think responsibility still falls on both parties.
As a Native, visit but please remember to go back home.
Spectrum closed
I was there during Christmas and it says its still open online. Did it close recently?
As a "native" to Oregon, when I return to visit family and friends, I'm reminded why my parents moved from Eugene AFTER they married. It's full of weirdos and has been since the 1960's (students attempted to burn down the ROTC building on the UO campus), anti-republican's (low tolerance if you have a differing opinion), snooty, high cost of living, and don't forget clouds and rain 9 months out of the year. Lacking in pharmacies, and the governors have been, and continue to be, lousy.
Plus' - no sales tax (they get you in other ways), refund on bottles (but you have to pay a deposit first), lots of outdoor activities, everything is green because it rains all of the time, close to the coast, and there are friendly people despite the prejudice in belief systems.
That's my opinion and my experience.
Thank you for sharing!
So gorgeous
Thanks!
Reason 6: you will not see the sun from October to May
There have been lots of 70 degrees days in October as of late. I think this is less and less true as climate change keeps doing its thing.
There are waaaaaaaaaaaay more than 5 reasons.
What are your reasons?
Greedy landlords took advantage of gentrification and pushed tOns of people out. All the dope fiends outdoors.
Lots of landlords are leaving the market in Eugene due to the favorable tenant laws.
Eugene sucks if you practice critical thinking, at all.
Thanks for watching!
Another single mom....😢
Thank you for watching!
You forgot the fishing. The fishing is terrible. Look somewhere else if you want good fishing.
I am not a fisher, but I know a lot of people who love fishing here, and Washington and Alaska. Guess it depends on the fisherman.
@@MovingtoEugeneOregon Sometimes it is what you want people to think.
Forgot to mention Liberal politicians
Thanks for watching!
That's the reason to move there.
😅😅😅😅 @@oakwise2352
@@oakwise2352exactly. Lots of trans. I love trans
What’s wrong with liberal politicians? It’s obvious they have been voted in to be politicians by the people who live in the area. It’s why the community is progressive not regressive!!!!😊❤
That’s why almost every one is voting to become Idaho
I don't think it is just part of Oregon.
No. Idaho can't have our land.😂
@@nogmo100 well most Oregonians do so we can have more like minded folks
The university and hippies have ruined Eugene.
Man, Eugene has been ruined since 1876 then.