Do People Actually Go Downtown Portland Oregon?

Do People Actually Go Downtown Portland Oregon? If you're wondering what it's like living in Portland Oregon, a big consideration is what downtown Portland is actually like. Do people go downtown Portland? Is Portland Oregon safe? Are there things to do in downtown Portland Oregon? In this video, we take a tour of downtown Portland Oregon. If you're moving to Portland Oregon, you'll want to see this!

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[lisaknieriem]

Native Portlander here, let’s be honest, downtown used to be a very active place, it used to be full of people until…..we all know. Were you born here? It’s primarily a business district now, but it’s a ghost town from what it used to be. Even in February. It’s heartbreaking 💔

[skullandbones]

Back in the 1990s Portland had some of the best Records shops in the USA.

[nic]

I’d say it’s gotten a little better city-wide but it has a long way to go. Destroying your reputation isn’t easy to repair.

[vernonlove]

I lived in downtown Portland in 1991. I loved it. Every evening, we would head downtown, and there was always something cool happening. Open air markets on the weekend. Great food everywhere.

[anthonygross]

Yeah, try going at nighttime and tell me how great it is. I have a business and it’s a daily struggle to keep the fenty junkies from my entrance and have to call Clean and Safe on a regular basis. Sometimes the sidewalk out front looks like a scene from The Walking Dead. Also, hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t steal.

[lisafreeman]

Last weekend's Winter Lights Festival last weekend was just like the old days! Families out walking around, pretty lights and sculptures everywhere. It was really fun driving through the city and seeing so much good activity. Funny thing about city events, the tweakers disappear when the rest of us come out & enjoy ourselves.

[losthewar]

i moved out of portland 3 years ago and have never looked back, was the best choice of my life.

[marieubiles]

I visited Portland for the first time in 2015 and downtown was lively, clean and safe. Visited Portland this week and downtown is scary now. It was a ghost town on a Friday around lunch time.

[jenng]

I am in Portland visiting right now and I can assure you downtown is not safe! When a McDonalds permanently closes its dining room for safety that tells you something. We saw someone doing drugs. And the homeless are all
Over downtown. Yes there are small
Pockets of decent areas downtown. But I am glad I decided to airbnb and stay in one of the neighborhoods that have shops and restaurants vs staying downtown. Much safer!

[chiefenumclaw]

PDX deserves credit for closing some of their streets to cars and for allowing outdoor dining. They've also done a great job of repurposing their old industrial brick buildings. The single best aspect of Portland is their zoning laws. Where else in America can you find a restaurant or coffee shop operating out of an old house in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

[ChicagoMike]

Portland has not been the same since 2020. I moved out last year and now I am in Chicago. There are a few pockets of Chi-town that are pretty rough, like along 79th St on southside. Overall, however, Chicago feels way better than Portland right now. I miss Portland, but it feels like it is slowly dying.

[mattropolis]

I've lived in Portland 25 years - and I'm leaving. I don't recommend moving here in 2024. I mean, we just had more massive damage, violent protesters, and people smashing up local businesses May 2, 2024 from the PSU library takeover. Portland downtown now has the highest commercial vacancy in the entire US and it's just getting worse the last 2 years - that's how fast companies are moving out. You clearly avoided all the tents downtown, walking past the courthouse that is boarded up like a fortress since 2021, and the crazy people that make it completely unsafe if you need to walk to work at 7-9am. Try being a woman and taking public transit at 7:30am downtown and tell me how safe you think it is. Last time I had to catch the Max at 7:30am at Pioneer square, there was a guy on platform with his pants around his ankles walking around and 2 people threatening each other with knives.

[amandad]

That is dead for a Friday. I live in the Pearl and its been pretty busy lately. We went downtown on a Sunday and it was hard to find parking. I walked around yesterday on Saturday and it was pretty busy.

[chibiangi]

I grew up in Portland. I went to Lincoln high school which is downtown in the 1990s. Downtown Portland was a living downtown with tons of people and this was a source of pride back then. I moved away in 1994 and didn't realize how bad it's gotten.
This is sad for me to see.

[granthuling]

Moved to Portland and started working near Pioneer Square in early 2022. It’s been nothing but improvement since then. In the last year it’s gotten to the point where it is no longer stressful to catch a movie with my small children and walk back to the car after dark. Tents no longer pop up in audacious locations. There’s a ton of positive proactive activity, like city-supported jazz buskers.

If I had to point to two new businesses that helped revitalize their key blocks, it’s the Shake Shack near Powell’s and the Midtown Beer Garden.

[The_Black_Knight]

I have never heard Vancouver, WA ever referred as part of the Portland metro region. This is like stating Camas or Washougal is part of the City of Vancouver. Many businesses, restaurants, and homeowners left Portland en masse starting 2019. The decline first accelerated in 2010 due to policies and liberal attitudes. 2015 was acceptance of public camping, Measure 110 finished the job.

[nancysaso]

A customer is not even allowed to use the bathroon at Starbucks in Pioneer Square because of the druggies.

[stantheman]

My 18 year old son has worked in a fast food restaurant downtown for the summer. He reports that there is a line of customers there from opening until closing every day. He works all shifts so he has some knowledge of this.

[holiday]

It’s concerning that I did not see many people walking the streets in this video. I understand that you said downtown is more of a business hub than social hub or that it is a Friday (which most people WFH). But there were parts of the video where you did not see one person in the distance on the streets.

[clausbohm]

It looks like the water fountains are still working ... good enough for me!