What DOWNTOWN PORTLAND OREGON Looks Like Today | Walking Portland 

Dude- you get around. Thank you for documenting this stuff. The video and editing is truly high quality.

Thanks again for documenting all this. I've always thought Portland was a more aesthetic city than Seattle, under whatever circumstances. I love that you included crossing the bridge in the editing! You do great work, thanks for showing us, impartially, what the media does not. It's more valuable than I can say.

I started going down to Portland regularly around 2004. It was a beautiful, charming city filled with nice hotels, stores, and restaurants but it has really deteriorated since then. The events of the last year have only accelerated these trends. It looks worse than New York in the 1970s. I doubt a Rudi Giuliani could resurrect it. But then, people and their leaders have to WANT improvement instead of decay. That might be the root of the problem right there. You can't have civilization where people don't value it.

I was there about two weekends ago. Surprised to see that only one car was parked at normally a very busy parking lot.

"Couch" Street in Portland is pronounced "Kooch". Great job on vid!

We need to start holding college professors responsible for the monsters they are creating.

Didn't they try to found their own CHAZ a few times there?

Portland used to be such a beautiful and vibrant city. It's a f'ing shame that it's come to this.

Wow! Thanks for the great video of your amazing city! Best wishes from New Zealand , keep safe!

thank you for showing the good side of everything ,I live here,your channel is awsome

Thanks so much Lao for the walk around. I always loved driving the big rig over the bridges in Portland at 3am as I was passing through. The night lights reflecting off the bay is always beautiful. :-)

We were down there in that exact spot a few years ago. I bought a lovely necklace holder. Really enjoyed all the food. Did not enjoy stepping over homeless people and their stuff. I live about 30 min south of Seattle. It’s sad what has happened to these beautiful cities.

I live here, I miss the old Portland, I no longer feel safe a lot of the time due to the junkies who live super close to schools and downtown. Tents everywhere, trash everywhere, I have seen people rocking in their tents from drugs and shouting and screaming. Recently graduated high school, we found needles all over or school lawn. Elementary and High schools are falling apart, ceiling tiles breaking and water leaking, lead in our pipes. It is sad how much money people pay for the lack of safety and prosperity we receive in our city. I have sympathy for people truly down on their luck in our city, however, the vast majority of homeless people I see are drug users downtown with no chance of ever getting off the street. I am truly saddened by how we are handling the homeless crisis. We need responsible people to help weed out the bad and the good homeless. It is a very difficult task, but it needs to be done because living like this is sad and to say the least, I no longer want to live here anymore until something is done about it.

It looks pretty good actually. Looks cleaner than normal and not the hordes of homeless camping out everywhere and panhandling👍🏼

NEVER have seen Portland, Or thank you for showing me it, just found your channel and subbed 🤘

Enjoyed your walk thanks.

Be safe it was ridiculous last night

Shame everything boarded up

Time to close it down.

$14 for a take out gyro. Guess rent is expensive for tents in Portland.

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So strange how people want to actually live in downtown Portland!... Even before the COVID-19 epidemic, it was not all that!... Cost of living was still way too high, zero parking without having to pay, constant police sirens and noise at all hours, tons of homeless people & runaways everywhere and don't even have me get started on the crime!.. But to each their own I guess, some people love the city life no matter what!...

The once beautiful Rose City is a shell of its former self. Lived there and never want to return. That sky sums up existence there really well.

Thanks for the video, Really wanted to see more of portland!

This is so sad - Portland was ounce a gorgeous city.

Another great video, thanks Lao

Glad to see the infamous food lines that Portland is known for because of its little pockets of wonderful food. Portland is foodie heaven

It's sad. I was there a year ago for a conference and really enjoyed it. Stayed in the hotel at 2:19. Protests are a good thing but a civilized city can't tolerate violence and destruction.

Thanks for the videos. It's like traveling to different places without worrying about coronavirus, riots, & without leaving my house. 😅👍

Looks like a 2nd world country. Ecuador comes to mind.

Thanks for the tour of my town! I dont have reason to go downtown lately, so its nice to see what’s happening. I do have to say that most of the windows that are boarded up are to protect the windows, not that the windows have been broken. There are two protests going on every night, the BLM sanctioned and organized meets and stays n the East side of the city, away from centra downtown. The chaotic folks are focusing n the area around the Justice Center. I was so glad to see Saturday Market up and running! I’ll have to take a wander down there.

We live in the Portland Area but because of the pandemic, we’ve not gone into the city for any fun. My other half goes into Portland for work and comes home and he’s TERRIBLE at describing anything! ...THANKS for the video. I’ve been wondering how it looked! Keep up the good work.

Nice footage what camera did you used?

Thank you. I’m going to search DC and NYC too. I hope to find you’ve made a same type of film there.

During normal times there would be thousands of people down there. This hurts my heart. I worked downtown for 10 years between 3rd and Washington and broadway and the Pearl. It was such a fun place to be. Now it’s dirty and sad and boarded up. God this is sad. I literally spent my whole 30s down there. The clubs, the restaurants, shopping....and working. It was such a beautiful place to be.

How depressing

I grew up here in the Portland Metro area. We were always the bed of immorality, we were the strip club and tavern capital of the world when the tv series "Portlandia" started. Portlandia is a satire of that Portland. So people have moved here thinking they would find Portlandia not Portland.

Lao what do you do professionally ? You look a bit like a concrete worker I worked with years ago in Seattle.

My man deserves a gimbal to walk with.

Who cares ? .. Let them rot in the sewer of their own making. I call it ...TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS. They call it .. "LET'S BLAME SOMEONE ELSE"!

My sister goes to Reed college over there. She loves it and describes Portland as a great city. And we’re from Chicago. Looks like nice and calm.

New to your channel. I like watching it.

what?! that's my home, yo!! rad!!! (my friends & family only show pix so to have this walking business is epic!) I'm gonna cry, THANK YOU SO MUCH 😊😊😊😊😊 ps, park blks! (o gawd lemme jump off before I become back seat tour guide, lol) 💖

I would never feel safe there.

Your City is Dying, boarded up, business fleeing, over taxed, under served, The City is done

OMG! There's still a line at VooDoo Donuts?! LMAO...

Portland, what happened to you? I used to live across the bridge from Downtown in '91. Rose city used to be lovable to visit, with only few pockets of area to avoid due to homeless.

This was awesome thank you for sharing. I moved away and it has been awhile sense i been there. Keep it up :)

Jesus 14 bucks for that? That’s like NYC prices . Thought the West Coast was cheaper than the East. I’ll stick to Falafel gyro for 5 bucks

Honestly, it doesn't look as bad as Seattle. It has more people outside and I didn't see homeless laying around, at least in this video.

Beautiful CityVille ......

I used to visit NW Portland every year. No longer. I stopped going when the mayor backed antifa criminals over law abiding taxpayers. I hated seeing the filth and vandalism that comes with ultra liberal policies. I did not like the stench of urine and human waste common in some of the parks. I didn't feel confident that the police would protect me if I needed them. No more Portland, no more Seattle for me. From Seattle to Los Angeles, it appears that the Democrat politicians that rule cities prefer losers, vandals, criminals, anarchists, and insurgents over law abiding taxpayers who love living in the United States.

Used to be a lot more crowed. People staying away due to Rioters who beat up anyone in the way.

I also have a vlog and have made videos of downtown Portland during the pandemic and the riots. Very interesting to see Voo Doo donuts. I didn't get down that way.

Did bikers ever show up in Seattle or Portland?

Mr. Lao...Good to see your walk through Portland...It does not look as bad as Chop....I see a lot of sheep though , those who wear masks I mean. Peace

Can you do this exact same post but showing now? A lot has changed in a month. Thanks.

Where are all the homeless? These streets are usually filled with homeless people.

So early can't even see the good comments

I have forgotten that Portland has no sales tax! Which makes it a good city to stop by to buy all your goods and go back to another city!

Where are all the people? It is a Saturday in the summer, Portland has a population over 650,000 people and it looks like a “Ghost Town”?

Portland has a lot of brick buildings looks Rock Solid I don't know about the plywood everywhere but she's very clean looking City

Thank you mayor ted wheeler, and city council for creating this mess.

Looks a hell of a lot better than Seattle streets have you seen those streets DAMN 😳

Portland is my Home town,, I now live in Davao City, Philippines..

Looks like the outer edges of Center City, Philly.

Surprised you didn’t walk past the Justice center. You were almost there by a few blocks

When is Portland CHAZ summer of love festival going to start?

I've been too all them places he's been when I was there in Portland , Oregon

Thank you Democrats this is what our whole country will look like if you have your way (probably worse! Hope you got your shots!) TRUMP 2020

Wow loved the Saturday Market as a kid, it has gotten more expensive. I cant believe how empty every thing is even for a weekend. Portland is a beautiful city my heart breaks for the rose city.

With rent rising so quickly, is it any wonder the place is trashed? The stench and garbage is terrible. I moved away in 99. Been back a few times for a short visit. It used to be an incredible city. Fond memories.

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Missed the Portland before 2016.

On the 4th of July go to your Nearest city hall, statehouse, or Washington DC to day enough. Bring a flag , family and a couple hours

I'd you are ever in downtown Tacoma, pedestrians could care less what the light color is, especially the homeless, so you really have to keep your eyes open when you are driving because they will walk in front of you even if your light is green. It's almost like they want to get hit.

If you thought it was a ghost town then, you ain't seen nothing yet......great documentation btw!

Anybody can walk around Portland Oregon with camera. Even though it’s quiet right now because of a bunch of stuff going on. Some legitimate. Please come back when you know Portland Oregon is hopping again. Positively hoping

nice

You should walk this same route now just 3 months later!

Did they finally run the squatters out of there?

After watching charliebo313 vids from around the USA this doesn’t look bad at all. Less people downtown and less businesses open due to the pandemic, makes sense. Portland just let non essential business have the option of reopening a few weeks ago. The trash and homeless Californians have been a growing issue for awhile, I think that’s part of the reason these people are rioting every night. They are fed up with their governments shit, “voting” hasn’t made any difference and this is the only way they know how to get attention.

Nice walk in the city where I was born. It's still weird lol. Even more weird because of the Pandemic. But then again if all goes as planned I will soon move there with friends🤗😍

Looks like he avoided the "rough spots"

Dont buy lamb anyone out there please! What happens to the mother and newborn calf is barbaric. Not trying to be a bitch just sharing awareness. 🕊️ Other than that, good walkthrough. 👍 In NYC, if you don't watch for the crosswalks safety, the drivers will take you out! 🗽

Me and two of my buddies many years ago got jaywalking tickets in Portland..we weren't messing around we were just crossing a street..police abuse..

P.s...I’m curious how the Hawthorne District is looking...maybe next time!

I expected a lot worse. I didn't expect to see the level of filth and damage that is Seattle, but I did expect it to look worse than it did. If you take away the homeless tents and grafitti, it would look pleasant. Then again maybe he just dodged all the piles of trash.

Just curious, is Portland Oregon another democrat mayor and governor elected state?

Lao nice coverage,At 70 I don’t think Iwill ever get to see the west. One thing you’re making me seasick with a bouncing up and down isn’t there some kind of Gyro system that could be put on the camera keep the videos coming man.

Thank god the Feds removed the criminals so they could clean the mess up.

A lot has changed in a week, huh?

It's starting to look like Gary, Indiana.

I boycotted Facebook & driving into Portland , it’s been over a year. Used to live there then moved to a smaller town between Portland & Salem. It’s not like it used to be, too much militant propaganda & most hipsters are assholes, sorry but true.

Reminds me of Austin a little bit

From now on, could you please film from atop mobile platforms to simulate being 15 feet in the air? I’m a giraffe and I feel discriminated against. Passive-aggressive thanks.

Unionize and help fight FASCISM !

I lived in Portland in the 90’s. Used to always brag how great Portland was and how I missed it after moving to the eastcoast. Not anymore. So sad to see how it’s turned out. Same with Seattle. Always loved driving up there for a concert or just to party. Terrible.

Pearl District is gr8

A great city except for a few blocks downtown, but they are working on it. Everyone loves PDX, including the drugged out nomads..