2 stars, trending downward
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8/25/2020
Moved to PDX in 73. It was an old grey town on the river. Still is. Just less enjoyable, more crowded, traffic poorly planned, a case of urban planners plying their dubious trade on silly lefties who continue to vote levy upon levy on themselves to create an unaffordable city they love to tout in self-congratulatory tones Portland has become a parody, a sad tragic burlesque of what it once was---a folksy weird place where we enjoyed a true open environment that let folks live their lives w/o the stalinist conforming that has made this a one-party town. I've lived here in NEP 97213 for 48 years. I'm grieving the loss of this once lovely place that is slowly drowning in the miasma of gloom it has reaped by pursuing its ill thought-out policies----political, economic, financial, personal. I came to this site to do some comparisons to other cities, as I'm preparing to find a new place to live. Perhaps, in 20---30 years, this area will realize what a hole they've dug, and will find their way out. I can't watch this decay any longer.
Gioia | Portland, OR