Oregon's biggest city has 'long way to go' repairing its rep

[DudleySmith]

Oregon's biggest city has 'long way to go' repairing its rep

Portland’s “badly damaged” reputation – marked by months of destructive protests, a homeless crisis and record year of homicides – is hurting the standing of Oregon’s ...

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October 30, 2021
Travel Portland, the city's tourism promotion group partly funded by taxes, presented data to the City Council and mayor this week showing the city has declined to its “lowest levels” of being a likely destination for delegates to attend conferences. Just 64% of surveyed tourists said they would visit Portland again.



“There’s an old old saying, ‘It takes a lifetime to build a reputation and you can ruin it in an instant.’ That’s true of cities, as it is people," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in response to the Travel Portland data. “And we’re just going to have to commit to that long term process of improving the safety and the livability and the economic prosperity of the city.”


The liberal city had long been known nationally for its ambrosial food scene, craft breweries and nature-loving hipsters. But last year, it became the epicenter of racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.

Lol bet they will blame those 'white nationalists', or Trump.

I've lived there twice, in the late '80's, and again in the late '90's, but I never saw any 'ambrosial food scene' just a bunch of hippie con artists making crappy 'neuvo cuisine' and trying to rip off suckers for weird 'enchiladas' or something. Some good seafood joints but little else.

 

[White 6]

Oregon's biggest city has 'long way to go' repairing its rep

Portland’s “badly damaged” reputation – marked by months of destructive protests, a homeless crisis and record year of homicides – is hurting the standing of Oregon’s ...

www.mail.com

October 30, 2021
Travel Portland, the city's tourism promotion group partly funded by taxes, presented data to the City Council and mayor this week showing the city has declined to its “lowest levels” of being a likely destination for delegates to attend conferences. Just 64% of surveyed tourists said they would visit Portland again.



“There’s an old old saying, ‘It takes a lifetime to build a reputation and you can ruin it in an instant.’ That’s true of cities, as it is people," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in response to the Travel Portland data. “And we’re just going to have to commit to that long term process of improving the safety and the livability and the economic prosperity of the city.”


The liberal city had long been known nationally for its ambrosial food scene, craft breweries and nature-loving hipsters. But last year, it became the epicenter of racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.

Lol bet they will blame those 'white nationalists', or Trump.

I've lived there twice, in the late '80's, and again in the late '90's, but I never saw any 'ambrosial food scene' just a bunch of hippie con artists making crappy 'neuvo cuisine' and trying to rip off suckers for weird 'enchiladas' or something. Some good seafood joints but little else.

They might as well forget it. They screwed themselves for at least 5 years, and that is with good behavior, though nobody in the whole country thinks they are capable of good behavior for 5 years. Compared to before, the country thinks they suck. Their leaders suck. A lot of their inhabitants suck. Their police force sucks. Their all accepting political climate sucks. Not too thrilled with their Governor, just glad he's not ours. Businesses with any transportability should get out during the relative calm, taking their best employees with them. Ones that cannot operate somewhere else, should adjust their business plans downward (where dependent on local environment), hunker down, and hope the idiots aren't allowed to go on parade again.

 

[Otis Mayfield]

Oregon's biggest city has 'long way to go' repairing its rep

Portland’s “badly damaged” reputation – marked by months of destructive protests, a homeless crisis and record year of homicides – is hurting the standing of Oregon’s ...

www.mail.com

October 30, 2021
Travel Portland, the city's tourism promotion group partly funded by taxes, presented data to the City Council and mayor this week showing the city has declined to its “lowest levels” of being a likely destination for delegates to attend conferences. Just 64% of surveyed tourists said they would visit Portland again.



“There’s an old old saying, ‘It takes a lifetime to build a reputation and you can ruin it in an instant.’ That’s true of cities, as it is people," Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in response to the Travel Portland data. “And we’re just going to have to commit to that long term process of improving the safety and the livability and the economic prosperity of the city.”


The liberal city had long been known nationally for its ambrosial food scene, craft breweries and nature-loving hipsters. But last year, it became the epicenter of racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.

Lol bet they will blame those 'white nationalists', or Trump.

I've lived there twice, in the late '80's, and again in the late '90's, but I never saw any 'ambrosial food scene' just a bunch of hippie con artists making crappy 'neuvo cuisine' and trying to rip off suckers for weird 'enchiladas' or something. Some good seafood joints but little else.

8. Portland, Oregon​

Portland isn't for everybody — its slogan is "Keep Portland Weird," after all. But one local expert asserts that it's a "well-rounded city with more than just the offbeat shops and events" and a population that has "more academic degrees than the national average."

Major employer Intel Corporation calls Portland home, as well as the headquarters for Nike, located about seven miles outside of Portland.

Population: 654,741

Average annual salary: $55,330

Quality of life: 6.7

Value index: 6.0

The 50 best places to live in America based on cost of living, quality of life, and more

US News ranked the best places to live based on each city's quality of life, value, desirability, and job market.

www.businessinsider.com

#8 on a list of 50 top cities to live in isn't bad.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

8. Portland, Oregon​

Portland isn't for everybody — its slogan is "Keep Portland Weird," after all. But one local expert asserts that it's a "well-rounded city with more than just the offbeat shops and events" and a population that has "more academic degrees than the national average."

Major employer Intel Corporation calls Portland home, as well as the headquarters for Nike, located about seven miles outside of Portland.

Population: 654,741

Average annual salary: $55,330

Quality of life: 6.7

Value index: 6.0

The 50 best places to live in America based on cost of living, quality of life, and more

US News ranked the best places to live based on each city's quality of life, value, desirability, and job market.

www.businessinsider.com

#8 on a list of 50 top cities to live in isn't bad.

"In its ranking of the best places to live in America for 2019"

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

8. Portland, Oregon​

Portland isn't for everybody — its slogan is "Keep Portland Weird," after all. But one local expert asserts that it's a "well-rounded city with more than just the offbeat shops and events" and a population that has "more academic degrees than the national average."

Major employer Intel Corporation calls Portland home, as well as the headquarters for Nike, located about seven miles outside of Portland.

Population: 654,741

Average annual salary: $55,330

Quality of life: 6.7

Value index: 6.0

The 50 best places to live in America based on cost of living, quality of life, and more

US News ranked the best places to live based on each city's quality of life, value, desirability, and job market.

www.businessinsider.com

#8 on a list of 50 top cities to live in isn't bad.

US News ranks Portland, San Francisco and Minneapolis one right after the other ( 8, 7, and 6 respectively) as best places to live in America. In what year was this list made? 1988?

Did someone just leave their time capsule and create this piece of fiction ignoring those three
cities (I am well aware and intimately acquainted with two of them) are at the center of the new woke
America that decriminalizes and encourages crime, homelessness and political violence?

An incredible source and incredibly some people seem to not notice the irony and stupidity of
the rankings.

 

[DudleySmith]

8. Portland, Oregon​

Portland isn't for everybody — its slogan is "Keep Portland Weird," after all. But one local expert asserts that it's a "well-rounded city with more than just the offbeat shops and events" and a population that has "more academic degrees than the national average."

Major employer Intel Corporation calls Portland home, as well as the headquarters for Nike, located about seven miles outside of Portland.

Population: 654,741

Average annual salary: $55,330

Quality of life: 6.7

Value index: 6.0

The 50 best places to live in America based on cost of living, quality of life, and more

US News ranked the best places to live based on each city's quality of life, value, desirability, and job market.

www.businessinsider.com

#8 on a list of 50 top cities to live in isn't bad.

lol who says so? It's almost completely Californicated now; it was that way by 1998 or so, swarmed by airheads and nutjobs, the kind of worthless 'employees' tech corp scams love to hire. Crappy small 'efficency' apartments downtown went for $1,200 or more in 1998, same ones in old buildings that were $225 in 1988. And the tards wonder why 'homelessness' is rampant and people are living in their cars and vans. They're stupid and mentally ill, no other explanation.

 

[DudleySmith]

US News ranks Portland, San Francisco and Minneapolis one right after the other ( 8, 7, and 6 respectively) as best places to live in America. In what year was this list made? 1988?

Did someone just leave their time capsule and create this piece of fiction ignoring those three
cities (I am well aware and intimately acquainted with two of them) are at the center of the new woke
America that decriminalizes and encourages crime, homelessness and political violence?

An incredible source and incredibly some people seem to not notice the irony and stupidity of
the rankings.

Lived in the BAy Area and Porland both for a couple of years. on Weekends all the traffic is trying to leave town, and it was almost not worth the time and effort to sit for hours in traffic just to get out of town for a while. Obviously nobody thought it was great, unless you wanted to go to a college ghetto street in Palo Alto near Stanford and sit around all day drinking $10 coffees and trying to look like you were cool and trendy while getting scammed. SF is actually pretty run down and crappy up close, and no place to park and all the bragging about 'public transportation' in the Bay Area is of course a running joke; it doesn't really exist, it's a hoax. The city closed up earlier than Dallas, i.e. by 9 pm to midnight. All that ' glamourous night life' consisted of watching drunks throw up in the streets at a few bodegas and sandwich shops.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Lived in the BAy Area and Porland both for a couple of years. on Weekends all the traffic is trying to leave town, and it was almost not worth the time and effort to sit for hours in traffic just to get out of town for a while

Like in any major city, traffic is a way of life.

Obviously nobody thought it was great, unless you wanted to go to a college ghetto street in Palo Alto near Stanford and sit around all day drinking $10 coffees and trying to look like you were cool and trendy while getting scammed.

What the fuck is it to you? That's a lifestyle choice that would seem to harm no one.

SF is actually pretty run down and crappy up close, and no place to park and all the bragging about 'public transportation' in the Bay Area is of course a running joke; it doesn't really exist, it's a hoax.

Caltrans, Caltrain, BART and several light rail routes would like a word.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

The city closed up earlier than Dallas, i.e. by 9 pm to midnight. All that ' glamourous night life' consisted of watching drunks throw up in the streets at a few bodegas and sandwich shops.

Wow, were you ever doing SF all wrong. You must hang with real losers.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

In just a few short years Portland has really declined.
It's been a remarkable downswing.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Here's an example:

LPGA pulls longest running non-major tournament from Portland, cites safety concerns​

LPGA pulls longest running non-major tournament from Portland, cites safety concerns

The Cambia Portland Classic will celebrate 50 years this year, but the tournament won't be held in Portland. It's moving to West Linn. The tournament, which is the longest running non-major competition on the LPGA tour, is traditionally held at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club. In a letter to...

katu.com

 

[Fang]

I visited Portland 4 years ago. Not bad for a day or two. We visited a book store, walked along the water, bought donuts at 11pm and drove out to a waterfall. Lots of homeless though.

However, given the rioting and total lack of policing I’ll never go back.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I visited Portland 4 years ago. Not bad for a day or two. We visited a book store, walked along the water, bought donuts at 11pm and drove out to a waterfall. Lots of homeless though.

However, given the rioting and total lack of policing I’ll never go back.

Powell's Books?

 

[Fang]

Powell's Books?

Yes I think it was. Pretty cool place.