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On 01 Nov 2021, hEIL tRUMP <jthomq@gmail.com> posted some news:slpkrj$j6n$85@news.dns-netz.com:

Loose Cannon wrote

Jew scum brought all the homeless here. Pieces of shit!

Moving to Portland, Oregon
Seriously, do not move here. I’ll first state that I am a Californian transplant. I moved to Portland, OR from Oakland, CA, where I was born and raised and eventually pushed out by “gentrification.” So I had no choice
but to move to the cheaper, cleaner, greener, sweeter, more tree’d up,
sales taxless city of Portland. It was hard at first, living in Portland, Oregon, getting used to more food options, friendlier people, lack of
crime, an abundance of creativeness, and all of the beer. But I’m
adapting.

Anyways, after living in Portland, I have realized there are many reasons
not to move to Portland, so I thought I would share them with you all.

Residents are fleeing big cities like Portland during the pandemic. Jobs
are gone, and governors are shutting down small businesses operated and
owned by residents while supporting protestors. All this alone is reason
enough NOT to move to Portland.

UPDATE: Portland SUCKS! I Moved Out of Portland
I actually moved out of Portland after 2.5 years. I lived in Northwest
Portland directly on 21st Ave, Southwest in the heart of Multnomah
Village, and Southeast in Clinton. After living directly in ground zero of Portland’s hottest districts and neighborhoods, I can confidently say that Portland is such a blue privileged bubble city of Bernie Washed one-sided thought; it’s disgusting. So maybe it’s your utopia?

Keep reading for details and what grand city I moved to. Here’s a
hint(Amazon Audio Book, you should already own a copy of this book). Or
should I say dead giveaway? OK, so now you know, but still keep reading
because Portland sucks.

Now, on to the reasons for those of you who are OK with Antifa, BLM,
riots, etc.

Living in Portland Oregon(or leaving)
1) Hobo Spiders
Seriously, this reason alone should be the main reason not to move here or anywhere in Oregon. No one ever told my Californian ass that Portland had dangerous poisonous spiders that can and will invade your house. If this doesn’t keep you away from Portland, then it’s likely that nothing will.
The rest of these reasons just are not poisonous house invading spiders.
The end-all.

2) It’s always raining or cloudy! And yes, it does snow. (coolest local
weather maps)
moving to portland oregonIt is said that Portland receives very little sun throughout the year. I want to say this is true, but it is not. The summer
is scorching and sunny. However, the Fall, Winter, and Spring can face
many days of cloud cover and many wet days. It might not even be real
rain, just endless miserable drizzle. Spranks, endless spranks. Kind of
like living in the Outer Sunset in San Francisco, with perma drizzle.
Portland has an average rainfall of 36", which is actually kind of below
the national average rainfall. You can check rainfall at any given time
here at the HYDRA Network. Seriously, most of the East Coast gets more
rain, snow, and colder temperatures. So honestly, Portland has perfect
weather. No complaints here. I do miss how mild the winter was in the Bay
Area, but I can survive here.

As far as the cloudy days go, it is said that Portland averages 296 cloudy
days a year. It’s no big deal to me, but many people get depressed and are affected by SAD(Seasonal Affective Disorder). They lack that natural
sunlight, become down, and blame the clouds. If you’re one of those
people, you may very well need one of those SAD Lights. I know someone
with one, and she likes it. I don’t need it. However, there are high
suicide rates, and some blame the weather, so we’ll keep this as a reason
not to move to PDX.
living in portland oregon

3) Cascadia Quake <-- Full article
When building this fine city of Portland, people were unaware of the MEGA
QUAKE that can strike at any time and demolish everything from the coast
to the deserts of Oregon. The earthquake that will knock part of the coast
into the Pacific Ocean and crumble every old bridge from Northern
California to Vancouver, Canada. As someone who survived the 1989 Loma
Prieta in Oakland, I will say I am not looking forward to a 9.0+ quake in
an old city like Portland. A great reason to stay far away from Portland
or the entire Pacific Northwest.
portland sinkholes

4) Extreme heat / cold
portland summers are hotportland is cold
So you do always hear about how rainy, cloudy and cold it is here, but no
one prepares you for the relentless sweltering summer. I’m talking days in
a row of really sunny hot weather. Not cloudy, just sunny and hot. Be
prepared to just lay around in your underwear, saying “it’s hot” over and
over. When out and about, it’s all anyone will talk about. I lived in 3 separate houses in Portland, and none of them had an air conditioner. It’s
not really a thing there. But it gets freezing cold too! I felt 17
degrees(who knows with wind chill) for the first time in my life in
December 2014. The months from November to February reach many below-
freezing days and only rarely make it to a high 50 degrees in the day.
When it does break 50 degrees, people are outside wearing shorts as if
it’s warm, but it’s still frigid out. And all this cold weather rarely
brings snow. And if a “Snowmageddon” does happen, the city shuts down over
a few inches. I did have to buy thermal underwear for the first time in my life. I became a huge fan and bought several more pairs, bottoms and tops. Pretty perfect comfy winter clothing.

It did snow a little this winter, though. Here’s a photo of my house in Southwest Multnomah Village. Be sure to follow me on Instagram!
does it snow in portland

UPDATE! It snowed a whole lot in early 2017. Here’s my house in Southeast Portland, the Clinton neighborhood. Global cooling is starting to expose itself.
snow in portland

5) No Fluoride in the water….
Portland is the only major US city to reject fluoridated water. Not once
but four times since 1956. For many, this is a plus, but this is a
negative for many others. How do you feel about it? Do you want the
government adding chemicals to your water for your benefit? Do you trust
that they would spend billions for you in that sense, or do you think
there is a bigger picture?

The water in Portland also tastes supreme. I wonder if it is fluoride that gives other cities that weird thick filmy taste?

6) Rising rents
As you know, Portland has become a moving destination hot spot. Meaning
rent prices are skyrocketing as the supply runs low and the demand keeps growing. There is no rent control here in Portland, so your landlord can
raise your rent by ANY dollar amount at any given time. Local residents
love to blame Californians for rising rents and forget the fact that it is Oregon-born landlords deciding what prices to charge when renting out
units. I moved here not only to escape the ghetto, but because Oakland’s gentrification pushed me out.

This city will push people out much faster than the gentrifying Bay Area because there is no rent control, and the original Oregon-based landlords
are greedy. And to top it off, all of the new buildings are high dollar
yupster command centers without parking garages putting more strain on the city. So we do need new units, just not these kinds.

Of course, the other problem is that all of these anti-transplant Portland characters refuse to let the past go. They will protest the hell out of an
old janky bar with no business getting demolished when that plot of land
can be used for newer, bigger, better housing units but then cry that
there are no new housing units. Pick your battles; let the past go. The
past is what holds a city back. Look at San Francisco and learn from their mistake. Build up a lot now while you still can. Also, realize it is the business owner’s decision, and they own the old useless building. They are choosing to sell for a profit so they can move out of Portland and retire.
Are you getting it yet? It is greedy Portlanders ruining Portland. But
that is just human nature. If you had a house to rent for more than it
should be, you would. And if you had land to sell and retire on, you
would. California did not do this; your neighbors did this. Stop being
part of the problem and let the future happen. If everyone were like you, Portland would still be stables and barns.

The funniest thing, though, is the people screaming at you for moving
there, moved there too. Hypocrites.
And the people screaming at you not to move there, not to cross their
“state lines,” want open borders, LOL.

You really should watch this video, you might even cry.


7) No jobs for you in PDX
In this city of “industry,” your most likely job option is flipping
burgers, making coffee, pouring drinks, or retail. Tech isn’t that big
here yet, and most people you meet work at a restaurant or bar(cocaine
runs rampant). So if you’re OK with working nights and weekends in the
food service industry(around a bunch of coke heads), this may be the place
for you. But just like in San Francisco, as rents skyrocket, food servers
can no longer afford to live in the city they work in(because they spend
all of their tips on booze and coke while local owners raise rents). Here
in Portland a lot of places are closing down in what they’re calling the “Barmageddon“. Yeah, by now, you’ve noticed they add mageddon to
everything, but so does any local media in any city to spread junk via hashtags. But here in Portland, the locals will tell you it’s unique to
their city.

Anyways, back to the no jobs thing. That’s one way of looking at it. The
other way is that Portland houses Nike, Intel, HP, SalesForce, eBay
offices, Xerox, etc. These places are constantly hiring, and there are
huge amounts of smaller startups all over the city. The city of Portland
is actually begging new tech firms to move in. They can’t even fill all of
the positions because the population here is simply not skilled enough to
fill all the tech jobs. So Portland is yet another city stepping on its residents, raising rents and importing foreigners(who bring their entire families) on work Visas.

Many jobs do exist if you want to work outside of retail, hospitality, or
the food industry. But locals will say there are no jobs. The truth is
they lack the skill for real jobs, and there are only so many restaurants, coffee shops, and bar jobs to go around. Sorry, not sorry. Step up your
game; millennials or tech will bring all of India over here to take your
jobs you say do not exist.

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