This is a laughable endorsement for Portland spoken like a true realtor who's trying to upsell you. The city is crawling with homeless people, homeless encampments, utterly insane cost of living, chain businesses and so on. All of the nice aspects of the city come nowhere close to compensating for these issues. Sure it's fine to visit in the summer, but I never want to stay for long and can't wait to leave. Living there would be absolutely out of the question.
The only people who can afford to live in Portland are “asylum seekers” and Americans working the system who then sell drugs out of their apartment. Taking a ride through Portland, Maine is like looking through a window at the end of times.
Portland Maine has a ridiculous homeless problem. It used to be normal, its out of control now. Needles in the Old Port, walking trails, along the highway, intersections, there are tents everywhere!!!
and it should be noted that the homeless problem isn't necessarily filled with people *from* Portland, but instead all over southern Maine coming down to Portland as the laws aren't as strict as other cities and towns.
A thing to note for nightlife and more commodities is that from Portland, it's only a two hour trip down to Boston. If you want, you can easily book a hotel room for a night, drive down and go around Boston, sleep the night and come right back up the next day. It would be cutting it, but it's also totally possible to just take a day trip down to Boston.
People moving from wealthier areas like New York and LA is literally the main source of rising costs of living in Portland (particularly housing). The demand is too high.
@@Ricky-mo6mv The housing crisis was here long before we started receiving asylum seekers. Most refugees are either living in city shelters until they're granted work visas, or working multiple jobs to afford rent. Blaming them is reductive and useless; landlords are able to charge more because the rent still doesn't compare to big cities, so it doesn't drive away newcomers. That wouldn't be as big a problem if our state built housing at a faster rate, but we weren't even keeping up with demand 10 years ago.
@@braxx02 Yes, I misspoke in a sense. What I meant by housing was shelter from the elements in the form of actual shelters, apartments, or houses. And they are being placed in housing but, it isn’t talked about. The more asylum seekers we are blessed with, the less room and resources we have for everyone else. So it just makes a bad situation all that much worse. Which of course is the plan.
I have lived here for forty years and Portland is not the POrtland that made people want to be here. In the past decade it has been obliterated by development to a city that you can’t even recognize anymore. It’s appeal was the diversity of classes… millionaires at the bar sitting next to fishermen sitting next to homeless people, all sharing a conversation with each other. Now it’s just a city of outsiders and elites, who have taken over and pushed out all of the locals, and it breaks my heart every time I drive through the airport, Portland used to have a great city Council that did not allow any chain businesses in the old port section of town. Now all you see are Dunkin’ Donuts Starbucks and all of the others. The entire town has been just polluted by it. Portland is not Portland anymore and you cannot advertise it as that anymore. It’s a perversion of what it used to be and it is sad to anyone who has ever lived here before.
I have lived in a town 20 minutes away for all 47 of my years, so I know Portland very well. What you say is right on the money, but don’t forget about the “asylum seekers.” Oh boy! Portland couldn’t be any more disgusting if you tried. I don’t even know anyone that doesn’t avoid it like the plague these days. It makes you want to vomit. I honestly feel the presence of evil whenever I am unfortunate enough that I have to go there. So terrible that Portland has been sacrificed, and we both know that the same inflictions that destroyed Portland are migrating to surrounding towns/cities.
It can’t be overemphasized how true that is. Portland has turned into a highly priced ghetto, and everything it once had to offer has been destroyed. It’s called democrat leadership.
I lived in Portland and Peaks Island (which is part of Portland of course) for several years. It's a nice little city. Nice restaurants and some arts, etc. I always enjoyed the Public Library and the Farmers Markets in season. Also the WHOLE FOODS is excellent - or was, when i lived there. Its the only WHOLE FOODS in the State of Maine. The AMTRAK service made getting to Boston easy and pleasant. But as you've said, it's pretty monochromatic culturally. Diverse, it's not. And since rental housing is limited, it is expensive. That's true throughout Maine. There's also a Homeless/Addict population which is sad and frustrating. I enjoyed my time there. Wouldn't go back, though.
So being an inland Mainer, (real Maine). I visited. I was wearing my army veteran hat, standing in line and had some young Portlander jump in front of me and called me a neo-facist. Then he disappeared before I could even fathom what he said. I will avoid going to this liberal dump the rest of my life. And I will never forget it.
Our winters in Tahoe aren't as bad in Maine and I'm used to them (moved here from the Deep South). What IS really annoying, though, is how long it takes to get consistently warm weather (70 plus degrees). The highs in late March/early April is in the 40's/50's, yet it takes about 3 months to get comfortable. Uggh!
I moved from a Lake Superior resort town to Portland earlier this year, tried it for a few weeks, then moved back. My main criticism is that Portland is a city, and I (age 67) discovered (the hard way!) I'm just not doing cities anymore. On the up side I'd say Portland is a tremendous city if you're not able to completely relocate to Europe. I noticed immediately there is cultural and historical, if not intellectual depth that we in the Midwest simply don't have. But again, Portland is a modern American city, e.g., downtown has homeless and mentally-ill people. And let's face a fact, America is going through a "bad patch" socially, psychologically, politically, and, yes, Portland is better than most, but not Shangri La. Still, if you're young then yes, Portland! Not the other Portland or anything West Coast for sure. For an American city Portland has probably the best cost-benefit ratio. But again, it's a city in modern America. I want to try New England again, but just not a city. HTH.
We have hundreds of towns and some of them are close to Portland with access to the whole southern Maine area. I live in one off of the 95 and I can get to anywhere within 20-30 min.
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This is a laughable endorsement for Portland spoken like a true realtor who's trying to upsell you. The city is crawling with homeless people, homeless encampments, utterly insane cost of living, chain businesses and so on. All of the nice aspects of the city come nowhere close to compensating for these issues. Sure it's fine to visit in the summer, but I never want to stay for long and can't wait to leave. Living there would be absolutely out of the question.
The only people who can afford to live in Portland are “asylum seekers” and Americans working the system who then sell drugs out of their apartment. Taking a ride through Portland, Maine is like looking through a window at the end of times.
How do homeless people live there in the winter 🥶
@@suzannemiley2141they go to the shelters until summer
Portland Maine has a ridiculous homeless problem. It used to be normal, its out of control now. Needles in the Old Port, walking trails, along the highway, intersections, there are tents everywhere!!!
Thanks for the comment!
and it should be noted that the homeless problem isn't necessarily filled with people *from* Portland, but instead all over southern Maine coming down to Portland as the laws aren't as strict as other cities and towns.
Every major city does right now
@@cow1816 And from foreign countries while they wait for their free hotel room apartment
Mainers are the friendliest Yankees
I agree! Thanks for the comment.
Im ready to visit live and work threre. I do door dash & deliveries for spark/walmart.
I love the outdoors and to walk and bike everywhere.
That’s because we are so depressed and oppressed that we don’t have the resolve to fight and be bitter. Inside though, we are always wicked pissed.
A thing to note for nightlife and more commodities is that from Portland, it's only a two hour trip down to Boston. If you want, you can easily book a hotel room for a night, drive down and go around Boston, sleep the night and come right back up the next day.
It would be cutting it, but it's also totally possible to just take a day trip down to Boston.
Is it really 66 I thought the population was higher because of the influx of people during COVID
I think it's closer to 68K now, but yeah it's right around there. Thanks for the comment!
They probably don’t even count illegal immigrants- because you can’t. So it’s really 96.
People moving from wealthier areas like New York and LA is literally the main source of rising costs of living in Portland (particularly housing). The demand is too high.
I've spoken with clients from Singapore, Chile, and Tennessee in the last week interested in moving to Maine...it's not just NY and LA, it's all over!
Yes, that’s exactly true. And less housing availability in general due to housing of asylum seekers.
@@Ricky-mo6mv The housing crisis was here long before we started receiving asylum seekers. Most refugees are either living in city shelters until they're granted work visas, or working multiple jobs to afford rent.
Blaming them is reductive and useless; landlords are able to charge more because the rent still doesn't compare to big cities, so it doesn't drive away newcomers. That wouldn't be as big a problem if our state built housing at a faster rate, but we weren't even keeping up with demand 10 years ago.
@@braxx02 Yes, I misspoke in a sense. What I meant by housing was shelter from the elements in the form of actual shelters, apartments, or houses. And they are being placed in housing but, it isn’t talked about. The more asylum seekers we are blessed with, the less room and resources we have for everyone else. So it just makes a bad situation all that much worse. Which of course is the plan.
Access to ocean, that's all I need.
I hear you on that!!
I have lived here for forty years and Portland is not the POrtland that made people want to be here. In the past decade it has been obliterated by development to a city that you can’t even recognize anymore. It’s appeal was the diversity of classes… millionaires at the bar sitting next to fishermen sitting next to homeless people, all sharing a conversation with each other. Now it’s just a city of outsiders and elites, who have taken over and pushed out all of the locals, and it breaks my heart every time I drive through the airport, Portland used to have a great city Council that did not allow any chain businesses in the old port section of town. Now all you see are Dunkin’ Donuts Starbucks and all of the others. The entire town has been just polluted by it. Portland is not Portland anymore and you cannot advertise it as that anymore. It’s a perversion of what it used to be and it is sad to anyone who has ever lived here before.
You can say the exact same thing about every decent city in this country, it’s the way of the world my friend 😊
I have lived in a town 20 minutes away for all 47 of my years, so I know Portland very well. What you say is right on the money, but don’t forget about the “asylum seekers.” Oh boy!
Portland couldn’t be any more disgusting if you tried. I don’t even know anyone that doesn’t avoid it like the plague these days. It makes you want to vomit. I honestly feel the presence of evil whenever I am unfortunate enough that I have to go there.
So terrible that Portland has been sacrificed, and we both know that the same inflictions that destroyed Portland are migrating to surrounding towns/cities.
Good thing those stupid homeless people aren’t talking to me!!!
So popular i moved outta there, places are closing up, the homeless is off the charts, rampant dug use.. Going down hill fast
It can’t be overemphasized how true that is. Portland has turned into a highly priced ghetto, and everything it once had to offer has been destroyed. It’s called democrat leadership.
So sad when baseball players start using all the dugs 😢
I lived in Portland and Peaks Island (which is part of Portland of course) for several years. It's a nice little city. Nice restaurants and some arts, etc. I always enjoyed the Public Library and the Farmers Markets in season. Also the WHOLE FOODS is excellent - or was, when i lived there. Its the only WHOLE FOODS in the State of Maine.
The AMTRAK service made getting to Boston easy and pleasant.
But as you've said, it's pretty monochromatic culturally. Diverse, it's not. And since rental housing is limited, it is expensive. That's true throughout Maine. There's also a Homeless/Addict population which is sad and frustrating.
I enjoyed my time there. Wouldn't go back, though.
Well it’s certainly very diverse now.
Con - cold 🥶 very very cold 🥶
So true it is cold! Thanks for the comment!
It’s cold half of the year and Fu€%!@$? perfect the other half. It got the name vacationland for the great spring and summer weather
@@blackpillfitness9136 hot weather is overrated, ive lived in south florida for 30 years.
Sure is! That's how we keep the tourists away lol
It’s actually not that cold anymore. Few weeks out of the year.
100% accurate. Well done.
@Joseph Shepard thanks man! I truly appreciate the support.
Loved your video! Great pictures, information and edition 👏💪
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it.
Great place to move with global warming...❄️
Thanks for the comment!
@@Livetheseacoast Welcome, but I'm serious!
Thanks for the video!
Pretty but sooooo boringg
Why did you use this obnoxious screeching music? Really, it's such a turn off.
Quite literally, 100%, just to annoy you :)
@@Livetheseacoast I just LOL'ed!
WTF TRAFFIC!?!?! waaay out of line....
haha so sorry, didn't realize there were people who felt that strongly about traffic in Portland.
Portland Maine , Traffic? Were you from? We have very little traffic here compare to many other places
So being an inland Mainer, (real Maine). I visited. I was wearing my army veteran hat, standing in line and had some young Portlander jump in front of me and called me a neo-facist. Then he disappeared before I could even fathom what he said. I will avoid going to this liberal dump the rest of my life. And I will never forget it.
That didn’t happen
It surely did. Not sure why he did it but it happened.
Our winters in Tahoe aren't as bad in Maine and I'm used to them (moved here from the Deep South). What IS really annoying, though, is how long it takes to get consistently warm weather (70 plus degrees). The highs in late March/early April is in the 40's/50's, yet it takes about 3 months to get comfortable. Uggh!
I hear you on that...it usually starts warming up here around May or so...
@@Livetheseacoast Our high yesterday was 54, a record low for the high temp on that date. Twenty degrees below normal.
Yup, Maine weather is absolutely horrendous. This past year we didn’t even have a summer. This has happened a few times in recent years.
Ive been there and its definitely not the #1 city 😂 smh
I appreciate your opinion! Thanks for the comment.
Poor Lobsters.
Yet so tasty:)
Well we either eat meat or we die.
@@blackpillfitness9136 No, you won't. Only all the other millions and millions of animals do.
I moved from a Lake Superior resort town to Portland earlier this year, tried it for a few weeks, then moved back. My main criticism is that Portland is a city, and I (age 67) discovered (the hard way!) I'm just not doing cities anymore. On the up side I'd say Portland is a tremendous city if you're not able to completely relocate to Europe. I noticed immediately there is cultural and historical, if not intellectual depth that we in the Midwest simply don't have. But again, Portland is a modern American city, e.g., downtown has homeless and mentally-ill people. And let's face a fact, America is going through a "bad patch" socially, psychologically, politically, and, yes, Portland is better than most, but not Shangri La. Still, if you're young then yes, Portland! Not the other Portland or anything West Coast for sure. For an American city Portland has probably the best cost-benefit ratio. But again, it's a city in modern America. I want to try New England again, but just not a city. HTH.
We have hundreds of towns and some of them are close to Portland with access to the whole southern Maine area. I live in one off of the 95 and I can get to anywhere within 20-30 min.
Great video
Thanks for the visit