Comments for Things About Portland That Suck

Comment on Nothing is perfect by Jrbak

Jrbak — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:35 +0000

This is exactly the type of ignorant isolated bs that portlanders have gotten a bad rep for. News flash, the midwest and south are full of educated and succesful people. Oh ya, and diverse at that.

Comment on Nothing is perfect by zumpie

zumpie — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:45:01 +0000

Oh also, Jim—we’re actually the cheapest major coastal city (after Philly) in the country. Far from perfect, but expensive isn’t one of our problems

Comment on Nothing is perfect by zumpie

zumpie — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:42:55 +0000

Wow Jim, are you sure you’ve lived anywhere other than PDX? Because your post is A) suspiciously typical wingnutery and B) painfully ill informed.

San Diego is 24% more expensive than Portland, with housing a whopping 62% higher. As for “high” taxes, yes in California (and thus San Diego), 4rh highest in the country.

For us, not so much. While we do have a high income tax, our property taxes are lowish and, of course, no sales tax. So overall, our liability is 40th of 50 states (overall low).

Next time try to actually do research about your fantasy locale, mmmmkay?

Comment on Nothing is perfect by Jim

Jim — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:24:09 +0000

I have lived here most of my life, and I couldn’t agree more!!! Yes, it is a great place to ride a bike too, for maybe two months out of the year! The other city I lived in was San Diego, and I now miss it more than ever!! If I’m going to pay this high cost of living and taxes, I would rather live in a city worth the money. And yes, I am a native to this area, sorry Portland, but you’re just traveling in the wrong direction!!!!

Comment on #2 Tracy Barry, KGW News 8 by btw go back to California

btw go back to California — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:31:19 +0000

You are out of your mind. Get a life.

Comment on #34 Lars Larson by Loren Wright

Loren Wright — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:37:01 +0000

You can prove anything if you cherry-pick the Bible

Comment on #66 Being Unhappy :( by Charles

Charles — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:27:44 +0000

I planned to give Portland two years. To see if I liked it. But it took four years to finally leave because I fell into such a deep depression it took two years finally pull out.

I like rain. The weather is fine with me. What I don’t like is the man-hating culture. Being male is a crime in Portland. Guys, leave the women to themselves and move somewhere else to be appreciated.

Comment on #66 Being Unhappy :( by Charles

Charles — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:27:44 +0000

I planned to give Portland two years. To see if I liked it. But it took four years to finally leave because I fell into such a deep depression it took two years finally pull out.

Comment on Nothing is perfect by delaney.rakosnik@yahoo.com

delaney.rakosnik@yahoo.com — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:14:01 +0000

I would love to know how you’re adjusting. I lived there for 2.7 years and had to leave because of the passive agressive vibe.

Comment on #13 McMenamins’ Service by Long Time Portland Res

Long Time Portland Res — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:48:08 +0000

If you’re considering visiting…. Portland is THEE mecca of awesome establishments, food and service. McMenamins isn’t one of them.

We’ve had to deal with other issues in the past as well, and I stumbled upon this page looking for the contact I spoke with regarding the LAST problem we had… for a CURRENT issue – the deplorable service received my wife’s business luncheon received.

My personal best: A waitress’s confrontational assault on us within less than 30 seconds entering their Mall 205 location. Their sign said – seat yourself. Saw an empty table with a few glasses on it and a service tray next to it, so we started to move the glasses. Apparently that was a “no-no” and were verbally assaulted within seconds of touching the first glass. I KID YOU NOT! Their district manager “supposedly” addressed the issue with the waitress. I doubt there was anything ever done.

There was absolutely no call for the waitresses words. I was in shock. We weren’t rude about anything, and actually… thought we were doing the staff a favor. Oh… and they were NOT busy either.

To the point of this article, and to anyone in Portland reading this, or anyone considering visiting or living here; As unique as their properties are, I wish I could recommend these guys. I can’t!

As a LONG time, Portland resident, this article (albeit sarcastic at times) couldn’t BE more accurate in EVERY way, every scenario… down to every sarcastic point made! We’ve experienced them all, and the reason we will rarely ever go anymore to ANY of their properties.

Portland is THEE mecca of awesome establishments, great and unique foods. If you’re visiting Portland, why waste your time, energy and money when we have SO MANY other great places that you’ll actually enjoy? If you visit Portland, and you see a McMenamins…. keep going right on by. You’ll find five more other places just past them that are ten times better.