I lived in Portland from 1997-2019. For the last six years, I lived in the Eliot, four blocks south of work (Central Library), one block north of Safeway, and about five blocks north of what I now call PisS on yoU (The students were revolting since before I moved there...) As somebody who is hard of hearing and legally blind since birth, the last six years saw an incredible decline in the city. I went from walking with no tents in my neighborhood, to having every square covered by tents from work to home. My family convinced me to move back home when they realized the plaid pantry was a open air drug market. As a Jew, I also experienced quite a bit of antisemitism whenever Hamas attacked Israel. I've never considered Portland friendly; ideologues destroy society.