3 Week Summer Trip to the Pacific Northwest (PNW) - Portland, Seattle, Oregon, Washington

boomboom · Aug 17, 2022

I think both Seattle and Portland downtowns took a big hit from covid and the "riots" that occurred. Portland's downtown is slowly coming back...but may take years to get to the same vibrant state it was a few years ago. Homelessness in the PNW is a huge issue. I hate driving around the freeways here and seeing tents all over the place. Honestly, it's not so back to have a tent...it's the collateral mess that is left laying around that is really a detractor.

Hope you guys made the one minute walk from Pike Place over to the Gum Wall. Disgusting and awesome...at the same time.

JayZ750 · Aug 19, 2022

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What were your thoughts on the Seattle downtown area? My wife and I spent a couple days there in July as part of a trip to take an Alaskan cruise. We didn't rent a car, so just stayed in a hotel downtown and walked everywhere (lot of the same places as you, Pike's Place Market, Chihuly glass place, space needle, etc). We were both pretty surprised by how rundown large parts of the downtown area were. Some places had huge homeless populations with a lot of drug activity (just based on what we saw) and there seemed to be an extraordinary number of stores/shops that were just permanently shut/closed. There were several times my wife and I didn't feel safe, but that might have just been partly because we were in an unfamiliar place.

The Chihuly glass museum was easily the highlight of the city. Really, really cool stuff there.
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We were only downtown for the touristy stuff. Stayed in an Airbnb in Redmond. I specificallydidnt want to stay downtown with the kids. That said, i really didnt see much homelessness. My understanding is its slowly getting better - but again, i barely hit downtown.

Did hit the Chiluly glass museum and agreed, that place is fantastic - i was ready to start a glass blwoing hobby lol

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