r/portlandcomplaining

Parking is already a nightmare and now we have to deal with six games a fucking week? And sometimes double booking hearts of pine and sea dogs at the same time?

There is zero parking. I’ve had to actually leave town for three hours just to have a shot when I come home

whenever im in the middle lane turning left onto high street, some unnecessarily large truck in the left lane doesnt know how to properly turn in a giant vehicle, takes up both lanes and nearly smashes into me. i cant pull towards the right to give them more space because the street parking, there is no other option other than me slamming on the brakes and hoping the person behind me doesnt rear end me. it feels like this happens two to three times a week minimum at this point. what the fuck is wrong with you people why do you even feel the need to drive this beast as your daily commuter in a city in the first place?? ive started just laying on the horn (dont know why i wasnt in the first place) but they often seem genuinely confused as to why, which is somehow even worse to me than the blatant entitled "i dont care if im crashing into you i own the road" attitude most truck drivers seem to have. if you are this unaware of your vehicle you are going to end up hurting somebody.

not even going to get into the bizarre amount of people who are in the left lane and intentionally make the turn into the right lane as if me and the million cars behind me simply dont exist 🙃

Does anyone else think this place has shitty coffee and customer service? It’s just an aesthetic eye grab for the Deering neighborhood. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve given them many chances from time to time, but the coffee has really gone down hill. Every sip you take there’s a grimy, groundy after taste. Dunkin does better.

go look at it now. they’ve basically left only the skeleton support structure of the building. it’s almost like the developers just said what they said to shut people up. awful

New to Portland so all the bike lanes are still new to me. But not to be rude, the pedestrians here seem overly brave. They often barrel into a crosswalk without even looking the other way. I know cars yield to pedestrians, but didn’t know that means they can just walk out in front of traffic. Sometimes I am mid turn and someone is crossing a street and not even looking! It’s wild to me bc where I’m from we learned to look both ways before we cross. Maybe I’m tripping but pedestrians seem exceptionally entitled here. Is this a thing?

Oregon law also says a pedestrian cannot suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it constitutes an “immediate hazard.” That’s ORS 814.040. ✌️

Has anyone ever figured out what their deal is? What are they talking about? Are state parks confusing to them? Do they understand there’s a line of cars behind them?

I walk and drive in Portland a lot so I get that drivers need to pay attention (I’ve almost been hit in cross walks many times). However, pedestrians also need to learn to pause and look before walking in front of cars. I’ve had to slam on my brakes so many times because someone just starts walking out when they’re in a blind spot behind parked cars or just walking on the sidewalk and decide now’s the time to cross without pause at all. It’s equal responsibility to pay attention when driving or walking. And don’t get me started in the cyclist who don’t seem to believe they have to obey any traffic laws lol

Literally walked to the crosswalk and stopped. Looked both ways, one side was clear and the other side the car had stoped for me. As such, I started walking across the road in crosswalk. Then here comes a car flying down the other way and nearly hits me. I shake my head at the car and the elderly driver yells at me for “walking in the road”. M’AM THIS IS A CROSSWALK. THERE IS MARKINGS ON THE ROAD AND A YELLOW CROSSWALK SIGN UP. YOU ARE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA!!!! Don’t be speeding and flying down the streets and then get big mad when someone is in the crosswalk!!!!!! I understand being distracted and making accidents or having reduced visibility in weather conditions with crosswalk areas etc, but the fact that you are mad me for using the crosswalk is INSANE!!!!! Literally drivers here have gotten so nuts and I know this is just one example, but I feel like the anger of people on the road is scary for drivers and pedestrians alike.

Edit: Just to be clear, I think the general suckiness of drivers is distributed fairly amongst all age ranges. I’m more ticked that someone yelled at me for using the crosswalk after almost hitting me :/. Like the ego and narcissism of others on the road is willlddddd.

Just a heads up you’re not cool

I went back to using some of the more downtown-centric buses a couple months ago and it seems like they started really cranking the volume on the internal speakers. Anybody else notice this? The volume on the internal speakers, when the computer announces each stop? It's jarring and, at 5:30 AM, kind of painful. Maybe more of an issue when sitting near the back?

I just read the “SeeFixClick” website and see the latest posts are all about used needles in public areas. When will the City move the folks leaving these needles to the HSC (the very expensive homeless services center). I am so tired of my property taxes being spent on enabling drug addicts. I realize, as the City and social workers state, that dealing with the homeless is a “multifaceted issue”, but please, let me walk Congress Street without having endless folks beg for money. I

BTW, I have owned and lived in my North Deering condo for over 40 years. I once worked for 10 years at the intersection of Elm and Preble Streets. At that time, I thought people using the F bomb repeatedly while walking under my office window and folks smoking pot on our entranceway was disgusting. I’ve never seen the City devolve as much as it is now.

Often, on my drive home, I have been waylaid by usually a gaggle or two of geese slowly jaywalking across the road. Their crossing points are usually Forest ave in Deering Oaks but I’ve seen them brazen enough to cross in front of the 295 onramp at busier times of day. When I ask them to use the lighted crosswalk or to hurry along they usually just honk or hiss at me.

Have there been any thoughts for construction of an overpass or small tunnel to allow for their safe and efficient travel?

Part of my commute takes me down Broadway in SoPo. It took me like 5 weeks to finally make a clean run without getting trapped in a turn only lane somewhere. I pull up to a red light. Cars are backed up 10 or 12 deep in each lane. I can't see any signs or painted indicators on the road. Traffic finally starts to move, and all of a sudden I realize I'm taking a surprise detour because it's a turn lane. Sometimes the right lane. Sometimes the left lane. Sometimes the right lane in one intersection and the left lane in the next intersection, meaning every car trying to continue down Broadway has to cross the intersection and immediately change lanes.

On the plus side, I've thoroughly explored South Portland.

Trying to find street parking here is already a fucking nightmare, but it’s even worse to constantly see areas that could EASILY fit a couple extra cars if everyone just closed the gap! You don’t need to leave half a cars length between bumpers, you’ll be FINE! Nobody’s going to hit you and if I can get my SUV out of a tight bumper-to-bumper gap then you’ll be fine with just a few feet!