Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Portland,Oregon...if you insist on couch surfing there

When I first arrived in Portland, keep in mind I spent weeks in Seattle and Washington State in general before I arrived in Portland. Portland seemed bland right from the start. Not very colorful, the architecture of the buildings is not very impressive,and I saw a lot of brown buildings. Oh and in Portland  being homeless is a lifestyle, and the homeless are very angry.

I visited the library in Portland and it was well...very brown...like most of the rest of the city....I was wearing headphones while listening to music and reading a book and  a lady asked me to turn the volume down....don't make any noises there. It was like in the movies...you were afraid to turn the page of the book because it might make some noise.I was only there for maybe 15 minutes I had to leave. Not because I was thrown out, but because I felt uncomfortable.
People from Portland will talk about it like it's the best city to live in. They say the have the best public transportation system in the country. I don't think they do. What they do have is a lot of homeless people, the highest rate of depression because they rarely see the sun but they can't deal with it like the people in Seattle do.
I was only there for three days and it seemed like a month. My hostess never wanted to spend any time with me showing me around. I even said I would buy her dinner and drinks and she told me she was too busy. She had a male roommate,same story, but to give him credit, he did work a lot. She did not.
She was also broke... I gave her twenty dollars because she just made me feel so guilty because I grabbed some bread and jelly from the fridge(which she offered). Being flat broke is not the time to host people....because you are stressed out and your guest will feel it.
Very bad experience, I don't like the city and did not like my couch surfing experience.
If you want to couch surf in Oregon go to the smaller towns like Corvallis, it's beautiful and there are many others beautiful small towns in Oregon.. Portland is the ugliest place in Oregon.

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