https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3LTiLbkb9c
These comments are more worried about parking than about housing
Native portlanders are often a bunch of big babies when it comes to city life issues in a way that suggests they’ve never lived anywhere else. Parking is laughably simple to find in Portland, it’s fucking easy mode compared to any other city. Only core downtown is metered (Even then only business hours, and it’s only a few dollars), and there are no alternate side parking rules to speak of. Literally it’s easier to park in most Portland neighborhoods than it is in many suburbs.
Also most of these infill housing complexes are built close to transit, by design.
I live in one of these without a parking lot in Portland. I take the tram to work lol, its a 1 minute walk there at most.
How many of ypur neighbors own cars?
And how do you bring that number down?
The street is full of them so probably quite a few but I just moved in so I can’t say for sure. Mines on a short street with some single family housing and one apartment that has a gated parking lot under it. Its a bit unique so I don’t think I am a good example tbh
That’s exactly what car dependency looks like.
Portland, Oregon, of all places, should be very easy to get around without a car (it is one of the most bike-friendly cities in the States).
The fact that parking could be this difficult would immediately signal to me that maybe a car isn’t the most appropriate or practical way to get around in my community.
Of course, I’m not sure what kind of cars these people are trying to park. Is it a Mini Cooper or a F150 Tank?
See that’s the thing. Not only is this a transit-forward city doing transit-forward zoning, the pictured comments are also just inventing an imagined issue. It’s actually not at all difficult to find parking in Portland. It’s very easy.
I totally agree but even the better part of the states aren’t 100% car free. Which unfortunately puts us in this akward transition period where both parking and public transit kinda suck. That in turn does make it hard to win people over
That said my partner and I were able to sell my car and rely solely on her’s after moving to the city. I basically never have to drive anymore. So it’s definitely making an impact
Growing pains are totally understandable. Some people simply don’t want to change or refuse to adapt. I can’t be too empathetic for them.
But I wonder how truly real this problem is.
Like, do those residents have four families living under one roof with six cars to park? If so, they really are SOL. No place should have to accommodate that.
If ALL parking was removed, then they really need to contact their representative to find a remedy. Even if local businesses/malls could handle any overflow until this has been sorted out.
But it also makes me wonder if the public was ever consulted, or perhaps they were and the people complaining made not effort to provide input before these plans were put into motion. Who knows?
But car dependency really messes everyone’s shit. That’s for sure.
Genuinely think car bombs are the solution here, but id blow myself up a hundred times before getting anything to the street.
The solution is making every turn of the key a massive adrenaline rush.
Behold! Trimet!
They have a point though, i hope this gives portland extra reason to make the city more walkable (because there is obviously no space for cars)
I mean Portland is pretty walkable, I live outside the city but still in the Metro area and whenever I head into the city I take public transit/walk everywhere. There definitely is still room for improvement but it’s definitely pretty walkable depending on the part you’re in, especially compared to the suburbs.
As someone who’s taken the train there a couple times I’d say the core downtown area is pretty walkable, but everywhere else def needs a bike or bus setup
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Don’t get me wrong, i am happy for those people. They deserve to have a home. My point is there is only so much space, so if there is no space for parking then that means there are too many cars. So next up is fixing the parking crisis by making car ownership less attractive.
Portland is facing a major housing crisis. Thanks to this recent reform, more people can now afford a place.
The woman in the video said she was very happy. She didn’t complain about parking. Parking is a luxury when people want a roof over their head. Some of these comments are just insane.
Imagine paying to have a car, and then also having to pay to not drive said car.
Homeless definitely have enough money to spare for such a necessity.
These people are quite a-social. How do they go through everyday life when buying groceries, working or doing leisure activities?
I’m not talking about transportation here, but about the social fabric. They’re telling us they can’t talk with people about problems if they can’t unload 1.4 tons of metal in front of their housing? Sorry, but that’s immature.
Portland has OK transit but it does take much longer than a car for most journeys. I’ve used it almost exclusively for the past 2.5 years and I’ve only had a few times where I couldn’t get close to my destination using it.
Can confirm
Lol the guy complaining about an 800 square feet apartment. That’s 74 square meters and as big as our neighbors apartment who are a couple with a kid. Not luxurious but here in Germany that’s average middle class.
Our apartment complex also doesn’t have parking but walkable access to three tram lines and another three bus lines, so it’s not a huge deal at all but I guess you won’t have that access in Portland.
Oh my god, I’m in a place with just over half (40 sqm) that as usable space (there’s also storage) with my husband and a cat. It’s not great, but it’s fine.
These people have to be people living out in the suburbs of Portland. Out there sure you need a car but if you’re in Portland proper most places have good transit access and are fairly walkable. I say this as someone who lives outside Portland proper but still in the Metro area who drives/bikes out here but when going into the city I generally take transit and walk.
This happens everywhere. I live in a very walkable area, and every time someone replaces a single family home with two townhouses the NIMBYs come out in force and whine about parking. They obviously only care about their own ability to park directly in front of their house, and fear that someone else might park there if more people move to the area.
Lol…I commute to work and I don’t have a car
Are these multi story? if so I wonder if some of them could be tiny carage house style setups with minimal housing above a tiny garage/parking space, if nothing else it would be a nice place to keep bikes or larger items
