Titles says it all. My parter and I are moving just 1/2 mile south of the Portland city limits to the city of Milwaukie. This is odd, because I have lived in Oregon for the vast majority of my life and Portland has been my home the entire time (well, I did live in Springfield temporary as a kid).
Many people are exiting Portland, for many reasons. High real estate costs, crime, drugs (everywhere), the list goes on and on. For the first time in decades the population in Portland is in decline. We just moved because we found a great house on a great street and we knew it would not cost us more than what we were renting for.
So bye bye Portland and hello Milwaukie. just 8 blocks from the line and things are a little bit different. Cops seem to patrol here, and garbage comes every week. Air smells nicer (probably from Johnson Creek. But other than that, same same.