Question for Portland Folks : What is North Portland and what is Northeast Portland?
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OK cool, that's interesting I hear Northeast Portland so much more in the realm of gangster rap b/c "on paper" just looking at census demographic data, it looks like the area between N. Williams & I-5 is a little grimier than what's known as Northeast Portland.
^ Maybe that's true but I guess Northeast Portland just represents a much larger area so more people so more rappers.
^ Maybe that's true but I guess Northeast Portland just represents a much larger area so more people so more rappers.
just cause you on lombard dont mean ur in the north the north... lombard an mlk all the way to portland hwy is all ne...
but yeah inner northside was waaaaay grimier then northeast up untill a few years ago before it got gentrified to shit... my block was active every day for a few years straight.. if it wasnt some one ridin thru gettin bucked/or retaliatin, it was youngsters gettin em up, niggas testin pistols on the whitefolks houses...lol... or just some crazy shit like baseheads stabbin each other and there stomachs droppin out, but imma northside representative Unthank - Kirby - CVC - 60s - Inglewoods all reside on the northside of town
NE niggas put it down too, but aside from a couple hoods, most of em are bullshit, made up by a bunch of hood rejects, or full of a bunch of hood ornaments and older cats that aint did shit in 10 plus years.. but ne felt the gentrification first, so its safe to say 15 years ago there was alot more shit happenin in north east then there is today
regardless, trust me when i tell you, "the numbers" is finna be where sets start poppin up the fastest now... since that seems to be the only place blacks and mexicans are allowed to live any more...
but yeah inner northside was waaaaay grimier then northeast up untill a few years ago before it got gentrified to shit... my block was active every day for a few years straight.. if it wasnt some one ridin thru gettin bucked/or retaliatin, it was youngsters gettin em up, niggas testin pistols on the whitefolks houses...lol... or just some crazy shit like baseheads stabbin each other and there stomachs droppin out, but imma northside representative Unthank - Kirby - CVC - 60s - Inglewoods all reside on the northside of town
NE niggas put it down too, but aside from a couple hoods, most of em are bullshit, made up by a bunch of hood rejects, or full of a bunch of hood ornaments and older cats that aint did shit in 10 plus years.. but ne felt the gentrification first, so its safe to say 15 years ago there was alot more shit happenin in north east then there is today
regardless, trust me when i tell you, "the numbers" is finna be where sets start poppin up the fastest now... since that seems to be the only place blacks and mexicans are allowed to live any more...
Couple more questions:
01) To Nonstop, does "the numbers" refer to an area on the outskirts of NE Portland towards Gresham? The vibe I got from Gresham when I was there a few years back was that it was kind of a sex offender/sketchy white people type of suburb, so is that where a lot of the folks who used to live in north or northeast will end up settling?
02) Jefferson HS, northeast or north?
03) Peninsula Park, northeast or north?
04) The Rose Garden (the basketball arena), is that northeast or north or is that kind of too close to downtown to be considered either of those?
01) To Nonstop, does "the numbers" refer to an area on the outskirts of NE Portland towards Gresham? The vibe I got from Gresham when I was there a few years back was that it was kind of a sex offender/sketchy white people type of suburb, so is that where a lot of the folks who used to live in north or northeast will end up settling?
02) Jefferson HS, northeast or north?
03) Peninsula Park, northeast or north?
04) The Rose Garden (the basketball arena), is that northeast or north or is that kind of too close to downtown to be considered either of those?
"The numbers" and "the names" are the two areas of inner north and inner northeast where all the blacks used to live.. "The numbers" is errything east of MLK, "the names" are errything west.. But "the big numbers" is errything wit 3 digits.. People don't refer to the little numbers as the numbers any more...but when u don't see any number streets, that's also a way u can tell ur in north portland.
All three of em are techichally north portland, but the rose garden isn't considered northside.. Only peninsula and jeff
All three of em are techichally north portland, but the rose garden isn't considered northside.. Only peninsula and jeff
Yeah the Portland people are very good at describing their city I've noticed, better than the Seattle people (mainly b/c I think it's smaller so they've lived closer to all these spots).
I know some about Portland from looking at some census data, census maps and the 3 or 4 times I've been there. But I want to know more.
I know some about Portland from looking at some census data, census maps and the 3 or 4 times I've been there. But I want to know more.