Most all of the old school portlanders have all but abandoned downtown to the real estate investors who saw Portland as a prime destination. You're better off spending your time east of the river. Downtown is abysmal and full of homeless people who can't afford the giant highrise apartments you see everywhere in place of the nieghborhoods they knocked down to build.
I'm in TJ Mexico. This place is not quite a complete pile of dog shit. Crazies get nothing here so there aren't many of them. I'll keep our poor indians; Portland can have their crazies.
Went to Mt Hood River today. This place is the tits. Pfriem brewery A+