Looking for tips and advice from people in the Portland area, please.

[quakerboy]

7. Yup.

Aside from the police, there isn't much of a cohesive safety threat in Portland. You can run into the occasional predator in any city or rural area, and Portland is no exception. But I used to leave my car unlocked when I lived 1 block off 82nd. In a year living there, my car was riffled through once, and they took change, nothing more. Never had a car broken into, never had anything stolen unless it was left unlocked or left lying out. Never had anyone offer me physical threat. Never been harassed by anyone. Never had a problem, in all my years here.