I was born and raised in portland, in my opinion yes its a shithole nowadays but i think oregon is still slightly better than Washington and california in some ways. Especially the gun laws, they tried to pass a bunch of BS here and its currently being held up in the courts thankfully. Eventually they might pass similar crap to CA/WA but currently WA/CA is WAY worse with gun laws as im sure you know.
I was just in seattle the other day and everything about it is worse, more homeless, more traffic, everything was more expensive and we barely saw any cops. I payed about $1.30 more per gallon for gas while i was there. The housing is cheaper in OR than the other 2 states too. Portland probably isnt too far behind tho honestly, just slightly less worse at the moment. Outside of portland, Oregon is pretty nice. I hunt on the east side and there is some decent opportunities here but its obviously not as much of a hunting destination as other western states east of here. If you really want to live in a big city on the West coast its not the worst in my opinion.
I build floating homes and docks, sell guns/cans on the side. We live in a nice floating home we built ourselves and when you're down on the water, it doesn't feel like we're in a big city and its peaceful. Tons of floating homes here if you're interested in that. Hope this helps, feel free to PM me if you have any questions too