Coming from Louisiana, Portland/Eugene area I wouldn’t recommend. I have a couple of friends there who are having a hard time (only there for work). Are there Black ppl there? Yes. But transplants relocated after a year or two of being there.
Been to Portland once. I enjoyed my trip but can’t say I felt welcome. Ironically, my parents’s best friends were born and raised there. They’re in their 80s. I can only imagine the racism there when they were coming up.
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(Very interested in the post-Civil War migration of confederates to the PNW. That's a big reason Idaho is also so f'd up.)
https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/black-history/Pages/context/chronology.aspx