You weren't kidding about it being exspensive that house they want 3M for. WOW!!! Beautiful but very spendy. Thanks for sharing and you have a safe trip and day

There is a reason things cost so much here, I was born and raised here. It's litterally one of the most beautiful cities and the vibe here is amazing having amazing summers and winters and all 4 seasons to its fullest... river lakes mou rains the ocean only a few hours away, the valley only a few hours a way... it truely is a beautiful city but thats what's happened tourist's have taken Over came in and baught up homes and drove out the true central Oregonians people and generations who have lived here before anyone knew what Bend was... they drove the people that deserved to be there out with their high bids and high prices and Los Angelesizing the city... and many come and are not educated on how to live here... and truely have ruined it for so many and put people on the streets or had to move. go see for yourself and talk with anyone.... they forced out Hometown people with their corrupt BS. it's sad honestly specially when your feom a town like this and you have seen what happend over the years.

I remember when Bend was around 10,000 people. I knew an old guy who's parents were pioneers, his first job was hunting jackrabbits. When the railroad came through he hired on as mounted security from the packs of feral dogs in the area. Said he got chased into a barn with his horse and nearly froze there for a couple days until the dogs left.
Interesting note, by the rr yard south of town there are piles of old oyster shells. They must have been shipped directly north from the California coast.

FYI, there is no retail tax in Oregon. It is not being hidden in the price.

I grew up here in the 1980's. Was just a small logging town. Now big money moved here from CA and CO. You cant get a house here for under 800k. Normal 2 bedroom rent about $2200. Still nice but not like it was. Traffic is horrible as the roads were not designed for the amount of people here now.
You didn't even go to the real expensive areas on the west side. Most homes there are over 4 to 5 million a pop. The homes downtown are old but most are remodeled. In the 1980s you could buy a home here on land for under 200k. Them times are long gone now. All the lower income people were priced out of this town years ago. Homeless come here from CA in the summer to beg on the corners now.

Funny, i am from Dallas and married my wife in her home town of Bend in 1987 when it was small and very affordable and the mill was still working.  Now it is like little Portland and a 50,000 dollar home is now worth 600,000.

Seems to be a lot of places not for poor people these days

Walking through that Blockbuster felt so nostalgic. Miss those days!

the tax in on property owners...you should start reporting property taxes on average on the medium home prices you list

My grandmother was a waitress at the Pine Tavern in the 40's. The food IS amazing! I grew up in Central Oregon & still live 20 miles North of Bend. I've experienced the population boom starting in the 90's & prices skyrocketing both of which are staggering.  Thankfully I bought a house in 2000. I'd never afford to buy a house in Central Oregon now. Great video! Happy travels!

Grew up in central oregon.
As a kid in the 1970’s things were cheap. My grand father paid 100.00 an acre for his land. My mom and dad and us kids  lived in Bend  on Boyd acres road on five acres. My dad was a supervisor for Moana Maintenance. They were the company that did all construction and maintenance on all the Northwest resorts back in the day. Bends nickname back then was “Poverty with a view” I miss the old central Oregon. As kids we played baseball in the old (Brooks Scanlon) mill yard. Now it’s a theatre and condos and homes. Very sad but time marches on.🇺🇸

Fun fact about Pine Tavern: there’s a tree growing through the middle of the restaurant. The bar is in the front so maybe you didn’t get to see it.

Yes, Bend is pretty expensive, but there are more reasonably priced restaurants. Pine Tavern is one of the most expensive in town.

Another great thing about Bend is there is always something going on, especially in the Summer. We have lots of parades, festivals, multiple farmer’s markets, and more breweries per capita than any other town in the country.

Thanks for showing our town and safe travels to you.

Central Oregon was called The Valley of Fever, by indigenous folk.

Sisters, Oregon is my favorite town! Best bakery Sisters Bakery their apple fritters are the size of a baseball mit.

Housing, overall cost of living, I remember reading it's In the top 5% of the US a few years back.  And crime is of the charts.  I live here, if someone tells you different just look up the stats.  Car, house, place of work gets broken into expect absolutely nothing from the police.  Even if you have video footage. Completely overwhelmed infrastructure here.

We also have an exceptionally large homeless population in the area.

Joe here in Perth Western Australia a suburb called Morley had the second last Blockbuster so when it closed in March 2019 the one there in Bend became the last.

It’s a shame but bend used to be a little ski town with seasonal folks coming to work and play in winter…it was a haven. Now it has become a haven for retired Californians who have pushed up real estate astronomically and brought their bad driving. It grew too quickly with poor city management. I suggest you look at the magic of towns like sisters, at the foothills of the range.

I was an Ag inspector at the California border. All the people from The Bay Area were who went to Bend. Hence the cost and the wage! They went on vacation there and wanted to retire. Traveled through once, stopped at the Walmart and the prices were worst than California! Thanks

Hi, I lived in Bend from 1996 to 2008, not as expensive then as now, been to blockbuster many times!! Thanks for the memory!I II worked at The Riverhouse Hotel for many years. Beautiful hotel overlooking the Deschutes River, I had many? If you go back there go up pilot butte, you can oversee the entire city!!