Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer guys come to Portland maybe a couple times each summer, to a specific patch of downtown that's easy to avoid, and usually with plenty of notice. They scuffle with the locals for a couple hours (usually just shouting at each other across Naito parkway), then they bounce. They can be a hassle if you move downtown or inner Southeast (sometimes their rallies leak), but most of the time, in most of the city you don't have to worry about fascists. Most of the city is actually pretty safe I'd say, aside from Old Town sometimes.

Rent is stupid high, but public transit is nice and the city is easy to get around, especially on the east side. If you need a job, the homeless shelters are pretty much always hiring and it's good meaningful work that just might end up giving you PTSD.

There will be days you walk by piles of needles and trash and human feces, but that's just because the city really sucks at providing services to unsheltered people. There are some great parks and trails here if you like nature and want to get away from the city.

Portland kind of sucks sometimes, but I like it. Also, wildfires. Last couple years the summer wildfires have been absolutely miserable.