I beg you to show me what you can find in the Portland OR area for 250K. Even if you look outside about an hours drive there isn't much. The best I could find was a 2 Bed 2 Bath with about 1000 sq/f. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7545-N-Olin-Ave-201-Portland-OR-97203/350854324_zpid/
Please don't disparage others situations or minimize a situation because you have the benefit of living in a place you can afford with a job that lets you live there.
I clearly did not pay attention to MTV or VH1 at the time because I was today years old when I learned it was WhooMp and not Whoop. I am 40 by the way. Make not mistake this was on all the time in my house. Just never noticed. Well there is my learning for the day. :)