Everybody hates Portland: The city’s compounding crises are an X …
WEBMay 13, 2022 · A rock-bottom 8% of voters say Portland is headed in the right direction, down from 38% before the pandemic, and percentages that routinely hit the high 50s and mid 60s earlier this century.
Downtown in distress: Portland’s core is unsafe and uninviting ...
WEBMay 14, 2021 · Downtown simply doesn’t feel safe right now, said Portland resident and poll respondent Myrna Brown. People are desperate, she said, and the city let things get out of hand over the last...
Crime, homelessness test Portland, Ore.'s progressive strain - Los ...
WEBFeb 10, 2023 · While many Portlanders roll their eyes at such tropes, polls conducted last year showed only 11% of voters thought Portland was heading in the right direction — a steep drop from 36% in 2020 and...
Homelessness, crime: 2023 Portland looks very different
WEBMar 10, 2023 · The motto of “Keep Portland Weird” has been wiped away by the city’s reputation for violent political unrest, homelessness and crime. Two years after riots plagued the city, after a pandemic and the push for social justice collided, the Portland, Oregon, of 2023 looks ifferent.
Are people coming back to downtown Portland yet? Here’s what …
WEBJun 11, 2023 · But Portland has faced special challenges, beginning with civil unrest in the summer of 2020 followed by elevated levels of violent crime, visible drug abuse and homelessness downtown.
From ‘wonderful’ to ‘war zone’: Portland’s reputation transformation
WEBMay 13, 2021 · Is Portland over? Portland may be slowly emerging from the pandemic but the downtown district is fenced off, boarded up and dying. The city's homeless problem has worsened.
‘We’re a neighborhood like any other neighborhood:’ Downtown Portland …
WEBJun 28, 2021 · Downtown Portland residents have seen it all this year — a pandemic, racial justice protests, broken windows and graffitied storefronts.
Downtown Portland: How will we know it’s back? - OPB
WEBJun 14, 2021 · OPB is following downtown’s recovery as it emerges from the pandemic, starting with some basic questions: How do you measure the challenge facing downtown? And what does recovery look like?
Downtown Portland feels even less safe now than months into …
WEBOct 15, 2022 · The pandemic, homelessness and months of protests rocked perceptions of downtown Portland in the pandemic’s first year, with metro area residents reporting that downtown felt unsafe and...
Where Portland, Oregon, Stands A Year After Being A Protest …
WEBJul 11, 2021 · Racial justice protests in Portland, Ore., have quieted down since last year. The city is now grappling with whether promises for police accountability will actually take shape in the coming...