Portland, Ore., Is Losing Residents Weary of Crime and High Housing Prices
Portland, Ore., Is Losing Residents Weary of Crime and High Housing Prices
The Oregon city’s population decline of about 17,400 people to 635,000 was the sixth largest decline among the 50 largest U.S. cities.
Pacific Northwest city lost nearly 3% of its population between 2020 and 2022
Mark Rogers has made a list of things he misses about Portland—its vegan restaurants, Powell’s bookstore, public transit—and the things he doesn’t—having his things stolen, stepping in human excrement, extreme politics.
The 44-year-old artist moved across the country to Fort Wayne, Ind., last year.
“I don’t want to talk trash about my home city even though there’s trash everywhere,” Rogers said. “I still love Portland even though it’s got some problems, and I wouldn’t have left if the housing prices weren’t so high.”
Unfortunately for him, he probably moved from one political extreme to another. It's like there's no home for normies anymore.