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Downtown in distress: Portland s core is unsafe and uninviting, residents say in new poll

Downtown in distress: Portland’s core is unsafe and uninviting, residents say in new poll Perception threatens city’s economic recovery By Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com (TNS) Published: May 15, 2021, 8:31pm Share: Residents across the metro area say downtown Portland has become dirty, unsafe and uninviting, and many anticipate visiting the city’s core less often after the pandemic than they did before. Those are the worrisome findings of a new poll of 600 people in the Portland metro area commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Asked for their perceptions of downtown, respondents frequently used words like “destroyed,” “trashed,” “riots” and “sad.” Many cited homelessness as a particular issue, and said there is an urgent need for the city to find housing and support people living on the street.

Portland residents scared to visit downtown area, citing riots and homelessness: Poll

Portland residents scared to visit downtown area, citing riots and homelessness: Poll

Portland residents scared to visit downtown area, citing riots and homelessness: Poll
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Portland protests, homelessness have residents avoiding downtown, poll reveals

Portland-based attorney James Buchal on the federal government dropping nearly half of all Portland riot cases. Portland, Oregon, residents surveyed about the city’s downtown said they plan to visit less frequently, mainly citing the homelessness and rioting that has plagued the area in the last year, according to a new poll.  Respondents to the poll commissioned by The Oregonian newspaper used words like dirty, trash, riots and unsafe to describe the heart of the city, which appears to have deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic and social unrest of the past year.  Downtown Portland, once a cultural and tourist center, is now rife with homeless tents, smashed windows, graffiti, trash and boarded-up businesses, the newspaper reported. 

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