68% of Portlanders say Portland is declining, 56% would consider moving if they could
Jarryd Jaeger
A full 56 percent of respondents said they’d leave the city if they could “afford it professionally and personally.”
A new poll conducted by DHM Research on behalf of the Portland Police Association has found that a majority of those currently living in Oregon‘s largest city would leave if they had the chance.
The results come amid rising crime and years of social unrest spurred on largely by far-left groups and clashes with their far-right counterparts.
According to the poll, which was conducted among 500 voters between Dec. 3 and 7, a full 56 percent of respondents said they’d leave the city if they could “afford it professionally and personally.”
When asked their opinion on how things were going, residents were not optimistic. Only 21 percent said “Portland is good and its best days are ahead of us,” whereas 68 percent said “Portland is losing what made it special.”
Over three-quarters of respondents, 78 percent, said that they felt as though crime had increased in Portland over the past few years, with 74 percent saying they were either “somewhat concerned” or “very concerned” that they, or members of their families, would be victims of criminal activity.