Residents Fleeing In Droves From Ultra-Blue Portland Amid Surges In Crime and Homelessness
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/29/residents-fleeing-droves-ultra-blue-city-amid-surge-crime-homelessness/Residents in Portland, Oregon, are fleeing the city in droves over concerns about crime, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Portland lost 3% of its residents between 2020 and 2022, largely due to an uptick in crime and homelessness, the WSJ reported. Portland has struggled to curtail its homicides since defunding parts of its police force in 2020, and homicides have soared to 92 in 2021 and 101 in 2022 — the deadliest year in Portland’s history, according to The Oregonian.
Farewell, Portland: People tired of the Oregon city’s crime and homelessness issues are moving away https://t.co/SGiGw2862h
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 28, 2023
Portland used to be one of the safest cities in the U.S., averaging about 21 homicides annually from 2000 to 2019, according to the WSJ, but COVID-19, coupled with anti-police protests and subsequent police budget cuts changed the trajectory for the city.
Portland has gone really downhill like San Francisco or New York City.
