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Posted on 04/02/2025 6:30:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Portland's downtown is in freefall, with property values plummeting 57% since 2019, from $3 billion to just $1.3 billion. City leaders blame remote work, but the real culprit is the rampant crime, homelessness, and lawlessness that have turned once-thriving business districts into ghost towns. Portland is hemorrhaging businesses, tax revenue, and economic vitality as companies flee to safer, more business-friendly environments like Texas and Florida. The city anticipates a $33 million tax revenue loss over the next five years, further crippling essential services like police and fire departments. Despite this crisis, city officials ignore the glaring issue: out-of-control crime and public disorder. Instead, they propose unrealistic solutions like shifting the focus to arts and culture. Unless leadership enforces real law and order, downtown Portland will continue to decline, proving once again the devastating consequences of progressive urban policies.
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The Titanic was beautiful, too.
You were smart to leave. Shame about your niece. /s
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Same in Portland. The suburbs (especially in the west, like Beaverton, and also Vancouver in the state of Washington across from the Columbia river) are thriving and expanding. Most people escape the city and move away to the suburbs. It is a beautiful state and a beautiful city though. Too bad.
bttt
I thought they had abolished those relics of white supremacy a long time ago.
"city officials ignore the glaring issue: out-of-control crime and public disorder. Instead, they propose unrealistic solutions like shifting the focus to arts and culture."
Imagine the quality of art and culture in a place like that!
"Unless leadership enforces real law and order, downtown Portland will continue to decline, proving once again the devastating consequences of progressive urban policies."
One doesn't know whether to laugh or cry!
“ They voted for this!”
All of them?
My guess;
Despite the plummeting values, the assessed values for tax purposes remains unchanged, or even increased.
It is all on themselves for destroying downtown.
“It’s the same for big Republican run cities.” Really, can you name one?
"CascadeRange" keyword, sorted:
I did nazi that coming.
“ the same for big Republican run cities.” Really, can you name one?”
When did I say that? “All of them” was my answer (and is my standard answer) to “they voted for that”
There must be a republican somewhere that caused this.
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Speaking of Tampon Tim, I am still gobsmacked that the Dems managed to find someone to run for VP that was more weird than Tim Kaine. Just wow.
Their candidates in 2028 will be a Tranny and Muslim.............
I think that was Seattle. Portland, however, was allowing a Federal building to be regularly firebombed.
I would not bet against you.
Every election they get weirder and weirder.
In 2020 they ran a demented pedophile and a drunk prostitute.................
Courtesan is a tad more accurate.
But generally yes, complete agreement. I was calling him Dementia Joe in 2020, you could easily see it.
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