{"id":1991424,"date":"2023-08-04T19:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-county-home-to-portland-loses-over-1-billion-as-thousands-leave-during-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T19:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:58:44","slug":"oregon-county-home-to-portland-loses-over-1-billion-as-thousands-leave-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-county-home-to-portland-loses-over-1-billion-as-thousands-leave-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon county, home to Portland, loses $1B+ as thousands flee during pandemic."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-county-home-to-portland-loses-over-1-billion-as-thousands-leave-during-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1991424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An Oregon County Loses Over $1 Billion in Income as \u200cResidents\u200c Flee Amid Homelessness and \u2064Crime Concerns<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multnomah County, home to Portland, has \u200dexperienced \u2064a significant loss\u200c of income, \u2063surpassing $1\u200c billion, as a result of a mass exodus of residents who are fed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-cop-speaks-out-after-viral-lebron-letter-i-was-lebron-james-before-i-became-a-police-officer\/\" title=\"\u2018Angel Cop\u2019 Speaks Out After Viral LeBron Letter: \u2018I Was Lebron James Before I Became A Police Officer\u2019\">rampant homelessness<\/a> and crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to IRS data\u2064 analyzed by The Oregonian\/Oregon Live, \u200bfrom\u2064 2020\u2063 to 2021,\u2064 a \u200dnet\u2064 total\u2063 of 14,257\u200c tax filers and their dependents left the \u200bcounty. Most of these departing residents,\u200b who \u200bhad higher incomes, \u200bleft in the aftermath of the \u2062pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;The real question\u2064 is to what extent the \u2064pandemic era\u2064 changes \u2062were \u2063temporary, or if they are permanent,&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3>said\u200b state \u2062economist Josh Lehner. &#8220;Unfortunately, that can&#8217;t be \u200banswered until we get the 2023 and 2024 data.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200c data reveals\u2063 that over one fifth of those who left\u2064 Multnomah County relocated to the suburbs of Portland in nearby\u200c Clackamas County. Others chose to move to\u2064 states like Texas, South Carolina,\u200c or Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Portland residents have expressed their concerns about \u2063the escalating homelessness and \u2064crime\u200d rates, which have increased \u2064by 50% from 2019 to 2022. \u200dAs a result, the city&#8217;s population has been steadily declining, making Portland one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-county-home-to-portland-loses-over-1-billion-as-thousands-leave-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"Oregon county, home to Portland, loses B+ as thousands flee during pandemic.\">fastest shrinking cities<\/a> \u2064in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I want to\u200c cry,&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said Christina Hartnett, \u2063a local \u200cresident. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I just want my \u2062house back. My\u2064 lawn is now becoming a public bathroom.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larry May, \u200ca\u200d longtime resident, lamented the decline\u2063 of tourism in Portland, stating, <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;It&#8217;s like Portland died. The tourists haven&#8217;t come\u2062 back like they used to\u200d be.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">May also attributed the rise in crime to funding cuts for \u200bthe \u200cpolice \u2063department, expressing hope for \u200bits restoration:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I hope they get it back up again because\u2063 the crime is\u2064 really bad,\u2064 shootings. It&#8217;s not the Portland I knew.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690455510071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0zc8zwWGoXeRzcNJLiJVWI\">CLICK\u2064 HERE TO\u200b GET THE DAILYWIRE+\u200b APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2020, during violent protests against the police, Portland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nebraska-citys-fairness-ordinance-triggers-firestorm\/\" title=\"Nebraska City\u2019s \u2018Fairness Ordinance\u2019 Triggers Firestorm\">city council made<\/a> \u200bthe decision \u200cto cut the \u200cpolice department&#8217;s budget\u200b by\u2062 $15 million. \u200dAlthough the \u2064city has\u200d attempted to reinstate funding, the results have been \u2062minimal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consequently, the Portland police department has experienced a significant loss \u2062of\u2064 officers. While the city has hired more police since September, \u2062when it was short 100 cops, the department is still down approximately 80\u200b officers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oregon county, housing Portland, suffered a loss of over $1 billion in income due to a significant outflow of residents, driven by concerns about widespread homelessness and crime. 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