Sad story in about people moving away from Portland, citing "two reasons: high taxes and a growing sense of danger."
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a $900,000, 2,900 sq foot house on Zillow in NW Portland has taxes of $6,700. That is pretty moderate, tbh. What am I missing?
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As a Portland resident, this smacks of white privilege. White people (from other states) infiltrated the primarily black neighborhoods, buying up all the affordable houses, pushing those folks out and now they’re whining about it being unsafe and taxes are too high. Boo hoo.
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this story, man... come on. The taxes part is just a conclusion looking for evidence.
“Taxes don’t cause people to leave,” Ordóñez says. “There is plenty of research showing this. And the state is better off having a strong tax system with a few rich people leaving than it is..."
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Is this a surprise? A 14.69% tax rate is ridiculous.
So is letting the homeless run amok
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well if the yuppies leave maybe it will get cool and cheap again like it was 20 years ago
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One reason I have not moved back to Portland after leaving at the start of the pandemic is the capture of local government by the religion of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism and the subsequent surge in reverse discrimination, to wit:
Another reason I am not moving back to Portland is that local and regional elected officials and bureaucrats care more about the homeless than they do about the terrible harm unchecked homelessness is doing to individuals, neighborhoods, businesses and the city. Portlanders 1st!
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Then they should move. But it is likely they will find taxes are just as high when you combine sales tax with whatever other taxes they have. If it’s safety there are other places in Oregon to live.
good article but this line..."they aren’t voting Republican. But some are voting with their feet." That is the height of hypocrisy. If someone votes for certain people and policies that they themselves can't deal with...well that is obnoxious.