Readers Respond to Oregon’s Population Decline

Last week, Portland’s only Cinnabon, which operated in the Lloyd Center Mall, closed up shop. That is a sufficient explanation for why Oregonians are moving to other states. Nonetheless, people continue to search for other ways to explain the population loss. Among them is former state economist Mark McMullen, who chalks up the dwindling in-migration to Oregon’s high cost of living, especially housing (“Hotseat: Mark McMullen,” WW, Nov. 6). As with all stories about moving vans, his analysis triggered an airing of grievances in the comments. Here’s what our readers had to say:

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