Portlanders’ view of downtown continues to improve, but its reputation is still under repair, a new poll commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive found.
Nearly half, or 47% of Portland residents who responded to an April poll, said they have a positive impression of downtown, compared to 39% when asked the same question last March and 28% two years ago.
John Horvick, senior vice president at pollster DHM Research, said seeing fewer than half of residents respond with a positive view certainly isn’t great, but there’s a modicum of good news in the data…