Portland's Shrinking Neighborhoods

Census figures show neighborhoods at the heart of Portland, OR, decreased in population...but not for the reason you might expect.

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March 21, 2001, 6:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Portland is a growing city in a fast-growing state. But many neighborhoods near the heart of the city lost population during the 1990s...people who could afford more space in the city got it, not by building big new homes but by having fewer people live in the existing ones... From a planning point of view, the waning population count near Portland's center raises two chief questions, goverment officials and academics said: Is enough being done to make homes in the city affordable and attractive to families with children? And is enough being done to lure empty nesters out of their big family homes into smaller abodes, in order to make room for new parents and their broods?"

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Census shows fewer reside in Portland's core

Friday, March 16, 2001 in The Oregonian

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