More than half say BC downtown core has declined over the past year: poll

With local elections just two months away, more than half of British Columbians have serious concerns about the downtown core, new poll reveals. rice field.

According to a survey conducted by Leger, 54% of her state respondents believe that the city center closest to where they live has decreased in the last year. I understand. More than 3 in 10 say they have significantly decreased.

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Nearly 10 This was higher than the 45% of Canadians who said their nearest downtown had deteriorated and about 3 in 10 in the US who said the same.

President Steve Mossop said as City of Vancouver staff moved to tents and structures in East Hastings. He said adding issues other than inflation and gasoline prices had a strong response from the public.

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Local Election Issues Because I'm not just talking about downtown Vancouver, I'm talking about the downtown core closest to where they live, whether it's Maple Ridge or Surrey.

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Mossop said the results also indicate that the concern is not confined to urban dwellers, as rural residents are likely to experience similar susceptibility in downtown areas closest to their homes.

Mental health problems were cited as the top reasons for the decline in British Columbia, with rising crime rates, drug addiction and homelessness, safety concerns, A lack of cleanliness followed.

About one in five respondents (22%) said they had worried about downtown safety in the past Said they had experienced aggressive behavior and 16% said they would. I was the victim of a petty crime.

The poll will be conducted from 5 August 2022 to 8 August 2022, with 1,509 Canadians aged 18 and over drawn from a representative panel of Leger Opinions. and a representative sample of 1,002 Americans were used. Data are statistically weighted according to Canadian Census figures. Error bars cannot be associated with nonprobability samples in panel studies. For comparison, the error bars for a random sample of this size are ±2.52%, 19 out of 20 for the Canadian sample.

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