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Every year, the city sends a survey out to 10,000 Portlanders, inquiring about their perceptions of city services and quality of life. This month, the results are in!

One of the more publicized statistics from the 2011 survey is that ratings of downtown (sorry, Pioneer District) have taken a nosedive over the past few years. Maybe it's the constantly climbing parking and bus fees to actually get there, maybe it's all the loogies people feel the need to hock onto the city's sidewalks (YOU'RE ALL DISGUSTING), but rankings of downtown as a "good" or "very good" place to shop, live and work have dropped from 69 percent in 2008 to 58 percent this year. The surveys were filled out in July and August, so that perception can't be blamed on Occupy Portland.

But that perception is contrary to the facts: residents of downtown and Northwest Portland reported the lowest crime rate of any neighborhood in the city. Two percent of downtown dwellers reported home burglaries in the past year and nine percent reported car break-ins. Compare that to the statistically most crime-ridden neighborhood: East Portland. Eight percent of Portlanders who live east of I-205 reported homes burglaries in the past year and 24 percent had their cars broken into. Northwest and downtown residents also feel safer both alone and around police than other neighborhoods.

Despite this, everyone should probably head over across the river come the 2012 Zombie Apocalypse— East Portland respondents were by far the most disaster-prepared of all the districts, with 70 percent of reporting that they'd have enough supplies to last their household a week or longer.

Other interesting factoids below the cut!

— Feelings of overall security around Portland police are at a five-year low, with NoPo dropping a whopping 13 percent in citizens' approval of police (down to 53 percent from 66 percent in 2007). Southeast residents report the strongest approval of police.

— Unlike most neighborhoods, Southwest Portland has gotten significantly happier about housing affordability in the area.

— East of the river, Portlanders hate potholes; almost every neighborhood there was markedly more unhappy with the street maintenance process, with North Portland the most ticked off about the state of their streets.

— There is one thing that Portland neighborhoods seem to be united in, and it's concern for the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists. Every survey block reported more speeding cars and were increasingly worried about the well-being of those not in vehicles.

— Meanwhile, the parks are seeing fair use, with 41 percent of residents visiting a city park near their home at least weekly (not surprisingly, the 41 percent figure is an average of some pretty disparate neighborhood numbers — 57 percent of downtown/Northwest residents regularly hang out in their local parks, while only 20% of East Portlanders use theirs.)