Ghost Of Minneapolis Future
By Mitch Berg
What’s the term all the urbanist fanboys are using these days?
Oh, yeah – “vibrant”.
Here’s another example of blue city “vibrancy”, this time from San Francisco:
Any bets as to whether the Minneapolis City Council will consider “desolation” a bug, or a counter-capitalist feature?
March 25th, 2024 at 10:01 am
The bright side is that with the mass closure of stores there, perhaps real estate prices will start to drop in San Fran. The down side is that with all those empty stores, the street life that attracts people to the city is going to be destroyed. They’ll leave it all to the addicts.
March 25th, 2024 at 10:12 am
Every store around Oracle Park closed means the city will be able to convert them to provide much needed vibrant immigrant housing – what could be better?
March 25th, 2024 at 10:47 am
Speaking of providing Lebensraum for the local vibrant diverse immigrants and homeless, the City Of Minneapolis should move their tent encampments to the north half of Nicollet Island – its empty, undeveloped, out of the way, and within walking distance of all the social services downtown. Win-win for everyone!
March 25th, 2024 at 12:14 pm
Who needs business anyway?
March 25th, 2024 at 12:40 pm
bike,
You’re totally correct. I have friends that live in Frisco. They tell me that unless there is a game, downtown is almost dead anyway.
March 25th, 2024 at 4:04 pm
boss,
That happened to Saint Paul years ago, unless there is a change that I don’t know about.
Great news… my brother just sold his house in Saint Paul and is headed out of state. Scratch yet another (very) experienced engineer.
March 25th, 2024 at 5:51 pm
Greg,
To add, the left wing choo-choo trains have their highest number of riders, going to and from games.
March 25th, 2024 at 9:58 pm
Boss; San Francisco, Gary on the Bay.
Paging Inspector Callahan, we desperately need you now!