Shot in the Dark

Ghost Of Minneapolis Future

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?


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8 responses to “Ghost Of Minneapolis Future”

  1. bikebubba Avatar
    bikebubba

    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.

  2. MacArthur Wheeler Avatar
    MacArthur Wheeler

    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?

  3. MacArthur Wheeler Avatar
    MacArthur Wheeler

    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!

  4. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    Who needs business anyway?

  5. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    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.

  6. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    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.

  7. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    Greg,
    To add, the left wing choo-choo trains have their highest number of riders, going to and from games.

  8. bikebubba Avatar
    bikebubba

    Boss; San Francisco, Gary on the Bay.

    Paging Inspector Callahan, we desperately need you now!

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