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Originally Posted by rofina
Downtown is still emptiest I have seen it in years.
I don't think anyone had a clue at the amount of impact tourism had one the DT peninsula.
I became a bit more aware of this when I was biking the seawall maybe 3-4 years ago and realized the amount of tourists outnumbered the amount of locals.
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So true. In many areas the homeless outnumber other residents on the streets these days. Disorderliness and the smell of urine aren't going to attract locals to come hang out downtown. Stripping away the tourists, we are now seeing what the real downtown is like, and it's not pleasant.