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Originally Posted by MMDelon
Hey everyone I am new to the group and have been reading your post for awhile and decided to join. I am born and raised here in the Valley and it's pretty cool to see the development during the last 5 years. I am still a little confused on why Phoenix has such a small downtown with such a big population. I know some of it has to do with the airport and some due to height restrictions. Things like urban sprawl plays a part to but it's still very surprising when I visit cities like Austin, Denver, and Seattle to see the difference in the skyline and downtown development. What do y'all feel needs to happen for our downtown to catch up?
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I'm also a native and I used to wonder the same thing. Then I learned that Phoenix used to have a vibrant downtown. A long series of bad decisions, lack of vision, outright civic vandalism, and just plain bad luck over the course of 50+ years left us with the huge redevelopment project we have now. Fortunately, things have turned around and downtown has come a long way in the past 20 years. It still has a long way to go but the trend is looking up.
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