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Originally Posted by pegster
It's good to remember that the hollowing out of downtowns is also not just a Winnipeg problem. I was in Minneapolis recently, and while the downtown is certainly a lot cleaner than ours, boy did large swaths of it feel dead. Lots of retail vacancy, emptiness on both the street level and in the skywalk. It's telling that the most alive parts, close to the river and in the North Loop/Warehouse District area, were exactly where there was a lot of dense residential development going on.
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Yes it's a problem in many cities, large and small. I think most people recognize the need to do exactly as you stated; increase residential development in their downtowns. It takes effort, time, money and creativity, and I think Winnipeg has been making some gains, though not without occasional setbacks.
Of course it never helps to see tiresome comments, repeated ad nauseam, suggesting that's it's just a "Winnipeg" thing. I've stopped trying to figure those folks out.
Interesting article about that issue:
https://rsmcanada.com/insights/indus...downtowns.html