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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things are shifting, much of it as a result of cultural change driven by the pandemic, and there will be ramifications that aren't good. Urban spaces are going to see decline, the question is how much and how bad is it going to get; I think it might get really bad. [/quote]

Urban spaces see a decline because the US has an idiotic policy of having people live in the burbs, work in offices downtown and spend their lives in lines in car commuting. I am from Europe and spent time recently in Milan, Copenaghen and Rome. The pandemic brought problems everywhere but those cities are still full of people and open stores. I work at connecticut snd k and all the stores in the block closed down a while ago. There is nothing there other than offices and with people working from home stores cant afford to pay the hire rent with the reduced foot traffic. Downtowns are becoming deserts in US towns because downtowns were reduced to be office buildings and nothing else[/quote]

In general this is true, but DC has actually had a more vibrant downtown for many years than cities like LA, Houston.  It's less vibrant than NYC and Chicago, but it does pretty well.

What it needs it to be redeveloped with housing and feeding tourists at the center.  As it is, there is tremendous capacity to grow the number of tourists who stay downtown.[/quote]

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