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> more and more full city blocks of store fronts sit empty Large parts of Tribeca right now are empty and boarded up. You'd think it was London during The Blit
by Alex3917 8y ago
> more and more full city blocks of store fronts sit empty
Large parts of Tribeca right now are empty and boarded up. You'd think it was London during The Blitz and everyone was just hiding or something.
For all that people complain about SF, it's pretty amazing that you can go there after not having visited for ten years and not a single thing has changed. All the houses are the same color, all the same little shops and restaurants are still in business, etc. Whereas you walk down St. Marks or Carmine St. and the majority of businesses are less than a year old.
- CydeWeys 8y agoMost neighborhoods aren't like that, by the way. None of the ones I typically frequent anyway. As for there being many businesses starting all the time, that's a good thing. It means the city's economy is vibrant, and less profitable businesses are turning over to make room for ones that can be more profitable. Neighborhoods that only have the same businesses that have been there forever generally aren't doing very well economically-speaking, as they haven't been able to attract investment or growth.
- throwawaymath 8y agoI live in NYC and it has not been my experience that large parts of TriBeCa are boarded up. Can you maybe give a few example streets you're talking about?
- Alex3917 8y agoI haven't been down there in a year so I don't remember exactly, but it was more the part north of city hall rather than the part to the west. You can see on Google Maps just going along Leonard St. or whatever that pretty much every storefront is vacant.