Not all cities want or need to optimize for urban professionals. The people moving to places like Florida aren't there for hip job opportunites; they go to cash

Not all cities want or need to optimize for urban professionals. The people moving to places like Florida aren't there for hip job opportunites; they go to cash out the 401k and play golf for 10 hours a day. To those people better pedistrian accessibility just means more things to dodge while driving the Grand Marquis to Cracker Barrel.