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Another, more sustainable, option is to make it more pleasant to live in downtown areas. NYC probably doesn’t have this issue as much as others, but plenty of s

Another, more sustainable, option is to make it more pleasant to live in downtown areas. NYC probably doesn’t have this issue as much as others, but plenty of smaller cities were completely dead on the weekends because few actually live downtown. It’s way more sustainable to have neighborhoods built on many small businesses and hundreds of families. If a small business shuts down or someone moves out, it doesn’t have a huge impact on the overall neighborhood. Compare to huge businesses employing thousands. If they move, it is obviously devastating to the local economy because this one entity was the bedrock of the town. (Especially a thing in lots of smaller towns and cities!) NYC doesn’t have that problem maybe, but many cities will have to deal with this shift, and the solution isn’t to be regressive but to start finding new ways to make these places vibrant.

hungryforcodes 5y ago
Though NYC is expensive.
frozenport 5y ago
Districts in Manhattan have that problem, and are indeed dead after 9 to 5 hours.
- sjg007 5y ago
  Makes no sense. Plenty of folks live in Manhattan.
  - ceras 5y ago
    They're probably mainly thinking about Midtown East, which is almost purely an office hub and indeed pretty empty on weekends. It's kinda nice being there and feeling eerily alone. It used to be FiDi was the same, but it's become pretty residential. Still, I know many restaurants there that only open M-F, especially on the eastern side where fewer tourists venture. Everywhere else in Manhattan is sufficiently residential enough (or in the case of Midtown, touristy enough) to be lively on nights and weekends.
dt5702 5y ago
The square mile in London is deserted at the weekend (despite presumably most of the offices having some occupants). I’d say this is more about businesses having to adapt to what people want rather than forcing people to behave in certain ways.
SkyPuncher 5y ago
My wife and I live in smaller cities for her job. Well we will in the suburbs. We've always found it odd how we see these news stories of the local downtown dying yet, they all offer nothing of value to many on the evenings and weekends.

hungryforcodes 5y ago

Though NYC is expensive.

frozenport 5y ago

Districts in Manhattan have that problem, and are indeed dead after 9 to 5 hours.

sjg007 5y ago
Makes no sense. Plenty of folks live in Manhattan.
- ceras 5y ago
  They're probably mainly thinking about Midtown East, which is almost purely an office hub and indeed pretty empty on weekends. It's kinda nice being there and feeling eerily alone. It used to be FiDi was the same, but it's become pretty residential. Still, I know many restaurants there that only open M-F, especially on the eastern side where fewer tourists venture. Everywhere else in Manhattan is sufficiently residential enough (or in the case of Midtown, touristy enough) to be lively on nights and weekends.

dt5702 5y ago

The square mile in London is deserted at the weekend (despite presumably most of the offices having some occupants). I’d say this is more about businesses having to adapt to what people want rather than forcing people to behave in certain ways.

SkyPuncher 5y ago

My wife and I live in smaller cities for her job. Well we will in the suburbs. We've always found it odd how we see these news stories of the local downtown dying yet, they all offer nothing of value to many on the evenings and weekends.