That explains things. From my perspective, downtown is the central part of the city rather than an office desert. Roughly speaking, 25% of people prefer urban

That explains things. From my perspective, downtown is the central part of the city rather than an office desert. Roughly speaking, 25% of people prefer urban living, 50% prefer suburban living, and 25% prefer rural living. The numbers vary a bit from place to place and time to time, but the general idea is like that. 25% of the population is a huge number of people that need a lot of services. Downtown is the most accessible part of the city for those who travel by foot and public transport. That makes it the ideal location for services that people who live in an urban area use occasionally. Some services, such as theaters and museums, prefer downtown locations, because their audience consists mostly of tourists and people who live in urban areas. And some services prefer to locate near the edge of the downtown, as they serve both urban and suburban people.