> Over time the suburban big-box retailers will lose as fewer people will drive cars. No, the downtown core will lose when the shopping traffic shifts to the m

> Over time the suburban big-box retailers will lose as fewer people will drive cars. No, the downtown core will lose when the shopping traffic shifts to the mall as I noted in comment above. I had a SO whose family owned one of those small shops in the old downtown when parking became restricted, so I've seen first hand what happens to downtowns when parking goes away (all those shops are gone now).