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There's lots of stuff in the article about the feasibility of turning the buildings into apartments. But I don't see anything convincing about it saving the dow
by giantg2 3y ago
There's lots of stuff in the article about the feasibility of turning the buildings into apartments. But I don't see anything convincing about it saving the downtown. It seems to me that a lot of people who do leave downtown areas are leaving for non-housing issues - lack of services (police), high taxes, bad schools, etc.
- darkwizard42 3y agoI think you might be conflating two issues. Housing in downtown isn't desirable for a populace of people (probably true for those who need more space and/or want to think about issues like schooling etc.) and downtown isn't being used (even for office use). The idea to turn office towers into apartments tries to address the second issue without explicitly trying to solve the first (which is make downtown more desirable to live in).
- giantg2 3y agoI'm not conflating them at all. They are two interdependent variables in the system. Even TFA says that 20% usage of the empty buildings would be extremely optimistic. So you're not going to be even close to solving it by focusing on just the second.