[jtown,man]

Me and my gf would be making more trips downtown for an urban H&M and would also stop by a Target store downtown. We look at downtown as a place for wealthier people to shop(think small boutiques). If we were to take all the Domain, spread out those stores downtown or even all on Congress you could, over-night, add *a lot* of ped activity downtown.

Austin is quite lucky. A lot of downtowns have a problem bringing in people, period. Austin seems to bring in a good amount of people its relative lack of attractions(not a lot of museums, shopping etc) Add in more "mainstream" shopping and museums, I think you could see a huge increase of non-downtown/non-tourist coming into downtown to spend cash.