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Originally Posted by Cro Burnham
[yawning and checking my watch] Did you just finish your sociology term paper? Pipe down.
I didn't say I thought it was right. I'd like a nice multiplex in Center City.
I'm just summarizing what most corporate developer/investors think. You don't seem to get that. Note I suggested there is an element of institutional racism or classism probably at play here. Note also I pointed out the difference between correlation and causation.
The fact is, only companies like PREIT with big money will build a multiplex, and only if it adds value to their overall development strategy. They build stuff for and make money off upper middle class people (not me, BTW), not teens who like kung fu flicks. They won't develop things that don't contribute to their "value proposition".
If you want a mainstream multiplex in Center City that shows youth-oriented movies, my guess is that you'll have to get the City to build it, because I don't think PREIT, Brandywine, Liberty Property, or any other corporate player will.
Now, please continue ignoring what I wrote and go on blithering your self-righteous rant at straw men.
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Upper Middle Class people are not going to shop at "The Fashion Outlets of Philadelphia" on East Market Street, FYI.
They'll be on Walnut Street.
The people who will be at the Fashion Outlets of Philadelphia are regular folk and tourists, which is ironic, considering you seem to suggest that's exactly who they're trying to avoid attracting, according to you.
Anyways...yawn. Demographic discussions are boring, especially when everyone claims to be not a part of this or that group. Relative to the population as a whole, there are relatively few "upper middle" class people, at least as defined by demographers, in comparison to the total population. There are even fewer truly wealthy (i.e. upper class) people.
To suggest this development could survive without the vast middle is just absurd. That's squarely who they're aiming for even though they're not admitting it because doing so is not sexy for marketing purposes.