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Originally Posted by Wildcats
Trolling...? I'm not even sure what you mean by that! I am beginning to think that many here are jealous or resentful of me. Is this your personal website? I am not looking for new friends here. If there is some legal issue where only liberals that are asu grads allowed - on this site - that pay for it - let me know. Being virtually deserted in downtown Phoenix is not entirely to be blamed on the pandemic. I have read comments how shocked people were with no one was on the streets. What I wrote were facts. The courthouse square in Prescott has more traffic and people than downtown Phoenix. The pandemic means worldwide.
For the asu sun devil: success and growth takes MONEY!!!! Who do you think can afford to pay for $1,900 a month one bedroom apartments!?! You get all giddy with the new apartment buildings - yet, do you think that someone that hasn't any money can afford to live there!?! If there are no takers - developers will not build!
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You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Downtown Phoenix was thriving before the pandemic. I know because I worked Downtown for 7 years straight before my job moved out to Encanto Blvd/19th Ave this past Winter. Even since then, I have been walking Downtown nearly daily for my lunch breaks and sometimes in the evening. For the last 3 years, downtown has been very active. Does it feel like Old Town Scottsdale or Mill Ave? Of course not. Those areas have a much smaller footprint to fill with pedestrians and have been well established for many years. But downtown isn't exactly tumbleweeds blowing in the wind either. Do you honestly think they are building all these residential units and towers for no one?
Stop remembering downtown 30-40 years ago or whenever it was you were there. Phoenix has changed IMMENSELY in the last 3 years alone. So much so, if I had moved from Phoenix 3 years ago and came back (just before the virus took it's toll), I would have sworn I wasn't in Phoenix. And yes, the virus HAS taken an immense toll on Downtown Phoenix and nearly every Downtown in the country. I've been to Old Town on the last few weekends and it's as dead as I have ever seen with half the businesses and restaurants closed or very few customers.
And no, this is not a privately owned website or an ASU/hippie/liberal board. It just has forum rules that I suggest you read in the Forum FAQ's section. While you're at it, I suggest you do go and read the definition of "Internet Troll".