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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ There is no doubt that the city will have to adapt.
Where I take issue is with this ill-conceived effort by some to take this predicament and try to convince everyone that it was a good thing all along.
No it wasn't.
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Not sure anyone is really saying that though. I interpret it as more like - this is not ideal, but we (i.e. people with real skin in the game) can use it as an opportunity to create some real positive out of it too with various changes. And I believe that's absolutely correct. Commercial owners/landlords are going to have to adapt since they could be facing foreclosures and what not. This is why I think some will ultimately almost be "forced" to consider converting some space to residential. And honestly, creating more pockets of 24-hour neighborhoods within the Loop is a good thing. It's just how we've arrived up until this point is not necessarily a good or ideal situation. But it's an opportunity to create some positive changes at the same time instead of doing nothing about it.
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