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Originally Posted by cardeza
Thats only one reason and changing the tax code doesnt mean alll good jobs would relocate to the city. Many firms do not want to be in the city, period. Many cities that have a disproportionate % of regional jobs downtown have geographic barriers that impede the gradual diffusion of office developments into the burbs. When you look at sunbelt cities that typically dont face such constraints you see less dense CBDs and multiple business center nodes.
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I'm not just talking about downtown.
There are fallow sites (in addition to the obvious candidates, like the Navy Yard) that can support and are zoned for light industrial uses. Places like Far Northeast Philadelphia (around the airport), the old Crown Cork site, the Tacony Arsenal, virtually the entire riverfront between Fishtown and roughly Bensalem, Erie Avenue east of Broad Street, Bakers Square in Nicetown/Germantown, SW Philly around the airport. I'd also argue much of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions site should be rezoned to accomodate light industrial and manufacturing uses that could support tens of thousands of jobs for middle income Philadelphians.
With tax reform, these places would be teeming with light industrial development that would be beneficial for Philadelphians and the entire region. Instead, these jobs are almost always moving to the suburbs.
Downtown (and University City) are a fraction of this city's landmass.