While we wreck the inner city with condo towers...
... the jobs move out onto the edge of town, and beyond. Earth to Portland State: Your model is broken.
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Comments (2)
I've lived in cities with significant urban blight, and if you don't have attractive housing and other amenities (such as parks, retail, etc.) you can't bring back a city from a cycle of deterioration. You NEED people to live downtown because they help spur economic activity which pushes away crime and makes it a living city, not the "closed at six" town some places are.
But I certainly understand your point too - if the Pearl District is all housing, then where do you develop new jobs and businesses? We are running out of space. There needs to be a balance.
Posted by Randy Lesniak | April 7, 2009 8:29 AM
Interesting article on job sprawl and suburbs
http://is.gd/jacJ
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | April 7, 2009 1:24 PM