Quote Originally Posted by emu steve View Post
-I'm sure all of this is baffling to the outsider who doesn't understand what is happening in and around downtown and midtwown while the rest of the city struggles badly.
Why is it baffling? It's very much related to the city's economic ills.

Pouring taxpayer money into projects that aren't feasible on the private market, calling this "revitalization", then wondering why the projects aren't successful over the long term and only spark more calls for taxpayer "participation" on other plots of land.