STL 'Doom Loop' Foreshadows Future For Kansas City?!?

This week the Wall Street Journal offered a dire glimpse at the 2nd biggest city in Missouri and the their economic appraisal was terrifying. 

Denizens of our blog community have long contended that STL is hot garbage and KCMO would be wise avoid any & all connection with that enclave of human misery. 

Sadly . . . 12th & Oak leaders seek to forge a political alliance where NONE should exist. 

And this leads us to our bigger question: 

IS KANSAS CITY GOING THE WAY OF STL??? MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW CAN WE CHANGE OUR FATE?!?!

Now that voters have decided against downtown baseball, it's very unlikely that tattoo shops and mega-churches are going to pave the way for prosperity or even economic survival. 

Here's a peek at the problem . . .

The report painted downtown as an empty office district with "boarded up towers, copper thieves and failing retail" and said the city is "desperately trying to reverse the 'doom loop.'"

Critics of the piece said the report doesn't show the entire picture, but they also didn't shy from admitting that more work should be done to revitalize downtown.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Wall Street Journal report calling downtown St. Louis a 'real estate nightmare' doesn't show entire picture, critics say

In a front-page piece published this week, The Wall Street Journal called downtown St. Louis' real estate a 'nightmare,' pointing to its many vacant buildings.

WSJ calls Downtown St. Louis real estate a 'nightmare,' critics and locals respond

A recent Wall Street Journal article called the real estate situation of Downtown St. Louis a "nightmare" while describing challenges around vacant properties in the city.

Here's the original (paywalled) report . . .

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