Trendy Hipster Economy FAILS Downtown Kansas City

Public policy analyst Patrick Tuohey has been proven correct yet again. 

CATERING TO KANSAS CITY'S "CREATIVES" HAS BEEN AN EPIC MISTAKE AND WASTED SO MUCH CASH!!!

 Here's the explanation that deserves another look at we move forward toward election season and so many politicos pretend to have forgotten this lesson . . . Check-it: 

"Kansas City’s “creative‑class” investments—downtown luxury apartments, entertainment districts, and infrastructure built for young urbanites—did not amount to a sustainable strategy for long‑term growth and retention . . . Many millennials preferred the suburbs: affordable housing, space, good schools, and stable services . . . As current national trends affirm, there is no magic bullet to make downtown living the default for most families. A better path remains broad and neutral: keep taxes reasonable, maintain infrastructure, support quality schools, and enable stable, moderately priced housing—suburban or urban—that families actually want."

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

New Observations Confirm Skepticism of Creative Class Urbanism

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