Denver: Let’s build a tech centre and move our businesses out of town
Also Denver: Oh no the businesses moved out of town
So many that work in the Tech Center moved to Colorado Springs because it’s cheaper, too.
We stopped going to downtown, almost for any reason except Avs games. Even then, we leave the sack and Uber right back to cherry creek. We used to stay in downtown all the time with my spouse’s hotel employee benefits but not anymore. Everything changed for us when a homeless dude tried to attack us as he was walking in the rain in a t shirt with his fists balled yelling. My empathy for the homeless druggies in downtown is gone. My spouse’s safety is more important.
That is largely because Texas keeps bussing their homeless to Denver.
Is that where they come from? There are so many homeless people in Denver, it’s insane.
Bad news, that means that downtown is trending towards blight. More buildings will vacate, businesses will leave, great increase in crime, and a worsening of living conditions. Goods news is housing will be cheaper, but that also means downtown will be a slum.
It’s the 1970s all over again.
