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Traditional downtowns are dead or dying in many US cities − what's next for these zones? (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

yes, totally. Infastructure, transportation and communal spaces are already there, would be perfect for housing.

People will complain about how office buildings are too difficult to convert into housing, but that's not true in all cases. Many office buildings are very suitable to be turned into housing. If even half of them underwent conversion that would be a huge step.

I think the real problem is it isn't super profitable to do this, so there's not much will to do it.