Comment Re: Um (Score 4, Insightful) 215
Oh please....crime is a significant "force multiplier" on why people don't want to be downtown. Sure, a captive audience of officer workers nearby may have delayed the inevitable for a time, but people just don't want to be in that area and experience the filth and the crime. That applies to shopping AND working.
And it's not just Macy's. Until the city pulls its head out of its ass and creates an environment where people WANT to spend their time and dollars, it's all over but the shouting. As long as the voters are enabling the politicians who are allowing this to continue, I see little hope of improvement.