...and, dare I say, neoliberal pokicies?
...and, dare I say, neoliberal pokicies?
This is what just ~10 years of democrat rule can do to a city/state.
Source (paywall): https://www.dailymail.com/real-estate/article-15871885/denver-downtown-vacancy-housing-crisis.html
From the post:
>For years, Denver was one of America's great success stories. Drawn by its snow-capped mountain backdrop, thriving economy and coveted outdoor lifestyle, thousands of Americans flocked to Colorado's capital during and after the pandemic. Home prices surged, cranes filled the skyline and developers raced to keep up with demand. Today, the picture looks dramatically different. Downtown office towers sit eerily empty. Storefronts remain vacant. Housing prices are under pressure after years of rapid construction. Denver now holds an alarming title: the highest downtown office vacancy rate among the nation's 50 largest cities. The city's struggles have become a cautionary tale for urban centers across America grappling with the long-term consequences of remote work.
This is what just ~10 years of democrat rule can do to a city/state.
Source (paywall): https://www.dailymail.com/real-estate/article-15871885/denver-downtown-vacancy-housing-crisis.html
From the post:
>>For years, Denver was one of America's great success stories.
Drawn by its snow-capped mountain backdrop, thriving economy and coveted outdoor lifestyle, thousands of Americans flocked to Colorado's capital during and after the pandemic. Home prices surged, cranes filled the skyline and developers raced to keep up with demand.
Today, the picture looks dramatically different.
Downtown office towers sit eerily empty. Storefronts remain vacant. Housing prices are under pressure after years of rapid construction. Denver now holds an alarming title: the highest downtown office vacancy rate among the nation's 50 largest cities.
The city's struggles have become a cautionary tale for urban centers across America grappling with the long-term consequences of remote work.
Many of Denver's professional, technology, finance and energy jobs still exist and continue supporting the regional economy, he said, but they no longer generate the same weekday foot traffic that downtown businesses once relied on.
In many ways, Denver became a victim of changing work habits.
“changing work habits”
Add that to the list below “changing consumer habits”.
Every city has lower office occupancy rates due to remote work, and there are idiot managers in every city trying to force employees to report in to the office 2 or 3 days a week to satisfy their narcissism. I’m betting employees of downtown Denver companies told their employers they would immediately look for another job. It would be the people you don’t want to lose who tell you that. That’s when an employer backs off.
> Many of Denver's professional, technology, finance and energy jobs still exist and continue supporting the regional economy, he said, but they no longer generate the same weekday foot traffic that downtown businesses once relied on.
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> In many ways, Denver became a victim of changing work habits.
“changing work habits”
Add that to the list below “changing consumer habits”.
Every city has lower office occupancy rates due to remote work, and there are idiot managers in every city trying to force employees to report in to the office 2 or 3 days a week to satisfy their narcissism. I’m betting employees of downtown Denver companies told their employers they would immediately look for another job. It would be the people you *don’t* want to lose who tell you that. That’s when an employer backs off.
I have already told my boss multiple times if they try to require on-site I will find another job. The company I work for closed the local office long ago and it would force me to relocate to a city that still has a office. I hate every state they currently have offices in so that's a no-go.
I also have extremely specialized knowledge for a product that makes a LOT of money. The boss has said there are zero intentions to force RTO/Relocation for anyone that is and has been remote and is not near a office and will fight it if they try.
I have already told my boss multiple times if they try to require on-site I will find another job. The company I work for closed the local office long ago and it would force me to relocate to a city that still has a office. I hate every state they currently have offices in so that's a no-go.
I also have extremely specialized knowledge for a product that makes a LOT of money. The boss has said there are zero intentions to force RTO/Relocation for anyone that is and has been remote and is not near a office and will fight it if they try.
Is the traffic still shit?
Is the traffic still shit?
Denver is ran by democrats that are openly hostile to cars and have stated that they have no intention of building new roads or expanding them while they actively re-draw lanes to add bike lanes that no one uses.
Unless the dem's are kicked out nothing will get better.
Denver is ran by democrats that are openly hostile to cars and have stated that they have no intention of building new roads or expanding them while they actively re-draw lanes to add bike lanes that no one uses.
Unless the dem's are kicked out nothing will get better.
muh democrats
Something something two sides of the same clipped shekel.
>muh democrats
Something something two sides of the same clipped shekel.
It's fucked all the way down but you have to admit that every single majority dem controlled area is -MORE- fucked.
It's fucked all the way down but you have to admit that every single majority dem controlled area is -MORE- fucked.