Monday, September 11, 2006

Worthy re downtowns

Much of "informed opinion" takes it for granted that (i) downtowns (and especially LA's) are "coming back"; and (ii) they ought to be further encouraged to keep it up; and (iii) this effort should be paid for by everyone else.

Randy Crane takes a sober look at all this. His blog on the topic is worth reading.