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More on the 'urban doom loop': Many Real estate experts believe the pandemic may have created a new normal, one that has major implications for our cities
Hotair ^ | 12/05/2022 | John Sexton

Posted on 12/05/2022 9:11:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 12/05/2022 9:11:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Hmm. This is the exact opposite of what the Deep State elites want.


2 posted on 12/05/2022 9:14:45 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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Hmm. This is the exact opposite of what the Deep State elites want.
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they were supposed to weld them into their office buildings.

Too late.


3 posted on 12/05/2022 9:18:52 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: SeekAndFind
City officials are now looking for ways to bring customers back

"Step right up - get randomly beaten and win a prize"

4 posted on 12/05/2022 9:19:36 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: SeekAndFind
It's all good! No my circus. Not my monkeys.

5 posted on 12/05/2022 9:22:23 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is why you see the big banks as some of the biggest cheerleaders for forcing employees back to the office. Who do you think holds all these commercial real estate loans and what happens when the property used as collateral for these loans is suddenly worth much, much less than these banks valued it at when they made the loans?


6 posted on 12/05/2022 9:23:23 PM PST by Freedumb
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No mention of the possibility of “peaceful” demonstrations that add so much [sarc] to urban centers...Apparently not a concern worth mentioning...


7 posted on 12/05/2022 9:26:15 PM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. - Mencken)
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To: SeekAndFind
Elon Musk fired workers who refused to show up. We will see more of that unless you work for the federal government. In that case, D.C. will remain economically depressed but the suburbs will thrive. Nothing new.

Other cities like San Francisco is so woke that they refuse to arrest criminals. Separate issue. I bet Atlanta and Charlotte are both back to normal but will have to check the vacancy tree rate of their office buildings. Texas and Florida are thriving as we know.

8 posted on 12/05/2022 9:38:09 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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“Much of their revenue comes from these areas so if they aren’t being utilized the city’s tax base is shrinking and that means fewer resources to deal with problems (homelessness, crime) that are also plaguing cities.”


They have it backwards.


9 posted on 12/05/2022 9:48:48 PM PST by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Dittoes. What the cities caused with their lockdown idiocy has followed the Law of Unintended Consequences.

Get out your violins and play a sad tune.


10 posted on 12/05/2022 9:49:10 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: SeekAndFind

This sounds an awful lot like what they used to call “white flight”.


11 posted on 12/05/2022 9:49:13 PM PST by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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The article is about office buildings…. They ..not residences. .

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12 posted on 12/05/2022 9:56:30 PM PST by Mears (.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Big cities are becoming an anachronism, in part because they are poorly run, Leftist sewers.
13 posted on 12/05/2022 9:57:38 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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“More on the ‘urban doom loop’”

Doom loop?? So now folks should feel guilty about working from home and otherwise economizing? Hell with that. I thought Hot Air was better than that, but it’s become just another yellow journalism blog.


14 posted on 12/05/2022 10:01:03 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Exactly.


15 posted on 12/05/2022 10:02:24 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: SeekAndFind

They completely miss the fact of the deep state, soft on crime, coddle the criminals policies and that nobody wants to be the next target.


16 posted on 12/05/2022 10:49:58 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: SeekAndFind

Buyers with deep pockets who can swoop up NYC’s commercial properties and convert them into luxury residential housing will do very well.


17 posted on 12/06/2022 12:39:58 AM PST by montag813
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To: SeekAndFind

There is no mention in the article on the savings employees get in time, fuel, and child care working from home.


18 posted on 12/06/2022 1:01:25 AM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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“... what happens when the property used as collateral for these loans is suddenly worth much, much less than these banks valued it at when they made the loans ...”

A bit off-topic but this scenario is going to part of the Ds attack on PDJT’s tax situation, that his properties are overvalued so his tax bill deductions are over-stated. Hence he is cheating the tax man.


19 posted on 12/06/2022 3:01:12 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: SeekAndFind

St. George of Fentanyl a.k.a. “Mr. Hooper”, didn’t help matters.


20 posted on 12/06/2022 3:06:57 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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