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Originally Posted by Table 5

I didn't say that it was a complete ghost town...I said that compared to other inner-city neighborhoods, it's an inferior option to live and conduct business right now. If you don't see that, then you either don't actually go there much, or are just doing your usual contrarian shtick.

I'm there every week-day and it's clear that it has lost a lot of mojo. You see a couple of smaller developments at the moment, but the exciting momentum that we saw 5+ years ago has stalled, and there are large blocks of land that have been sitting empty for years now. I visit businesses there and it would be hard to describe any of them as hopping. You can't blame everything on Covid, especially when you look at other areas of the cities that are booming with construction. University District or Marda Loop seem to be starting a new project every month. I go to Bridgeland and that place is absolutely hopping on a weekend with a lot of the same demographic I used to see in EV.

I know it's internet edgy to want to brush off open drug use, but most people would rather not be around it, and many with actual skin in the game are choosing to invest elsewhere. But if you think it's great place to live or put your money, go nuts.

You have to wait until the pickleball courts are done being built though. That'll change everything.