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Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)

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Posted: 08 Oct 2013

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Scottsbluff, NE downtown (0121)

Scottsbluff, NE downtown (0121)
Downtown Scottsbluff, Ne. It was surprising to see historic downtown shopping areas that are thriving here and in many Great Plains area cities.
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 Clint
Clint
I've noticed this about the Great Plains, too. Where I grew up, the small town centers were all decimated by the Wal-Mart era, and this seems true across all of the South and much of the Midwest. That changes as you move west up onto the High Plains, and I haven't figured out how they weathered it.
10 years ago.
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club has replied to Clint
Scottsbluff has Target, Walmart, and a mall, and yet downtown has maintained. In California some old downtowns are completely dead, while others thrive, and it doesn't seem to be related to the existence of Walmart/malls since the businesses in the downtowns are typically small, independent, businesses. I suspect the difference is significantly related to the character of the city councils and their attitudes about planning.
10 years ago.
Clint has replied to Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
I can't think of a single downtown in Kentucky that thrives, other than in the two biggest cities. Indiana and Illinois has a few that have weathered the last 20 years well, but they're few and far between, and I've never known what differentiates them. I do know that the idea of "planning" is a difficult one for Kentuckians to embrace, and the big box stores always get their way. Everybody gets cheap products and a few hundred minimum wage jobs, and that lets them think they've won.
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