Elkhart downtown (#0174)

As I discovered in multiple older cities in Indiana, many downtown areas are doing surprising well, with small retail, entertainment, and dining business that seem to be quite successful at keeping the areas alive and thriving.

Admittedly, I did not expect this. I haven’t done any representative sample, but it seems that in much of the western U.S., the downtown areas of older small cities are not doing nearly as well as what is visible here.