taal
Senior Member
I think the influence of more affluent people living in the neighborhood (particularly those from Aura, Five, etc) will naturally lead to fewer "super-low-end" stores - and hopefully allow for interesting independent shops (rather than a strip of dentists/dry-cleaners or chain mall stores)
hmm, not sure why you'd think we'd get that either way, that already doesn't exist.
btw this whole dentist/dry-cleaner argument doesn't pan out for the most part. That is in areas that can support more interesting retail (even in the base of condos) that's what we get. A really good example of this is a recent NYCC development, the base is now full of small restaurants / cafes / and the like, and maybe a dentist or two
Generally what happens in other areas where condos just go up and there's not much really that's all the has any chance of surviving (i.e. the dry-cleaners and the like) as there's no foot traffic outside the building alone (or maybe 2 or 3 in the complex), and that's not enough.