> Additionally, there were no shopping malls, so there was no where else > to go anyway. >
More and more downtown areas are becoming successful because people are getting turned off by the shopping mall idea. It's a regular cycle I think and the tide has turned to more of a downtown preference. > > That's why I've always disagreed with Dan Jacobson's hope of an > artist's mecca. When you are New Hope and you have thousands of rooms > for rent to vacationers, you can have that. People blow money on > unusual things on vacation. When you are trying to attract local > residents, you are dead without small staple items that people have to > buy every day. Does anyone really believe Dan wants an artist's mecca? I haven't met a single artist that believes he does. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/