McCauleyChirps
Gare's "Partner"
Downtown is in the middle of being revived, so you aren't going to convince this Rochester resident. There's close to 1,500 residential units under construction now in the middle of downtown, so it'll be quite different in a year. To deny everything that's going on there is dumb.
You clearly don't know the difference between switching affiliations and moving an entire franchise. The Amerks existed when Portland was affiliated with Buffalo.
I'm not denying everything that's going on. Take the midtown restoration for example. The new building that Windstream is in still has space available. There's also open space available in B&L, Clinton Square, and HSBC Plaza. I don't have a problem with the "revival", but the way the City is going about it all wrong. Sure, build more residences downtown, but wait - where and how will these residents simply get to a grocery store? Car? That's defeating the reason for living downtown, why live there when someone has to travel by vehicle anyway? Forget about families, the Rochester schools are the worst in WNY. They'll need to ship the kids out to either Charter or private schools.
It won't be different in a year. Midtown has been under construction for almost 5 years! The new Chase building apartments? 3 years, at least.
Stop being naive about the "revival" of Rochester and look deeper. There is no quick fix. They should've started at transit and built from there.