Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Arizona > Phoenix area
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 09-15-2016, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Tempe, AZ USA
17,916 posts, read 43,579,222 times
Reputation: 10736

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by kytoaz View Post
this is my point. I love dense urban areas but do not want to live on a college campus. and I have zero problems with young urban hipsters. I just don't want a downtown where the median age is 20.


A great deal of the existing housing (and of that being built) is not priced for or designed for students. There are lots of people older than college age living downtown, and more to come. When I'm downtown, I don't feel like I'm living on a college campus. YMMV, obviously.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-15-2016, 01:25 PM
 
Location: East Central Phoenix
8,053 posts, read 12,342,097 times
Reputation: 9850
Quote:
Originally Posted by kytoaz View Post
this is my point. I love dense urban areas but do not want to live on a college campus. and I have zero problems with young urban hipsters. I just don't want a downtown where the median age is 20.
One of your original complaints in this thread seemed to be about the "highrises" being constructed in the Roosevelt district (many of which are really midrises at best). Building upward is part of being dense, and that's what downtown & the surrounding areas should be: denser and taller. I can understand your concern about college students ... however, ASU Downtown has become pretty major part of the equation, so it's part of the development & changing of the area. I'm sure there are other parts of downtown that aren't overrun with college students.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 02:17 PM
 
61 posts, read 46,302 times
Reputation: 38
Quote:
Originally Posted by Valley Native View Post
One of your original complaints in this thread seemed to be about the "highrises" being constructed in the Roosevelt district (many of which are really midrises at best). Building upward is part of being dense, and that's what downtown & the surrounding areas should be: denser and taller. I can understand your concern about college students ... however, ASU Downtown has become pretty major part of the equation, so it's part of the development & changing of the area. I'm sure there are other parts of downtown that aren't overrun with college students.
True
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 04:32 PM
 
Location: PHX
408 posts, read 584,379 times
Reputation: 599
I remember living Downtown from 2009-2010 at Taylor Place while at ASU...talk about sleepy! The place was dead as hell most weekdays and weekends regularly. I would frequently hit up civic space park, and the lincoln YMCA as those were the most bustling places for a student at the Downtown Campus back then. Now that old pink hotel, that was a parking lot is now The Sandra Day O'Connor law building. I love that Phoenix has a bike-share program in force now, back then it was just light rail and the fairly beginning of its popularity too.

I moved from Downtown to Camelback east near 52nd and Thomas for a year, then back to Scottsdale before coming back to Garfield in Summer 2014. I could really see Downtown Phoenix starting to come alive during the end of 2014 into 2015. I left AZ last October, but I am excited to see all the changes that have been occurring lately. Hopefully a Fry's grocery store does come Downtown, and its an urban market type concept, Phoenix could be the real desert metropolis it deserve the title of having.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Historic Roosevelt Neighborhood
189 posts, read 232,719 times
Reputation: 333
Quote:
Originally Posted by BoiWonder13 View Post
I left AZ last October, but I am excited to see all the changes that have been occurring lately. Hopefully a Fry's grocery store does come Downtown, and its an urban market type concept, Phoenix could be the real desert metropolis it deserve the title of having.
Already in the works!

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/n...to-snag-a.html
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-16-2016, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
27,590 posts, read 14,718,701 times
Reputation: 9169
Quote:
Originally Posted by BoiWonder13 View Post
I remember living Downtown from 2009-2010 at Taylor Place while at ASU...talk about sleepy! The place was dead as hell most weekdays and weekends regularly. I would frequently hit up civic space park, and the lincoln YMCA as those were the most bustling places for a student at the Downtown Campus back then. Now that old pink hotel, that was a parking lot is now The Sandra Day O'Connor law building. I love that Phoenix has a bike-share program in force now, back then it was just light rail and the fairly beginning of its popularity too.

I moved from Downtown to Camelback east near 52nd and Thomas for a year, then back to Scottsdale before coming back to Garfield in Summer 2014. I could really see Downtown Phoenix starting to come alive during the end of 2014 into 2015. I left AZ last October, but I am excited to see all the changes that have been occurring lately. Hopefully a Fry's grocery store does come Downtown, and its an urban market type concept, Phoenix could be the real desert metropolis it deserve the title of having.
So are you moving back to Phoenix? I see you're in Atlanta these days?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2016, 09:12 AM
 
Location: PHX
408 posts, read 584,379 times
Reputation: 599
Quote:
Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220 View Post
So are you moving back to Phoenix? I see you're in Atlanta these days?
I would like to move back in my mid 30's and buy a home out there, but for my 20s I'm staying out east where the money's at! I miss it at times though...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2016, 02:09 PM
 
Location: East Central Phoenix
8,053 posts, read 12,342,097 times
Reputation: 9850
Quote:
Originally Posted by BoiWonder13 View Post
Hopefully a Fry's grocery store does come Downtown, and its an urban market type concept
There are plans for a Fry's, and it's supposed to be an urban market concept adjacent to CityScape. In fact, I think it might actually be an extension of CityScape because it's supposed to be incorporated into a highrise project. With the way so many of these proposals have gotten people's hopes up, only to be scrapped, I'll believe it when I see it!

Quote:
Originally Posted by BoiWonder13 View Post
Phoenix could be the real desert metropolis it deserve the title of having.
It already is a large desert metropolis, but improvements to downtown go far beyond a grocery store. It needs a larger corporate base or even a financial district with a taller skyline. If the central core had been the focal point of growth & development instead of always pushing things out to the suburbs, this could have been a reality by now.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2016, 06:06 PM
 
61 posts, read 46,302 times
Reputation: 38
Here is an article about the Fry's development. It is not part of cityscape. We do not need more corporate *******s in our town. Finance and corporations are the downfall of everything that made America great. We need local businesses with local manufacturing and services. Not a satellite office to help evade taxes in more prosperous states as apple already does in Nevada

The Vision for a Downtown Grocery Store Takes Shape - Downtown Phoenix Inc.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2016, 08:33 PM
 
Location: East Central Phoenix
8,053 posts, read 12,342,097 times
Reputation: 9850
Quote:
Originally Posted by nala1908 View Post
We do not need more corporate *******s in our town. Finance and corporations are the downfall of everything that made America great. We need local businesses with local manufacturing and services. Not a satellite office to help evade taxes in more prosperous states as apple already does in Nevada
Phoenix does need more of a corporate presence, but not satellite offices. A city this size should be the corporate HQ for more reputable Fortune 500 & Fortune 1,000 firms, as well as a good mix of local business. Above all, please don't call Phoenix a "town". Those who want a small town atmosphere with a lack of finance should move to a smaller town. NIMBYs be gone!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2022 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Arizona > Phoenix area
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:35 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top