(03-03-2020, 12:48 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-02-2020, 09:12 PM)Sneakers Wrote: Of course Brooklyn area residents will venture outside of their neighborhood.  They may even visit your "entertainment complex" occasionally.  They may also go to the Town Center or the beaches.  The point is their impact is just a drop in the bucket and there is other competition for their disposable income, both in Brooklyn and elsewhere.  You're the one who thought that "hundreds" of new residents was significant, not I.

I, for one, find the constant panhandling annoying and prefer areas where I don't have to deal with it.

Sounds like you expect Lot J to become Bourbon Street...…….....not happening.

The "not so nice area" thing is baffling to you because you're not looking at the overall picture.  Not everyone will be approaching on Bay Street.  Everything to the east of Lot J is industrial.  North of the stadium isn't exactly pretty.  There are still plenty of vacant/boarded up buildings within a couple blocks of the new courthouse.  Sorry, but downtown Jacksonville isn't anything special.

Wow. 

Those are some precious sensibilities you have, there.