Quote Originally Posted by PhiAlpha View Post
I understand your frustration with the process but the other poster is correct. They got one block in the CBD wrong, but many more things are going right in the urban districts outside the CBD. To say that this decision is a reason to move away or not move back, when taking into consideration all the good developments that have come over the last few years, is way extreme. To each his own, but I wouldn't make my decision to move based on one city decision.
The problem that is bigger than one city block is HOW this city allows decisions to be made. OKC leaders like Mick Cornett have been spouting that OKC is a city where young people can change the city. Well, where was he during this entire process? Has he done anything recently to indicate this is really how OKC works? If I moved to OKC I'd be active in trying to fight for a more walkable, sustainable, and democratic city, but the way this whole thing played out showed that OKC is only interested in grassroots decision-making for PR purposes. The real city leaders seem to see the "creative class" as a demographic necessity on paper OKC, but they're clearly a demographic that's not taken seriously. I'm not interested in participating in a city with rigged processes because we've seen over and over again that the real decision-makers are behind the curtain. And this isn't the only example (see how the most popular Boulevard option was ignored among other examples).