Originally Posted by
Teo9969
Honestly, suburbia was still king as recently as, what, 2008? Bricktown was certainly around by then, but that's a lot of what was downtown.
We talk all the time about the Thunder being a big deal for our national perception, but local perception of downtown has been greatly impacted by the Thunder. They gave people a reason to finally spend some substantive time downtown, and I think people have found that there's actually a lot to do.
I wouldn't say that downtown has taken over rule, but it does seem like suburbia has been knocked off the throne. I think we'll find that rather than downtown taking over, that the Urban Core as a whole is going to prevail…How OKC deals with the problem of rotting suburban areas will remain to be seen.
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