Originally Posted by
king183
My employer had been strongly considering moving our offices downtown for a while. It was down to two locations: one downtown office tower and one in the capitol complex. When the locations were presented to the employees (we have about 400), there was an eruption against the downtown location. You know why? Because employees would have to walk farther to get to work. We wouldn't be able to park in a parking lot in front of the office and walk the 50 feet to our desk.
I kid you not, this was a quote, stated in exasperated tones, from one of the employees who was opposed to the downtown location: "If we move downtown, we have to park in a parking garage, which means we'll have to walk A WHOLE BLOCK to get to work!"
A. whole. block. People were horrified at the prospect.
If this is how Oklahomans view walking, creating a truly urban environment downtown is going to be slower going than I imagined.
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