The death of downtown: Midwest cities offer 'nothing special' compared to the charm of those on the coast, says researcher — is the Heartland dying for transplants?
Researchers say it might be time to “reinvent downtown.”
While urban flight has been emptying big coastal cities in recent years, America’s heartland is contending with an exodus of its own.
Among the cities currently struggling the most, five of the bottom 10 (measured from Dec. 2022 to Feb. 2023) are in the Midwest: St. Louis, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Kansas City, Missouri.
Nine of the 13 Midwestern American cities tracked in the study are also in the bottom half of the rankings.
Office buildings in general are in trouble including ones in the suburbs.
