I really doubt you have any basis for the statement that the NBA would drive people to live downtown. Two people isn't a statistic.AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 1:10 pm
I heavily disagree with that. Alot more people would move downtown permanently if we got NBA down there. Alot of people in these threads seem to underestimate people's' want and support for more downtown stuff, just like the airport and streetcar people were "shocked" that 75% of people in this market wanted those things. At that logic, then anything that comes downtown won't ever move the needle if an NBA team can't. A hotel and more highrises and entertainment I think would be a given if we had a pro-team down there. People go there now without even having one. I know, anecdotally, atleast a couple friends who would move down there if they did get a team, so once again I think KC underestimates the amount of support it would bring in for people going down there with a team.
People didn't move to Independence or Raytown to be near the Chiefs or Royals and that's been possible for decades. That area has never had demand for development and the Royals are 50 years old
Access to work, good schools, shopping would be the big three reasons people move somewhere.
7 years of posts on the topic of what people want downtown
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=18442
75% of people don't want (to pay for) rail transit. The only citywide vote that passed for rail in the past 20 years was closer to 50% and it took all it's money from the bus so there was no new taxes on the ballot
You're failing hard on selection bias, thinking your small community represents the greater demand.