I had an appointment today in the nearby urban area. This particular mixed development is composed of about a dozen retail strips + medical + condos. It is modestly upscale --lots of "nuevo-millennial" restaurants, bistros, coffee shops.
Well,make that past tense. It WAS lots of "nuevo-millennial" restaurants, bistros, coffee shops. Now it is lots of blank glass storefronts. It was eerie and sad sitting in its vast parking lots at noon and watching just a handful of cars coming in to the dozen or so shops and restaurants that were open.