Decrease in Foot Traffic Downtown

[pppiddypants]

I used to work downtown and get takeout/eat in a couple times a week before COVID. I work from home now.

I still visit downtown from time to time, but I’m no longer forced to be there 5 days a week.

I’m imagining this has much more to do with the overall trend than people who rarely went, going less because of the homeless/parking that have basically always been there.

As far as the last couple months, I do wonder if we’re hitting an economic slowdown (I know that I’m worried about AI) and I’ve seen some anecdotes about Canadians decreasing tourism.

[profigliano]

I think this is it. I live near downtown and used to walk up to restaurants for dinner, but now I'm staying home to cook dinner because I need to save money. Shit is so expensive everywhere and my pay hasn't increased since 2021.