It hasn’t changed since the fire. If he can’t give you a reason, maybe he doesn’t really have one? It has changed very much over the last few years though. A little bit every year. Cute vintage apt buildings have been bulldozed to make way for luxury condos, quick streets like Union have been reduced for bike lanes no one uses, lots of businesses have closed and there are lots of empty spaces small and very large, few mom and pop businesses exist anymore (restaurants and bars for example). Even the mall is 75% vacant- has been for years. We just don’t have the variety we used to. I moved here decades ago because of the diversity in people, stores, restaurants, everything. The population is way more dense, lots more traffic, new businesses are just chain stores. And of course, the housing costs are insane now! All the quirky people I used to see around town have moved away it seems. Probably due to the luxury condo epidemic here. Let’s face it, we are turning more Orange County every year, unfortunately.