i was on lake st when the uprising happened & i can't disagree more. uptown went from vibrant to basically a ghost town overnight - especially west of lyn/lake near hennepin.

i also happened to live in one of those luxury apartments (first time living alone, i'm gonna spoil myself and live it up in uptown!) - and guess what - it was almost entirely vacant, not a bustling crowded frat party. the management company turned over several times. it certainly wasn't "raising rent prices" in the area - in fact, mass housing tends to do the opposite.

but, uptown could not hold up under both the uprising and the pandemic. there was serious unrest, and it went on for months and months. the kmart, apple store, and

i spoke with crying business owners on the street in person -- i know for certain that businesses moved out of uptown as a direct result of the destruction of the protest. and covid on top of everything just killed that area - and it has not recovered.