Word: downtowner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much, willy-nilly, to the decline of the old central cities. In the process of surrendering to unlimited automobility, these cities buried entire neighborhoods under concrete freeways, widened roads at the expense of shoppers and trees, bulldozed handsome buildings for parking lots and threatened the purpose and identity of downtown districts...
...have not yet considered investing in small cities of under 100,000 population. These centers are the backbone of our country, and need the same influx of investment and development if they are to survive. These communities, like the bigger ones, are faced with eroding tax bases and struggling downtown commercial districts. Yet they have a wealth of architecturally significant buildings. As mayor of a small city, I hope that developers will form partnerships with the public and private sectors to ensure our economic future...
...Running. Harry has continued the running he began up in the Poconos, as a way of getting his body back from those sodden years he never thought about it, just ate and did what he wanted, restaurant lunches downtown in Brewer plus the Rotary every Thursday, it begins to pack on. The town is dark he runs through, full of slanty alleys and sidewalks cracked and tipped from underneath, whole cement slabs lifted up by roots like crypt lids in a horror movie, the dead reach up, they catch athis heels...
...dinner costs less than ten dollars abound; but other than that the city has little to offer. And it is one of the world's most dangerous cities. Visitors are instructed not to walk anywhere at night, and to exercise great caution during the day, especially on weekends. A downtown neighborhood which contains a few leading hotels has earned the nickname "Murder Mile." Marauders prey on tourists and others and then melt into the lines for the buses to Soweto...
...casino, I began to understand the mentality of South Africa's whites. Since Bophuthatswana is in theory independent, there is no segregation. We were surrounded by Blacks, some of whom shot hostile glances at us or appeared to be sizing us up. We had narrowly escaped being robbed in downtown Johannesburg that morning by a young Black with a six-inch knife. Except when he retreats to his home in the suburbs, the white South African feels immersed in a sea of unfriendly Blacks...