Downtown Jacksonville

[Gunnar]

Seems like a chicken and egg problem.

[simms3]

The question could have been rephrased:

"Would a larger skyline improve our image [what image, image of what and to whom - to NFL viewers, to the AP/nighttime news viewers]?"

I can't think of a moment when anyone I know would see the Jax skyline.  Not a lot of NFL/Jags watchers in my camp and nobody watches cable news to see anybody with a shot of the skyline behind them.  The only news we see may be whatever filters up to John Oliver or Bill Maher or an article on social media.

You could double Jacksonville's skyline and it would still be small.  Moreover, Tulsa, OK has a larger skyline and taller buildings and is a nonexistent place.  OKC just built some fantastic new buildings and I wouldn't say it's all of a sudden "the place".  Austin, TX was cool and popular well before it started sprouting office and residential towers right and left.

The question and answer deserves some brain power, which is what is lacking in NEFL.

[tufsu1]

but we need affordable apartments as well.

There are plenty of affordable apartments in the new City Center called Town Center,

really?  what's your definition of affordable?

[thelakelander]

The newer apartments around the Town Center strip mall are some of the most expensive in town.

[vicupstate]

but we need affordable apartments as well.

Jax tried this back in the early to mid 2000s, right after the Super Bowl and it went nowhere. Would love to see it happen, again, but got to get more people living downtown.

Which is precisely why project like the Laura Trio need to happen ASAP.

[mtraininjax]

really?  what's your definition of affordable?

And since you provide no examples, I presume your version of affordable would be Eureka Gardens. 

The newer apartments around the Town Center strip mall are some of the most expensive in town.

Lake, who cares if the sidewalks are paved with gold? If people are renting them, there is obviously more value in living there than the cost. Brooklyn's rents are ridiculous, but people are renting them. No matter what the cost is for the rent.

[tufsu1]

^ You're the one who made the claim that there are plenty of affordable apartments in the Town Center area....I'm just asking what you define as affordable?

[mtraininjax]

^ You're the one who made the claim that there are plenty of affordable apartments in the Town Center area....I'm just asking what you define as affordable?

Obviously more than you can afford!