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Originally Posted by bunt_q
Also, we looked at ridership to cherry creek when we did our little streetcar study. It was closer to hundreds than thousands. It was actually shockingly low. What ridership there is is mostly pass through ridership to destinations east, Glendale, Aurora. Wealthy people don't ride the bus. And it doesn't get much wealthier than Cherry Creek.
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As most of us are well aware, CC is happy just the way it is.
Of course, there are two classes of bus riders that might ride buses through or to CC: the first might be the highly idealist upper middle class well dressed shopper who wants to ride the bus with strangers while carrying stuffed boutique plastic shopping bags. I am sure there are many of them. The second are the minions who wash dishes, mop floors, make salads, and, do low level retail. This group would like great public transit in CC but are of little concern to the neighborhood beyond how hard they work and how little they can be paid.
Then there is the reality that thieves go to where the money is, so why provide "them*" with the convenient public transportation?
*Ever walk around CC wearing rumpled Goodwill clothes and a week's beard? A different place than if you dress "wealthy"