For me, making the city big leagues is rapid transit. Not bus rapid transit, but grade-separated light rail, or whatnot.
I would prefer to have an IKEA than not have an IKEA, but I wouldn't be devastated if it did not materialize. I worry a bit about more hollowing out, as the usual bric-a-brac big box and strip malls that would pop up around a new IKEA would suck even more life out of White Oaks, Westmount, and existing retail plazas.
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."-President Lyndon B. Johnson Donald Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. Am I an Asseau?
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