[cardcrimson]

In the 2023 SFG thread, we talked about the decimation of return visitors and workers to San Francisco. San Jose is now experiencing 96% of the visits to the city's urban core that occurred in 2019, the final full year before the COVID shutdown. That's the third highest level of activity in the 66 downtown districts in North America, trailing only the 103% for Las Vegas and 97% in El Paso. These results are from a study conducted by the University of Toronto, used mobile phone activity as the measuring stick. Office worker returns in San Jose are at about 40%.

And here's the link to the study's graphic: https://downtownrecovery.com/charts/rankings

The news is not so good in other California cities. San Francisco is only at 67% of its pre-coronavirus visits (ranking 48th), and Oakland is at 74% of their pre-COVID visits, ranking 37th. LA and SD are at 83% and 80% respectively.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/23/s...ovid-tech/

Was downtown San Jose that vibrant before the pandemic? Always has seemed to me to be somewhat quiet for a downtown of a major city, so 96% of a lower number is still a lower number. Similarly, what's considered downtown in LA? What I considered downtown is always dead after dark. . . .

[cardcrimson]

In the 2023 SFG thread, we talked about the decimation of return visitors and workers to San Francisco. San Jose is now experiencing 96% of the visits to the city's urban core that occurred in 2019, the final full year before the COVID shutdown. That's the third highest level of activity in the 66 downtown districts in North America, trailing only the 103% for Las Vegas and 97% in El Paso. These results are from a study conducted by the University of Toronto, used mobile phone activity as the measuring stick. Office worker returns in San Jose are at about 40%.

And here's the link to the study's graphic: https://downtownrecovery.com/charts/rankings

The news is not so good in other California cities. San Francisco is only at 67% of its pre-coronavirus visits (ranking 48th), and Oakland is at 74% of their pre-COVID visits, ranking 37th. LA and SD are at 83% and 80% respectively.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/23/s...ovid-tech/

Was downtown San Jose that vibrant before the pandemic? Always has seemed to me to be somewhat quiet for a downtown of a major city, so 96% of a lower number is still a lower number. Similarly, what's considered downtown in LA? What I considered downtown is always dead after dark. . . .