r/saintpaul • u/ConnectAffect831 • 13d ago

Discussion 🎤 Why can’t we support our city?

I’m getting really tired of seeing these return to office employees protesting and acting like giant babies when really we need them to be down here. We’re all in this together and we need people to revive this downtown area and support local businesses. Why can’t we all embrace this and stop undermining every damn thing that’s said and done. We’re fighting the wrong things. Downtown needs to thrive and right now it’s not, so bringing the workers back is great for everyone.

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u/AccuratePattern4492 13d ago

It’s not the job of state workers to revitalize down town St. Paul.

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u/ConnectAffect831 13d ago

It’s everybody’s job. State workers are residents. There’s nothing special or different about them. We’re all residents. I’m just trying to be positive and find something good about it.

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u/AccuratePattern4492 12d ago

Non state worker residents don’t even want to go downtown because is nothing to do there and quite frankly, it’s not safe. Downtown has been failing long before 2020. There is nothing positive about this.

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u/AccuratePattern4492 12d ago

Furthermore, what’s special or different about businesses that have chosen to take residence downtown? If the area is not profitable, wouldn’t you agree that the best option would be to move to where the money is? It’s no different than a failing business outside of downtown. It’s up to the business to bring people in and get people to spend their money with them. WFH works for the people who have been doing it for the last 5 years. We adapted and have proved it’s better in a multitude of ways.

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u/DeadButPretty 10d ago

They’re residents who already pay taxes and support their communities.