Comments on: Could Downtown Oklahoma City Accomodate Families Living in its Midst?

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:06:59 +0000

I am one of the young professionals with kids downtown.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:43:58 +0000

Why not? I have two dogs and live downtown. It’s a lot more complicated to raise a dog without a yard than a child without a yard. And yet, my dogs are thriving. They run up and down the stairs instead of around the yard and they hang out on the porch and chase birds. They’ve got the same hottub as Russell Westbrook. Life is good. With the new school on the horizon, I fully expect to see more families living downtown. They’ve got the Myriad Gardens and will have the new central park for recreation. I can imagine hot summer days at the public library or the Art Museum. And I think it would be great fun to take a streetcar to school instead of riding in mom’s suburban. Downtown is great for walking, and the river isn’t far away for bike riding. I can think of lots of reasons why to live downtown with a family.

By: Kris Bryant

Kris Bryant — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:21:30 +0000

Real cities have something called diversity…where people of all kinds live in the same neighborhood. Go figure!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:02:21 +0000

You can’t keep them separated. Because in 5-10 years the hip urban crowd will have young families.

By: Kyle From Tulsa

Kyle From Tulsa — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:35:21 +0000

Why should families be separated from single / young people downtown? Where I live there Is a healthy mix of both, and I don’t see why being downtown would make a difference.

By: modernism

modernism — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:17:45 +0000

Also, the type of residential development will attract a certain population to the downtown core. If you build upscale 1-2 bedroom loft/condos, you are more likely to attract the young/urban/single professional. In contrast, if you build 2-3 bedroom townhomes/apartments adequately priced, you are more likely to attract families.

By: modernism

modernism — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:53:33 +0000

I believe the downtown core can support families, however, they need to be separated from the single crowd/demographic. Keep the single, young, urban crowd in Deep Deuce/Bricktown area, and let the family demographic emerge south of the new downtown elementary school area, and west Core 2 Shore area.