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San Jose and the reemergence of the donut city

  • Written by Mark Davidson, Professor of Geography, Clark University
imageAmerican downtowns were facing headwinds even before the pandemic began.Mark Davidson, CC BY-ND

The specter of downtown decline is again haunting American cities.

After many decades of reinvestment and repopulation, some American downtowns are now showing signs of hollowing out again.

The COVID-19 pandemic certainly bears some of the blame.

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