http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc ... tents/8092
When is a city most livable? What can be done to keep it there?
In my town, I view the Pearl District as a place wholly other from the rest of downtown. It has its points and I do go there, but I lived there for 9 months and won't do so again. That said, the place I just moved into is the closest one can get to moving to the Pearl without going in, both geographically and spiritually.
It is a thorny issue.