Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway

I was sneering at the Minneapolis city government.

For thinking that the way to attract suburbanites to downtown Minneapolis is to 1) give them the same stores, restaurants, etc. they have closer to them and 2) make it more difficult for them to reach downtown.

Of course, if they thought clearly, they would realize that city downtowns will never again be what they were before the late 1940s. It's much more comforting to be certain that the next time they reinvent the square wheel, they're going to get it right.