Past year’s downtown growth seems promising to developers | The Herald-Sun

(This article is only available to those who have registered, and possibly for those who have paid for a subscription to the newspaper.) What struck me about this is twofold - overall, it looks impressive, but what I really want to know is much more subjective - how has all of what is discussed in the story, both operating and promised, affected quality of life? "Foot traffic" increases, for example, means that PEOPLE are moving around. How has that worked out so far? Where is the subjective description of a day in the life of downtown Durham? I could imagine writing several versions of such a day for Obey Creek starting with today and then projecting what that day might look like under various formulas including both development under current zoning and the developer's wishlist.