Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Down since when? Schenectady has Mohawk Commons and downtown. All new....as in they weren't there b4. So it is down since when?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
It keeps going down because of falling gas prices and the implosion of Rotterdam Square Mall. Now Macy's has fled the County. Good luck buying a decent suit or shoes in this tax crazed county. Plenty of places to upload jewelry or old phones. What we need now is a good pawn shop/bail bondsman. Keep the DEM implosion going! Reelect Mayor McCheese and the whole county hack crew. Got PILOTS?