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What you're saying exhibits a lot of the hallmarks of the dominant way of thinking about the city centre in the past, and up until well, very recently.

That it's a place for almost exclusively for commerce, for office work, and for high end retail. With some space for hospitality and leisure here or there. That's the past.

We're merely catching up with continental cities which already have high populations in their urban core, and the form of the city centre will adapt as this happens. There are already a suite of public realm works under way, on top of the major urban regeneration projects around Buchanan Galleries and St Enoch which this thread is about. More pedestrianised areas and greener spaces are coming, as are more schools (the city has plans for three new primary schools to serve the city centre in the coming years).

There's an overwhelming trend across much of the western world now for urban cores booming in population. Partly it's down to the fact populations are moving from peripheral to urban areas at a rate not seen since the industrial revolution. City centres, like Glasgow's, also tend to be public transport hubs, also quite appealing. City centre living is definitely not for everyone, but it does appeal to many, especially people looking for *anywhere* to live, where the added amenity and transport provision is icing on the cake.