re: Plank Road Revitalization Unveiling In-Game Thread (8:30 a.m.)

Plank road has reasons why it’s in bad shape:
High crime
Poverty
Blight
Outdated commercial buildings likely outfitted without up to code electrical/plumbing systems and probably filled with asbestos
Bad public schools (same as the rest of the city)
Smell from exxon

What it has going for it:
Excellent road infrastructure
Sidewalks
Convenient location near good paying blue and white collar jobs
Cheap real estate
Relatively good drainage

If you fix the crime, the rest will fix itself. Crime is the reason the neighborhood declined. Make it safe, and it will become a thriving blue-collar neighborhood of plant baws again.
Another big boost would be to end the state’s obsurd inventory tax with resulted in so many mothballed warehouses all over nbr. That would generate dozens, if not hundreds of jobs in the neighborhood while making it much more enticing for outside investment due to its proximity to rail, highway, and blue water port infrastructure