one of the biggest safety problems in downtown windsor is that nobody lives there. homeless people outnumber residents, and people just go downtown to access services or to go to bars. most of the buildings downtown, where so many people want to live, are subsidized housing. you have to go way out of town to rent a traditional apartment building in windsor.

while there is a 45% vacancy rate in the city's commercial sector, there is a 1% vacancy rate in the city's residential sector. what that tells me is that large amounts of the city are not zoned correctly.

the days of office spaces in a small city like windsor are likely over, and that's ok.

they should convert these offices into apartments. it solves several problems at once.

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/windsor-boasts-canadas-highest-downtown-office-vacancy-rate