We need somewhere that supports an everyday, downtown lifestyle. Eating at retaurants and shopping at expensive boutiques is an occassional treat, not an everyday way of life. Grocery stores, hardware stores, lcbo, dollars stores etc are required so downtowners can truly live the downtown lifestyle- ie to live within walking distance to every amenity required to sustain life in the core. If you bring these amenities, more people and families will move back to the core and revitalize it.