Each yearthere are more shops and restaurants than before.

.*5% cash back in categories that change each quarter like gas, restaurants, home improvement stores and more -up to the quarterly maximum when you sign up.

This city has world class medical facilities, great restaurants, and within a few hours drive you can be at the ocean, in the mountains, in Philly, NYC, or DC.

They have acquired some 300 acre oceanfront lot and are in the process of developing them into 1 acre lots, homesites, etc along with all modern amenities like clubhouse, restaurants etc.

The government talks a big game but then puts 50-100% tariffs on Chinese solar panels, because they won’t save the planet like Mexican, Indian, or Taiwanese ones will.

Needs to have restaurants/bars close by.

The reason is obvious, they can't get real jobs with that liberal arts degree so they move where there's the highest density of restaurants, the big city, to be waiters.

But I think I am partial to Manchester based on location and amenities, airport, Whole Foods, restaurants (I am told there are a good amount of nice ones?).

So by "retail condo" you mean like small restaurants, all-state insurance offices type places?  

However, there has been growth and downtown is mostly occupied (I see few empty commercial spaces) with quality restaurants and bars.I haven't been looking at the RE market too closely since I bought my first MF last summer.