barbarus
Recycles dryer sheets
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If inner city crime could be controlled many suburbs would be toast already. And when underclass people start moving out into places without the urban social control and support structures things really get stinky fast.
Doom and gloom? In the media? You're kidding, right?A lot of doom & gloom for a relatively modest % of homes in foreclosure.
Well, with cheap gasoline and higher city crime rates, that was the norm for 60 years. As some inner cities gentrify, become safer in some areas and are much closer to jobs in the era of $3-4 gas, city life can become a bit more compelling again.I am surprised by this, as I always believed people tried to leave the city and move to the 'burbs.
If affluent people need close-in but safe and interesting neighborhoods, they will eventually get them, even if some political change is required.Ha
I wonder what's going to become of aging Baby Boomers in the far suburbs when they can no longer drive or take care of the McMansion.
I was living in Venice CA back in the 70s when this was going on big time.Chicago has been removing its "undesirables" for some time.
Often, IMHO, leaving a gentrified but more sterile and boring replacement.
Chicago has been removing its "undesirables" for some time.
Often, IMHO, leaving a gentrified but more sterile and boring replacement.
I agree with your statement about the relative entertainment value of yuppies vs. artists, hustlers, etc- but it is hard to get it safe enough for many folks without that sterility factor. And face it, not everyone dislikes what we may think of as sterile environments. City streets can be challenging.
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I wonder what's going to become of aging Baby Boomers in the far suburbs when they can no longer drive or take care of the McMansion.
Not only that, but so many of these developments have no character. The houses mostly look the same, they are all painted earth tones (HOAs and all)... it's just sterility squared to me.I've been saying this for years. All these Mcmansions in So. Cal., I can see turning into slums. Large houses on small plots of land. I see them being chopped up and made into apartments etc. Quite frankly I don't find them attractive at all. I think landscaping goes a long way to adding to developments.
A new business industry will service the boomers. Someone will end up making money off it.