PepeM

Don't forget to thank the 1% lads, it is their taxes (and kind hearts) that keep this world spinning.

Dan333SP

It is wrong. The comparative form of moist is bidon.

rpenmanparker 

Actually folks moving out of my neighborhood in Houston on their own volition could pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars after buying a house just like the one they left just a few blocks away. Nobody is being thrown out of their homes. And if they are over 65, even the rising land values of their homes are not a tax problem. There are significant tax exemptions for older folks here.

Dan333SP

Two things:

1) Sarcasm is not appreciated here

2) This is P&R content

Reported. Twice.

Bah Humbug

The talk of gentrification always drives me up the wall. I come from a place where the jobs left and the young people left and then everyone else who could leave left. But hey, you have lots of "quirkiness" and cheap housing. Or, places where there are good jobs (like oh, say, Austin, and San Francisco, and apparently Dallas (even if their football team is terrible and soft)), the housing prices will go up because people want to go there, and sub-optimal uses of premium land will be changed. There is no right for your neighborhood to stay the same for decades. There is no right for your favorite business to stay around for decades. No matter what you think of "gentrification" it's much better than the other side, and odds are poor that, again, your neighborhood will stay comfortably the same for decades.

Eff it, one of the reasons I'm thrilled to be living in north Austin now, instead of down south, is that part hadn't gentrified enough and there was far too much "quirkiness" for my liking.

WhyFi

This tells me that the gentrification that you're talking about and the gentrification that Ramona that is talking about are not one in the same.

PepeM

I'm being targeted for my beliefs!

rpenmanparker 

Just different aspects of the same trend. I don't personally know of any cases of eminent domain for private projects. People sell because they want to.

RPK79

Not a fan of Robin Hobb I take it.

Dan333SP

In China, they sometimes sell after holding out because they literally can't get in and out of their home any more

datlas 

Today's ride was hot. Hot and humid. Very July. Luckily I found my halo and had good legs. Did I miss anything while I was away?

rpenmanparker 

Who?

PepeM

I suggest a gravel grinder.

Bah Humbug

New London, CT says "hi".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v..._of_New_London

RPK79

Well what the hell am I supposed to do!?

rpenmanparker 

Well, I can't say that anymore.

WhyFi

Again, the assumption that the people being affected are in a position to sell tells me that you're talking different stuff.

RPK79

rpenmanparker 

I guess so. I favor redevelopment, however, in nearly every case. No surprise I suppose.

WalksOn2Wheels

What about Jerry World?

EDIT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium#Timeline

datlas 

Wow lots of housing posts. Ours is 2400 square feet and plenty big for the four of us. Almost too big. Plan is to try to downsize in 4 years once daughter #2 graduated high school, if the market is stable. Luckily, the house is paid off.

I have no idea how many windows it has.

WhyFi

There are positives and negatives, but I think that it's a shame when more culturally unique neighborhoods are replaced by the same ol' **** that you run across in Anysuburb, USA.

WhyFi

Corn starch on hot and humid days will take care of that.

Dan333SP

I took a graduate class on land use law while studying for my MA, we literally spent a week talking about this case and it completely slipped my mind when I read Robert's post.

Trolling makes you stupid, kids.

WalksOn2Wheels

There was a huge mess in a part of Denton right next to UNT around a decade ago. Basically what amounted to a bunch of bars, some older small businesses, a beer store, a unique independent pizza shop I used to hang out at with motorcycle buddies, etc. A few other buildings on the lot that became one coffee shop after another. But, it was part of what was considered the Fry St. area. They decided to buy up all the lots, raze the unique businesses, and build a Walgreens. Because the world needs another Walgreens.

The worst part? AFTER all the businesses were slowly pushed out and buildings were leveled, Walgreens found out the city would not let them have a drive thru pharmacy, so they backed out. It sat for years until someone finally built the ubiquitous housing on top of retail space.

So now it's overpriced student housing with retail chain stores underneath it. Very exciting and unique. I can't say what it replaced was super valuable to the community, but it was a part of its college town charm. Now it's a part of modern college town housing herpes.

EDIT: Cannot be trusted. The pharmacy in question was actually CVS.