Downtown Montgomery, AL is in the midst of gentrification project. (Reply #5)

In the discussion thread: In and around Greenville SC, developers are building apartment complexes everywhere. [View all]

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Mon May 14, 2018, 02:40 PM

yallerdawg (16,104 posts)

5. Downtown Montgomery, AL is in the midst of gentrification project.

Old 'public housing' sites,' old warehouse sites, downtown skate park, old retail buildings remodeled. All apartments.

The City knows something the rest of us don't?

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
In and around Greenville SC, developers are building apartment complexes everywhere. [View all]	raccoon	May 2018	OP
Traveler's Rest is being developed all along Main St. Barely recognized it	blm	May 2018	#1
After decades of being "the wrong side of the tracks"	Runningdawg	May 2018	#2
Don't worry, the grocery stores will show up fast.	Blue_true	May 2018	#21
Possibly	Runningdawg	May 2018	#37
Friend, I have seen this work before.	Blue_true	May 2018	#38
Yep	d_r	May 2018	#3
Developers know the cheap money ride is coming to an end	elfin	May 2018	#4
Yep. nt	Blue_true	May 2018	#22
Downtown Montgomery, AL is in the midst of gentrification project.	yallerdawg	May 2018	#5
New York has been at it for years. nt	Kirk Lover	May 2018	#16
Same here in Lakewood, Colorado	eleny	May 2018	#6
I bet that same house would sell for 1 million in Cali. Prices are through the roof.	Demovictory9	May 2018	#9
Yep. Likely more than $1 mil. nt	Blue_true	May 2018	#23
wow	eleny	May 2018	#31
St Petersburg Floriduh	onethatcares	May 2018	#7
I was small, but I remember the Florida rains and lightening storms in the afternoon.	Blue_true	May 2018	#25
Was just in Greenville recently.	MGKrebs	May 2018	#8
Downtown Raleigh, NC has become very trendy	mnhtnbb	May 2018	#10
The reason why North Carolina has become a near purple state.	Blue_true	May 2018	#26
Newark Delaware is being overrun with apartment buildings.	woodsprite	May 2018	#11
Where do you want people to live?	maxsolomon	May 2018	#12
Good grief, I was just making a statement. nt	raccoon	May 2018	#13
OK, but why?	maxsolomon	May 2018	#17
One reason we bought our "last house" in Centralia..	SoCalDem	May 2018	#18
whew, for a minute there	onethatcares	May 2018	#32
Oh, we have that too.	raccoon	May 2018	#41
Ha! That's what studios go for now, if you're lucky.	maxsolomon	May 2018	#47
Urban areas, with their many amenities, are "gentrifying,"	Hortensis	May 2018	#14
One of these days someone will explain to me the appeal of living in SC	Blue_Tires	May 2018	#15
mosquitoes?...palmetto bugs?	SoCalDem	May 2018	#19
It's nice in the winter months.	Bonx	May 2018	#24
When my kids were smaller, we drove to Florida once	Ohiogal	May 2018	#28
And you have to monitor every hurricane.	Corgigal	May 2018	#33
I'm in Virginia Beach so I already do that, lol	Blue_Tires	May 2018	#36
Many people migrate here from cold states. Lots. It's not unusual	raccoon	May 2018	#42
Some of the most beautiful coastline in the country. nt	B2G	May 2018	#45
Sacramento	shanti	May 2018	#20
I've noticed a certain style - the apartments look like shipping containers stacked on end	underpants	May 2018	#27
Nashville Tn is no longer Music City. It's Condo City.	Lint Head	May 2018	#29
That is sacriligious.	raccoon	May 2018	#44
Denver has	ellie	May 2018	#30
what shocks me about the Greeville growth is the prices of the condos - particularly downtown ones	DrDan	May 2018	#34
Western suburban Orlando has seen a massive housing boon	Roland99	May 2018	#35
Kingsport, TN here and they're building a lot...rent has skyrocketed.	cynatnite	May 2018	#39
I wish they would do that here.	Codeine	May 2018	#40
Massive housing shortage here	Texasgal	May 2018	#43
These are being built everywhere in Maryland too. Most are ugly, drab boxes on top of each other.	Alethia Merritt	May 2018	#46

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