Downtown Raleigh, NC has become very trendy (Reply #10)

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

Response to raccoon (Original post)

Mon May 14, 2018, 04:16 PM

mnhtnbb (29,697 posts)

10. Downtown Raleigh, NC has become very trendy

and I admit to participating. Old warehouses being remodeled as loft apartments. I'm living in a 23 story high rise apartment building that was built in 2015 (and I love it).

When I first moved here in March I was very surprised to see how young most of the people were out walking on the street. Clearly the area is predominantly populated by folks in their 20's and 30's.

I moved to Raleigh from Chapel Hill. Apartment buildings are popular there due to demand from students at the flagship campus of UNC. But there have also been a LOT of new apartments built there in the last couple of years, and many of them either right in downtown or near to downtown.

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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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