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Hortensis

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14. Urban areas, with their many amenities, are "gentrifying,"
Mon May 14, 2018, 06:16 PM
May 2018

which is including drawing suburbanites who realize the suburbs are no longer the only "place to be." Ergo, all this multi-family construction. Many suburban developments are or will in turn become slums for displaced low-income urbanites.

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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