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When I lived in Raleigh/Durham back in 2011, I bumped into John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats at a coffee shop. We chatted for a few minutes and he said that
by hoorayimhelping 7y ago
When I lived in Raleigh/Durham back in 2011, I bumped into John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats at a coffee shop. We chatted for a few minutes and he said that he hears a lot of people say that Durham is the Brooklyn of the south, but he doesn't buy it. He thinks (and I agreed) that it has its own charm, its own vibe and its own identity, and that people are trying to make it into something it's not.
That's to say, I think you're absolutely right - people want to move to these places cause they perceive them as little Brooklyns or little Seattles. They have the sensibilities and prestige of those places, but not the crowds or the cost.
- t34543 7y agoDurham is very nice but prices have skyrocketed since around 2015. Apartments downtown went from 1500 to 3000 monthly, for example.
- cbames89 7y agoMaybe at the highest end, they're 3000, but a quick search of apartments.com shows there are still plenty of nice apartments to be had in the 1000-1500 range.
- journalctl 7y agoThis is happening in just about every decently-sized city. Demand has gone up, but very little new housing stock is being built.
- sliken 7y agoThat and Berkshire Hathaway is buying up homes at an impressive rate and then driving up the rental costs.
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- crowbahr 7y agoEven Seattle is a little Seattle. Its main problem is density. It's a very small city for how expensive it is to live there.
- thomascgalvin 7y agoBoston is similar. You can walk across the entire city in a couple of hours, and anything within half an hour is selling for a million dollars plus.
- naravara 7y ago>That's to say, I think you're absolutely right - people want to move to these places cause they perceive them as little Brooklyns or little Seattles. I think people just want to be able to afford a mortgage without giving up some basic urban amenities like walkability or nice restaurants and bars. They might miss things about Brooklyn or Seattle and want to recreate it, but that doesn’t mean they think it’s a “little” anything.
- grogenaut 7y agoPeople could just be using it as a shorthand for things that are aspirational goals. Like when startups say "It's like Uber but for custodial engineers!"