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The thing about sprawl is that by the time these roads and sidewalks need to be rebuilt the neighborhood will have likely transitioned to low income residents w
by wahern 6y ago
The thing about sprawl is that by the time these roads and sidewalks need to be rebuilt the neighborhood will have likely transitioned to low income residents who the city can just ignore. The roads and sidewalks won't be maintained; certainly not to the original quality.
Of course, a major reason why the neighborhood will become low income is precisely because of the aging infrastructure. Middle income home buyers expect brand-new everything. It creates a cycle of sprawl. On the other hand, it does leave in its wake alot of affordable housing.
- denimnerd46 6y agoDoes housing really depreciate like that where you're from? I don't see that at all where I live. I also don't see middle income expecting all new everything. They can't afford it. They can afford a house from the 70s or 80s that needs some TLC. The ones from the 50s and 60s cost over a million bucks because of location and lot size. There's always new construction available way far out at a middle income price range, there's no history of depreciation there because way far out is a relatively new thing. The previous way far out are those 70s and 80s houses I mentioned above. With the 90s and 00's in between.