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Until everyone moves to your small big city...

• JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  Cynical, but not actionable. What will the extra people do? Make it a 200,000 person city? Still not 13 million, still an order of magnitude less expensive. In fact, this did happen. I looked over this area one year - all the houses were < $100,000 which I could swing. Moved a year later - all the houses were > $100,000 which was harder. I asked the agent what had happened. She said "All those people from California moved in" which was ironic since I was moving from CA myself.
  • atwebb 11y ago
    Quite cynical yes, lots of CA/NY transplants around here as well, housing prices are rising and things are changing at a rapid clip. It's less that the changes concern me but more that our local governments seem a bit too starry-eyed. Growth isn't always guaranteed so you have to be careful what you approve and spend on today.
    • JoeAltmaier 11y ago
      Very true. Our rural population is now all urban folks living in the country. The county elections are no longer dominated by pragmatic farmers. Its city folk with no history of land management etc. So that changed the political landscape.