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Post by 101ABN on Jul 28, 2011 6:04:03 GMT -8
Coming soon to a state near you? "In California, the assault on the house has gained official sanction. Once the heartland of the American dream, the Golden State has begun implementing new planning laws designed to combat global warming. These draconian measures could lead to a ban on the construction of private residences, particularly on the suburban fringe. The new legislation’s goal is to cram future generations of Californians into multi-family apartment buildings, turning them from car-driving suburbanites into strap-hanging urbanistas."Read the rest here... blogs.forbes.com/joelkotkin/2011/07/26/california-wages-war-on-single-family-homes/ |
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Post by Sailor on Aug 1, 2011 17:46:27 GMT -8
Ever read Asimov's "Caves of Steel" guys? Maybe that's what those loons have in mind?
God, I hope not. Last time I was in New York ('91) we docked in Brooklyn and I was able to take the subway from almost the foot of the pier and stay underground (except for a brief period crossing the Brooklyn Bridge) anywhere I wanted to go in Manhattan either by train or on foot. The whole Island is infested with man-sized gophers, or so it seems. If you want you can go damned near anywhere there and never get out into fresh air.
The whole thing reminded me of "Caves of Steel," an old favorite.
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Post by ReformedLiberal on Aug 1, 2011 19:25:32 GMT -8
You are not alone. They just demolished a shopping mall and plan to redevlop the property into a model of "sustainable" high-density housing, office, and retail space where people can live, work, and shop without the need for automobiles. www.westminstercenter.us/News_98.htmwww.westminstercenter.us/Vision.htmwww.westminstercenter.us/78.htm"The desired transit-oriented development should contain specific features that are designed to encourage public transport use and differentiate the development from urban sprawl. Examples of these features include mixed-use development that will use transit at all times of day, excellent pedestrian facilities such as high quality pedestrian crossings, narrow streets to slow traffic, wide sidewalks, and tapering of buildings as they become more distant from the public transport node. Another key feature of transit-oriented development is reduced amounts of parking for personal vehicles." A little piece of urban hell planted in suburban heaven, if you ask me. |
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Post by peterd on Aug 6, 2011 0:37:05 GMT -8
With the housing market as it is, it would be foolish to invest into city concrete jungle and highrise buildings. Just imagine how much a family would have to pay for one appartment. I am glad that mid-west is spared of this bull. This kind of reminds communism at the best. Of course California is little bit strange.
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Post by 101ABN on Aug 7, 2011 14:35:51 GMT -8
If the clowns in Sacramento were deliberately trying to destroy California, I have a hard time imagining what they'd be doing differently.
Kill the markets, kill the businesses, kill the jobs, kill the state.
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Post by peterd on Aug 7, 2011 15:12:03 GMT -8
Kill the markets, kill the businesses, kill the jobs, kill the state. - In that case business as usual in California.
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Post by ReformedLiberal on Aug 8, 2011 17:50:43 GMT -8
Kill the markets, kill the businesses, kill the jobs, kill the state. - In that case business as usual in California. Just part of the reason this born and bred SoCal Native now calls Colorado home, after 47 years of watching first-hand what "fundamental transformation" really means. |
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Post by marinecpl on Aug 14, 2011 13:34:14 GMT -8
I cannot relate, I live in Southern New Jersey. Here, where we were once called the "Garden State", we now grow big housing developments for townhouses, condos, and giant $1.5 million and up homes. The power companies refuse to restructure their power delivery to handle the draw of these additional homes causing brownouts and blackouts. The roads, highways, and interstates are under constant construction to make them larger to handle the ever increasing traffic volume and to upgrade the water and sewage.
The town I used to live in, the wife and I lived there for over 5 years, offers tax incentives to home buyers who will buy multi-family homes that were built 100+ years ago as single-family homes and convert them back to single-family homes.
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