It probably does. Just as it's likely to hold true for employees of companies in Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Belle Plaine, Channhassen [sic], Maple Grove and Burnsville. Areas like Shakopee, Savage, Rogers, and such are growing fast. To point at that and say "see, MPLS doesn't have enough affordable housing" doesn't fully address the complexity fo the issue. For example, if the cost of housing is an issue, would these people willingly live in Minneapolis to be close to work if it meant living in a brand new 3000 sq ft condo? Or is the issue how much will it cost to have a yard? If the issue is the cost of housing, the main factor driving the cost of housing is the value of the property on which it sits. It seems natural to me that the value of property is going to be considerably higher in Minneapolis than Shakopee or Afton. And the way to offset the cost of the land on which the housing is located would seem to be to put more units, build upward that is, on the land to spread out the cost of it.
Allen Graetz Kenwood ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:44 PM Subject: [Mpls] Minneapolis Affordable Housing > Chaska, Shakopee, Waconia, etc. I expect this may hold true for the Allina employees at the > redeveloped Sears site. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
