--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> With all the new condos built and condo proposals on
> the board, will
> Minneapolis show a net gain for the foreseeable
> future or will the condo development
> be offset by the remainder of Minneapolis moderates
> and Republicans leaving
> for the suburbs? Or, will the condo buyers merely
> replace renters who will
> forced to the suburbs in a Paris-type situation?
>
> Bill Dooley
> Kenny
ML:
I don't know, but I've been told
there are more condos on the market than have ever
been sold (in one year).
This could be the answer to the affordable housing
crisis: over saturation of the market with high-end
condos in order to depress prices. Luxury affordable
housing, now that's the ticket. ;)
In all seriousness, we must add to the building of
more housing units a massive investment in transit and
other non-car oriented transportation infrastructure
or people will continue to flee to the suburbs.
Not all Republicans like the suburbs and the suburban
lifestyle so I doubt they'll all leave.
As for Paris, yes we need to guard against the
Ghettoization of our neighborhoods. In Paris the
Ghettos are in the burbs, but they are Ghettos. As
Minneapolis grows (hopefully) we need to ensure that
our less monied citizens are not just priced out of
our neighborhoods and into Ghettos wherever they are
located.
It is possible, especially since we don't have a huge
streak of extreme Nationalism and a history of
Colonialism running through us Americans. Opps can't
really say that. I'll try again, at least we don't
currently show a huge streak of Nationalism and. .
.Ah, foiled again, it just goes by a different name
today: Jingoism and Cultural and Economic
Imperialism.
Matty Lang,
Central
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