Well, boulder has alot of good things -- great public transit, bike trails, greenspace. And they do think about planning, which is more than I can say for many places. But because they are surrounded by open space that can't be built on (a good thing), and they have also historically made it hard to do high density living (even having a legal rentable carriage house in the backyard is hard), there's not enough housing, which drives the prices way up, and makes the traffic horrible for a town its size because alot of people commute in -- either because they can't afford anything in town, or because there is nothing available. The newest developments in town are doing high density dwelling, finally -- mixed use with shops below, and apartments above. But it took a while. There are a zillion prius's (prii?) in boulder, but I'd also never seen that many $40,000 SUV's till I moved to Boulder.
Z On 6/15/07, Chip Mefford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zeke Yewdall wrote: > > Uuugh. Forgot about property flipping. But now that you mention it, > > they are ripping down 2,000 sq foot $800k houses in Boulder, just for > > the lot. Ack. Our society is nuts. > > Our society is suicidal. Nuts indeed! > > I though Boulder had more sense. I've read good stuff about > the planning commissions out there, this is sad to hear. > > > This is one reason my town hasn't made too much effort to clean up the > > piles of abandoned cars along the road and in everyone's yard.... it > > keeps the property values under control and the yuppies out. :) > > Indeed. > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > -- Zeke Yewdall Chief Electrical Engineer Sunflower Solar, A NewPoint Energy Company Cell: 720.352.2508 Office: 303.459.0177 FAX documents to: 720.269.1240 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cosunflower.com CoSEIA Certified Certified BP Solar Installer National Association of Home Builders Quotable Quote "In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky hillside sowing clover." Wendell Berry _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
