Surely it has been said, but there has been some of that in these neighborhoods. But more so completely renovated homes and not tear downs.

Tara definitely should not be on your list.

I think for a neighborhood to qualify as needing gentrification it has to be completely rock bottom. Which these are not.

I drove through Sherwood recently and was actually surprised how nice it looked compared to 1 year ago. Definitely noticed some demographic shift, but still nice yards and cars and homes. Not that there aren’t some areas that have gone down, but that seemed to be limited to near Florida Blvd. and pockets. I probably wouldn’t ever move there, but more so because it’s flood zone than it being ghetto or something.

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Posted by dewster

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Posted on 3/23/23 at 9:56 am to longtooth

quote:
Tara definitely should not be on your list.

I think for a neighborhood to qualify as needing gentrification it has to be completely rock bottom. Which these are not.

Technically it just needs to have declined:..which can happen as the residents age and a period of time passed before it becomes favorable to younger homebuyers or renters.

Capitol Heights, Tara and Broadmoor were never bad neighborhoods and were never dangerous. But they became stale and “old people” neighborhoods for a while. The housing stock aged as the hotter new neighborhoods were developed.

They are now seeing a healthy cycle of reinvestment with younger homebuyers. Not as big of a “before and after” as Spanish Town had 40 years ago, but it’s definitely happening.

I’m seeing the “aging” trend happening in parts of Shenandoah now. But what will save that area is the sheer size of the neighborhood. It’s massive and was developed over 20 years, so there is a diverse age range in there. Parts of it were only just built out 10/15 years ago.

This post was edited on 3/23/23 at 10:48 am

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