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Posted on 10/9/20 at 1:12 pm to goofball
Yes
Posted on 10/9/20 at 1:12 pm to goofball
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Are sprawling suburban apartment complexes a mistake?
If they are then DFW is extremely fricked.
They build these things and then they are 90% plus full within a few months.
Posted on 10/9/20 at 1:15 pm to goofball
The market normally decides such things. Unfortunately, there is so much meddling by so many elected officials/city managers, zoning planners, etc., they often force unintended consequences of such meddling.
The suburbs should be the epitome of low density housing for all the reasons that make suburbs so attractive - quiet, clean manicured lawns, faux country living.
High density apartments should be urban characteristics only. Cost effective, efficient, convenient to shopping/employment/mass transit and should be for folks who rarely drive (or perhaps only drive for work).
Just my 2 cents.
The suburbs should be the epitome of low density housing for all the reasons that make suburbs so attractive - quiet, clean manicured lawns, faux country living.
High density apartments should be urban characteristics only. Cost effective, efficient, convenient to shopping/employment/mass transit and should be for folks who rarely drive (or perhaps only drive for work).
Just my 2 cents.
This post was edited on 10/9/20 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 10/9/20 at 1:33 pm to Strannix
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Happening in Bossier
I don't understand how it makes financial sense to rent from some of the apartment complexes in North Bossier. The one down the road from my neighborhood is like $1800 a month for a 2 bdrm. They are nice and have a ton of amenities, but still.
I understand a lot of people have bad credit and/or are only going to be there temporarily, but you could get a mortgage on a home in my neighborhood from probably 1300+
Posted on 10/9/20 at 1:33 pm to goofball
quote:
Are sprawling suburban apartment complexes a mistake?
duh
Posted on 10/9/20 at 2:09 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:rural America barely requires any infrastructure to begin with though... case in point, the east bank of Plaquemines Parish past Pointe A La Hache. It’s mainly houses on Hwy 15 on small streets. Sure you have electric out there, but they use the septic tanks for sewer needs. Most of the small streets aren’t even paved. By the end of 15, it looks like they haven’t touched it in half a century with the lines faded and cracks showing
facts. The libs are kind of right about rural America being a drain on everyone else tbh, and I say that as someone who grew up in the country.
Posted on 10/9/20 at 2:09 pm to concrete_tiger
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You are exactly right. I lived in a nice complex in metro ATL in the late 90s, and when I moved back here in 2008, that place is an absolute shitfest. The entire area around it went from nice retail like a ski shop, to wig shops and title loans. It had been sold, and re-sold since I left. No telling how many times.
Sounds like a lot of South Dekalb. The parts inside I-285 are finally starting to come back. Pockets of Subarus and Atlanta United flags can be found.
We looked at a place that was literally a block off of Candler Avenue and the neighbors had Edison bulbs above their patio.
This post was edited on 10/9/20 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 10/9/20 at 2:13 pm to GREENHEAD22
quote:as St Bernard proved, it’s either allow them or a federal judge will claim racism and impose onerous penalties if your community doesn’t.
The St. Tammany government should be strung up for the horrible job of planning development and allowing all the apartments that are being built.
Posted on 10/9/20 at 3:07 pm to goofball
Speaking of, that neighborhood behind Glasgow Middle, or whatever that school is, was awesome and then they built those new super dense houses on Glasgow and the Sprouts. I haven't been by that way in a year or two but last time it looked like most of those super tight looking "cramped" houses were empty. Are they still fairly empty or are people buying them?
Posted on 10/9/20 at 3:29 pm to goofball
Ask New Orleans East
Posted on 10/9/20 at 3:45 pm to goofball
I used to work for the company that published those little apartment booklets you'd pick up by the door at the supermarket (long gone now). It was amazing how the people at that job could polish any turd of a property. Get out there with fancy cameras during the "magic hour," leaf-blow the whole place, scare off the tenants, and have at it. Take pictures from upward-looking angles and fill a unit with hipstery modern furniture... I am sure Apartments.com is selling property management companies all the same trickery today.
Posted on 10/9/20 at 5:10 pm to Triple Bogey
quote:Many people are in transition. They don't want to worry about the market or maintenance. Some just want to be able to move to the latest greatest complex every year etc etc.
I don't understand how it makes financial sense to rent from some of the apartment complexes in North Bossier. The one down the road from my neighborhood is like $1800 a month for a 2 bdrm. They are nice and have a ton of amenities, but still.
I understand a lot of people have bad credit and/or are only going to be there temporarily, but you could get a mortgage on a home in my neighborhood from probably 1300+
Posted on 10/9/20 at 5:22 pm to concrete_tiger
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We are getting screwed because there are pockets in the city that were zoned for high density prior to the city forming.
How are you getting screwed if those pockets were zoned before the city was formed?
What you’re really saying is that you’re pissed the city isn’t screwing those developers.
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