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Old 01-15-2017, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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Most are tolerable in the long run as long as you're willing to slum it up for a few years while saving for a down payment. Problem is, most of the millennials with mid-17th century Inuit art history degrees expect a Ritz penthouse and Rene Redzepi-catered meals right off the bat on their $12.50/hour clipboard warrior paycheck.
This doesn't describe me in any way.
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Old 01-15-2017, 02:42 PM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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This doesn't describe me in any way.

Doesn't describe any millenial I've ever met in any way.
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Old 01-15-2017, 03:20 PM
 
Location: Northern United States
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The thing is, that there are still plenty of vacant lots in areas of Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, and Mission Hill. You also have areas of the North Shore that also have plenty of redevelopable space like the couple of large vacant lots East of Downtown Lynn. You could put in plenty of high density development in those areas. They should also build up a lot more transit oroineted development.

They could build more suburban developments but I don't think that would be good, I feel like they would redevelop areas such as empty strip-malls and other various empty shopping centers into apartment complexes and other types of housing, etc.

I think the issue is, that there really aren't any large empty parcels of land for large scale development in the core area of the Boston Metro. So in order to solve large scale housing problems, we would need to demolish and rebuild parts of neighborhoods to have them become even denser.
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Old 01-15-2017, 03:26 PM
 
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'The thing is, that there are still plenty of vacant lots in areas of Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, and Mission Hill.'

And hyde park...people always forget about hyde park which has more potential than any of those places.
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Old 01-16-2017, 04:25 AM
 
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I don't mean to be a hater but I think Boston needs to be building more homes double time. More people seem to be moving to the city and homes prices are going through the roof. I want homeowners to see their properties appreciate in value but not to the point where new homeowners can't afford any homes. Once you move past I95 and I93 there are large open areas that can easily be developed and made into subdivisions and apartment complexes. Building more T stops and commuter rail stops in these areas will make commuting into the city easier for people who are willing to move past the interstate to buy a home. I don't want to see Boston turn into a San Francisco 2.0 in terms of home prices. Boston should learn from metros such as Dallas-Ft. Worth and begin planning better. It is possible to have a large city and affordable housing.
Personally, I'd not like to see any more development at all. "Large open areas" are part of what make living here nice. I think we've taken more than our share of natural habitat. I'd like to leave some for the animals. Also: Dallas/Ft. Worth as a place to emulate? I think not.
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Old 01-16-2017, 12:07 PM
 
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Personally, I'd not like to see any more development at all. "Large open areas" are part of what make living here nice. I think we've taken more than our share of natural habitat. I'd like to leave some for the animals. Also: Dallas/Ft. Worth as a place to emulate? I think not.
If you want affordable housing it is a place to emulate. I'm not saying copy and paste Dallas over Boston, I'm saying whether you like Dallas or not, the city has done an impressive job at planning ahead and making sure that the supply of housing meets the demand for housing. Homes in the Dallas area cost like half of what they do in Boston.
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Old 01-16-2017, 12:25 PM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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If you want affordable housing it is a place to emulate. I'm not saying copy and paste Dallas over Boston, I'm saying whether you like Dallas or not, the city has done an impressive job at planning ahead and making sure that the supply of housing meets the demand for housing. Homes in the Dallas area cost like half of what they do in Boston.

No, it is not:

A) Because geographically it is physically impossible here
B) They have sprawl in a car centric layout, they've actually been a failure in most ways re planning
C) It's a relatively new city to growth, we can't go back in time and revise 1600s planning for post 1960s boom periods. If no one has wanted to live here until 50 years ago we could do the same things, but we were built out 200+ years ago.
D) Dallas is a pretty cruddy city, even Houston looks good in comparison
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Old 01-16-2017, 01:48 PM
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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WE DO NOT DECIDE HOW MUCH GETS BUILT OR NOT.


We can only guide how it's done, to an extent...


I feel like I am beating a dead horse.
Zoning does limit how much get built
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Old 01-16-2017, 02:02 PM
 
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Zoning does limit how much get built
Only on the zoned piece of land. A certain town can NIMBY to death all they want, they will just build somewhere else...
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Old 01-16-2017, 02:06 PM
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Only on the zoned piece of land. A certain town can NIMBY to death all they want, they will just build somewhere else...
Most if not all of a town's land is zoned. And if nearly all Boston are towns NIMBY to death, elsewhere can be limited and/or quite far away.
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