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Driving around Erie County NY, I can't help but notice that there are very few homes being built. Are there any new subdivisions or towns with a lot of new builds? It seems as if the number of new houses has really stagnated since 2010.
Driving around Erie County NY, I can't help but notice that there are very few homes being built. Are there any new subdivisions or towns with a lot of new builds? It seems as if the number of new houses has really stagnated since 2010.
When you have been losing population over 40 years, and only a few (mostly public sector workers)
can afford spending over $300,000 or more and another $10,000+ a year for property taxes
When you have been losing population over 40 years, and only a few (mostly public sector workers)
can afford spending over $300,000 or more and another $10,000+ a year for property taxes
There still appears to be some post 2010 builds in the area. It may be a matter of the town and not all of the new builds are over $300k.
Niagara county has a ton of nice homes being built. Wheatfield, North Tonawanda, Town of Lockport. People are buying land and putting up pretty nice houses. I wonder what the Taxes are on those monsters though.
In a county with pretty steady population, I'm not sure how anyone can justify new homes...
I think part of it is to make the industry viable in the area and another part is that there is a market for those that want more land and house than what may be available in the first or even second suburbs.
In a county with pretty steady population, I'm not sure how anyone can justify new homes...
50 years ago, people were pouring out of the East Side. Now, people are pouring out of the first ring suburbs. Cheektowaga by the Buffalo city line is rapidly dwindling in population with many vacant homes. Those residents are looking ever-outward to new homes. Plus, the average household size keeps shrinking year after year. 10 houses used to have say 40 people in them, but today those same 10 homes would be lucky to have 25 people. Still, Buffalo has had an unsettling amount of sprawl for population stagnation. This article explores the history of sprawl in Erie County.
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