Columbia's Future "ghettos"?

[Kharisma]

I have to say that all suburbs will likely go through a stage of decline. Rosewood is a prime example of decline becoming incline. I'm especially biases to anything on Assembly St. (b/c I think Assembly from top to bottom needs to be streetscaped and anything that makes the street looks good gets a thumbs up from me.)

Here is an example of decline coming from Broad River and "Mid" Two Notch (anything west of the railroad tracks). You can definitely see the difference between Mid Two Notch and Forest Acres / Arcadia Lakes. Two Notch and Decker was prime land back in the days.

So the future? I'm close to thinking Harbison and Northeast Columbia will be the new declining areas within the next two decades. Harbison more than Northeast, but it will happen. When you have areas that are very very popular, you start to have overcrowding. After overcrowding, the richer will move, leaving the poorer. Decline.

Also, Columbians have a bad fad of relocating to the new "hotspot" location. This is why prior "hotspot" locations in Columbia will go into a decline..

My view..so let the bashing start...lol..

[waccamatt]

I agree with you about Assembly Street. I posted a streetscaping plan for Assembly Street on another forum. I hope the city turns its eyes to Assembly Street as soon as the Main Street, Gervais Street and Harden Street projects are finished.

[Woodlands]

I agree with Kharisma on the point that as neighborhoods age, lifestyles and taste change.. many neighborhoods may begin to go through the cycle that has existed in many of our inner cities. The problem with some of the older burbs is that the ones that enter into this cycle may fall quicker than the inner city neighborhoods did particuliarly if some of these developments were built on the cheap in terms of durability/quality. Most of the public largesse is being directed towards downtown/urban cores or the "new" development in exurbia and not aging suburbs or inner burbs particularly in many southern cities whose inner burbs are not as large, old, developed, nor incorporated municipalities as are the older/inner burbs of many larger cities. I do think the County needs to take a look at its long range plans and zoning standards because it may be inadvertantly creating opportunities for some communities to decline in the future. If developers are allowed to cram a large number of large homes on to small lots or create these super dense but sprawling communities, provide little or no open space or landscaping, no thought given how the ingress-egress from these neighborhoods interface with existing neighborhoods and thoroughfares or how they impact schools they can create a receipe for future problems that cause many communities to decline. Certainly developers are looking at their bottom line and the affordability for buyers, but there has to be some obtain a middle ground in effort to build sustainable communities.