How do Oregonians feel about outsiders?

[Eugeneorman]

This is in response to the man from Bend on the first page. It's simplistic but makes the point.

All I can say to you is lower the price you sell at and then the prices don't go up. As I see it, it is the GREED of Oregonians that drives things that way. No Californian wants to pay that extra premium for a house here. And it isn't so much a full pocket as it is confidence in their ability to earn enough to pay for it, and their willingness to do the work necessary to earn that money.

Then, if you want to create affordable smaller homes, regulate the developers. It is your elected officials who are allowing them to build this way. Your fellow citizens.

[ddana]

When my toes first touched American soil it was in Missouri. As a child moved to California in WWII. So California was home for 66 years and loved until recently. I live in a mountain resort community that has been corrupted by developers and the like. I can sympathize with the people in Oregon on that subject. That being said I am ready to leave my beloved home in the mountains and move to a small town in Oregon. Coquille sounds wonderful. I have no mind to lord it over anyone. I am first and foremost an American by birth and love this country and feel that moving north is the right thing to do. So with my rescued yellow lab and a smaller mixed lab expect us sometime next year. See ya!

[Steve97415]

Originally Posted by Eugeneorman

Then, if you want to create affordable smaller homes, regulate the developers. It is your elected officials who are allowing them to build this way. Your fellow citizens.

There isn't any plausible mechanism for regulating home size and value. Like cars, appliances and anything else you buy, it's a free-market system driven by consumer demand. If people insist on buying compact efficient homes, builders will build them that way. The best that planning districts can do is offer some incentives for affordable housing such as reduced system development costs or variances on lot sizes.

[tiffela74]

DDana,
have a safe trip!!! Coquille is a very pretty little town IMO We'll practically be neighbors.