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08-31-2017, 11:04 AM
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In town visiting family for the week. Can't believe how the rent prices have sky-rocketed in Charlotte.....Unbelievable for what they want for a nice/safe apartment. Charlotte needs more affordable apartments as everyone cannot afford to pay the $1200+ rent monthly. Also Affordable Housing does not = Section 8 Housing.
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08-31-2017, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by westcoastbabe
In town visiting family for the week. Can't believe how the rent prices have sky-rocketed in Charlotte.....Unbelievable for what they want for a nice/safe apartment. Charlotte needs more affordable apartments as everyone cannot afford to pay the $1200+ rent monthly. Also Affordable Housing does not = Section 8 Housing.
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I hear what you're saying but I'm going to play devil's advocate for one second. With Charlotte's current murder rate, what incentive does the city have to provide rents that are under $1,200 a month? It seems that many American cities have decided to "price out" the problem. I don't agree with it but I do recognize that it is happening.
A perfect example of this is the South Boulevard Corridor and South End. That area now has everything from a Lowe's Home Improvement to an Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse to a Publix supermarket and Harris Teeter. Gentrification is an amazing process, and city planners want more of it. |
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08-31-2017, 04:15 PM
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I don't agree with the process either. It just sucks for the "GOOD" people who want to live in a "Nice", but safe affordable community with out having to give their whole paycheck for rent.
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08-31-2017, 04:20 PM
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Location: Tega Cay, SC
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Can somebody list the agency that will subsidize my ocean front purchase because good people like me should be able to have an ocean front home without paying an arm and a leg for it. Prefer palm beach or Malibu. Thx in advance.
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08-31-2017, 04:26 PM
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You make it sound like Affordable Housing is not a right for people who choose to want it??? Let me guess, if you cant afford to live in Charlotte, then move....SMH....Its not a solution.
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09-05-2017, 01:50 AM
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Location: Murica
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Originally Posted by urbancharlotte
I hear what you're saying but I'm going to play devil's advocate for one second. With Charlotte's current murder rate, what incentive does the city have to provide rents that are under $1,200 a month? It seems that many American cities have decided to "price out" the problem. I don't agree with it but I do recognize that it is happening.
A perfect example of this is the South Boulevard Corridor and South End. That area now has everything from a Lowe's Home Improvement to an Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse to a Publix supermarket and Harris Teeter. Gentrification is an amazing process, and city planners want more of it.
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Nothing to add just wanted to acknowledge a post that didn't chalk it up to mayors or industry like NYC threads are famous for..
Actually contrary to OP the only apartments I see that are over eight-hundred a month are apartments that given location and build and barrier of entry should cost as much. I'm also confused why someone would be shocked the average rent for the entire market has to be 550-850 somewhere and has been since the early nineties.. No shock value if the reference market are apartments and new development in Charlotte, Concord etc.. |
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09-05-2017, 07:56 AM
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Location: Charlotte
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Did you only look in South End or Uptown to find $1,200 a month units?
University City, Mallard Creek, Randolph Park, Pineville, Steele Creek, etc... all have units starting under $900.
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09-05-2017, 11:18 AM
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Location: The CLT area
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Originally Posted by urbancharlotte
I hear what you're saying but I'm going to play devil's advocate for one second. With Charlotte's current murder rate, what incentive does the city have to provide rents that are under $1,200 a month? It seems that many American cities have decided to "price out" the problem. I don't agree with it but I do recognize that it is happening.
A perfect example of this is the South Boulevard Corridor and South End. That area now has everything from a Lowe's Home Improvement to an Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse to a Publix supermarket and Harris Teeter. Gentrification is an amazing process, and city planners want more of it.
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Agree with everything you've said.
Moreover, gentrification never solves anything; it simply maneuvers the "problem" into other areas.
In the process, people, and businesses that contribute to the local culture of an area (like Phat Burrito), are harmed.
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Originally Posted by Proud Father
Can somebody list the agency that will subsidize my ocean front purchase because good people like me should be able to have an ocean front home without paying an arm and a leg for it. Prefer palm beach or Malibu. Thx in advance.
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Your response ignores the fact that a real problem exists.
May it not be suggested that opponents of your view favor socialistic style policies. In this I consider "free traders" like Ronald Reagan, who, in the 1980's, instituted a cap upon imported vehicles, and a 25% tariff on pickup trucks made outside of the US.
A quick look around Charlotte reveals the "mill houses" that were built such that employees would have the chance of owning their own home.
Growing up just outside of Manhattan, I was made somewhat familiar with the contribution that the Carnegie family made toward the arts.
Look at all of the libraries that Carnegie investment/encouraged in NC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...North_Carolina
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All of this is in stark contrast to today's entrepreneurs, whose god is the quarterly profit.
In the 90's, many skilled blue collar workers were pushed into service jobs, and now automation threatens that sector.
The cost of housing in Charlotte has risen quickly, while wages have remained somewhat stagnant. Within Charlotte's population are hard working bus drivers, postal workers, trash collectors, waitresses, etc.
Should their hard work and contribution to society be rewarded with a crime ridden and/or dirty place to live? |
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09-05-2017, 11:44 AM
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You make it sound like Affordable Housing is not a right for people who choose to want it??? Let me guess, if you cant afford to live in Charlotte, then move....SMH....Its not a solution.
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A right??
So all it takes it is to choose to want it?
Then why bother getting skills and holding a good paying job? |
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09-05-2017, 11:53 AM
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Location: Tega Cay, SC
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A right??
So all it takes it is to choose to want it?
Then why bother getting skills and holding a good paying job?
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Exactly. I didn't post any further because after her ridiculous response I no longer took this thread seriously. |
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