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DC’s vast housing production is very good for the city. It very clearly makes it a better more comfortable city to live in. At one point literally 1/2 the people I know lived in an apartment with a makeshift bedroom that if listed could not be billed as a bedroom by MLS.
In DC because there is more housing people live in much nicer units but there isn’t necessarily more people. Because while there are more units there are fewer people sleeping in dining rooms and basements
Lol…I couldn’t imagine people in DC living in a dining room in large numbers. People make way too much money and are way too successful to live in someone’s dining room in DC. That is not a good thing. To your point, I would much rather DC gain population through new units than boarding houses.
Lol…I couldn’t imagine people in DC living in a dining room in large numbers. People make way too much money and are way too successful to live in someone’s dining room in DC. That is not a good thing. To your point, I would much rather DC gain population through new units than boarding houses.
Unfortunately that’s the norm in Boston. DC also is significantly wealthier than Boston on average so I would expect living arrangements to be nicer. Bostons big push is for new micro units, ADUs/basement apartments and SROs for the yuppies so that triple deckers are opened up (eventually)and time for families again.
In general DC is a newer, cleaner, more efficient, city with more of a domestic appeal/population, and more green space than Boston. There no question in my mind about that. There also no question in my mind Boston is a more cosmopolitan, denser city,with more neighborhood variation, safety, character and history than DC. There are tradeoffs- similar city’s with different strengths.
Gateway market is about $$$$ capital flowing into the market. They are very hard to get into from an investment standpoint. They command the most $$$$ typically in their office markets.
Gateway market isn’t what you said. So excuse me for moving of the ‘gateway city’ terminology.
Unfortunately that’s the norm in Boston. DC also is significantly wealthier than Boston on average so I would expect living arrangements to be nicer. Bostons big push is for new micro units, ADUs/basement apartments and SROs for the yuppies so that triple deckers are opened up (eventually)and time for families again.
In general DC is a newer, cleaner, more efficient, city with more of a domestic appeal/population, and more green space than Boston. There no question in my mind about that. There also no question in my mind Boston is a more cosmopolitan, denser city,with more neighborhood variation, safety, character and history than DC. There are tradeoffs- similar city’s with different strengths.
I agree with this. For me, I love DC for its Black wealth and culture. That’s why NYC is the only other city I would want to live in because it too has Black wealth and culture. The only other city in America with the level of Black success as DC and NYC is Atlanta, but Atlanta is not a dense vibrant city so it’s not an option.
I agree with this. For me, I love DC for its Black wealth and culture. That’s why NYC is the only other city I would want to live in because it too has Black wealth and culture. The only other city in America with the level of Black success as DC and NYC is Atlanta, but Atlanta is not a dense vibrant city so it’s not an option.
Lol…I couldn’t imagine people in DC living in a dining room in large numbers. People make way too much money and are way too successful to live in someone’s dining room in DC. That is not a good thing. To your point, I would much rather DC gain population through new units than boarding houses.
In raw income (greater) Boston is pretty similar but yes NIMBYs hurt that QOL of Boston by forcing houses to have more people than they should.
But these people I’m talking about are relatively high income professionals so they’re not poor. It’s just that the lack of housing unit production just doesn’t translate into less population just more expensive more crowded housing.
The Dc model is much better than NYC/Boston/San Francisco/LA
(Although Bos/NYC are much better than Cali cities)
The idea that Boston and Massachusetts doesn't embrace people of color making lots of money, being wealthy ect, and living in their communities is patently absurd. Massachusetts had a huge demographic disparity, and it took decades to catch up. Massachusetts is an exceedingly expensive state to live. This has always been an impediment to diversity. https://mpbos.com
Richard G Baumert is one of Boston's most successful business people. He owns the distinction of leading the team that built the only tower in the US outside of NYC that made >$1B in profit (as of 2017).
What further impediments to diversity are there in Massachusetts?
This has much to do with _____, ______ and ______.
Example: a great number of banks, and finance jobs left for the Sunbelt in the Great Recession, never to return. That was a very hard hit.
Job demographics gets into the third rail of posting, so we stop there.
Odu- while some people believe that- I don’t think anyone said that here…
It doesn’t embrace or push away- it just exists. Nothing remarkable goood or bad . it’s different than DC in that regard though which has more wealthy blacks in its suburbs than Boston: in the city there’s no difference. But most of the blacks in either area don’t live in the city proper.
Chelsea is technically STILL rebuilding after nearly the whole smash burnt to the ground.
prolly top 30,000/sq mi before too long......
here's a picture of the current infilling (scroll/peruse) https://archboston.com/community/thr...ea.5891/page-6
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