North Texas and The Disposable Suburbs (Dallas, Arlington: apartment, home builder, buy)

[CREW747]

Spot on, all of it.

North Texas must stop building disposable suburbs...

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/c...osable-suburbs

[MarshaBrady1968]

Good article, thanks.
I think as a society, we are prone to disposable everything. Especially in Texas. It's more of a social issue than an urban planning issue.
Bigger. Better. Faster. More. And as soon as possible please. Stick and move, and no worries about what it does to future generations, that's their problem.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by CREW747

Spot on, all of it.

North Texas must stop building disposable suburbs...

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/c...osable-suburbs

There's precisely zero chance say Plano and or Frisco will later turn into what Arlington is now.

[Johnhw2]

Dallas doesnt build suburbs people do. Hows it going to stop them?

[Treasurevalley92]

Originally Posted by EDS_

There's precisely zero chance say Plano and or Frisco will later turn into what Arlington is now.

I wouldn't say zero, but it is less likely because they are wealthy. All the same, they will be saddled with the burdens of their inefficient car-centric design and those bills will pile up, but hopefully, they can afford to pay for it because the high-quality schools will keep the property values high. Lots of others won't be so lucky.

[Katana49]

Plano has grown wisely for the most part. Look at their downtown area, which is more lively now than it ever was when I lived there in the 80's and 90's. Look at their plans for revitalizing all of the Collin Creek Mall area... They are not letting things fall apart.


As far as homes go, it's a mixed bag... Back in the 80's, every single home in my parent's subdivision was a custom home done by a low volume home builder. Every. Single. One. But now, things are different, as the larger builders buy up entire subdivisions and crank out 10 new homes a month. True custom builds I don't think you can even get anymore for under $750k or so, and maybe not even at that price.



That can lead to corners being cut and quality taking a nosedive... but as that has happened, code requirements have only gotten more stringent. Homes built today have to meet those codes, and they are more efficient, if not built with as high quality materials, as the older homes were.

[Soonhun]

"Encouraging local leaders to pay for amenities like roads from local tax bases should keep them honest, too, rather than looking to Uncle Sam to paper over shortfalls."

To be fair, a large chunk of money held by "Uncle Sam" comes from the local tax base through income tax.

[f4shionablecha0s]

Originally Posted by EDS_

There's precisely zero chance say Plano and or Frisco will later turn into what Arlington is now.

It will if the Plano NIMBYs get their way and stop the more sustainable development pattern city leaders have been pushing for.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by Treasurevalley92

I wouldn't say zero, but it is less likely because they are wealthy. All the same, they will be saddled with the burdens of their inefficient car-centric design and those bills will pile up, but hopefully, they can afford to pay for it because the high-quality schools will keep the property values high. Lots of others won't be so lucky.

Frankly, I think The Manhattan Institute is full of beans on this. This and other similar position papers from them have been making the rounds lately.

[EDS_]

Originally Posted by f4shionablecha0s

It will if the Plano NIMBYs get their way and stop the more sustainable development pattern city leaders have been pushing for.

In the end the NIMBY forces you are speak of will lose. The DMN has more or less outed one guy who is most of the problem. Anyway he's/they've mostly already lost Plano is about 41% or so apartment dweller right now.