it’s mixed use or ruins swallowed by the desert.
temeculaguy,
you make a point on how zoning laws and lack of public transport makes unwalkable neighborhoods safe from going ghetto. It seems to have had some truth to it when you describe the past few decades. It a poor guide for making predictions. You don’t seem to grasp the implication of the coming $10/gallon gasoline. It will be the middle class who will not be able to afford routine driving. The end of commuting alone in their cars. The only neighborhoods that survive will be those with housing and jobs within walking distance of each other, and functioning dense public transport coverage used by the entire population, not just the poor. The neighborhoods that fail to transform themselves in this manner will not turn ghetto, that’s ridiculous, instead they will turn into ghost towns for future archeologists to study.
