Rural Urban Divide, Millennial Lifestyles & City of the Future

[The-Shoveler]

Thank god my neighborhood has enough parking LOL.

I know of Condo HOA’s so freaked out about parking they have even owners cars towed if they forget to have their parking tags displayed.

Next step is to make it illegal to park anywhere near the complex just to make it a complete PITA.

[FlyerInHi]

It also makes perfect sense to require that parking spaces be sold separately from condo units. So the city finally wised up. People are so slow to change…. we would be so much farther along and well ahead of other metros, if only people had wised up 30 years ago. I believe it’s always better to change sooner than later.

[The-Shoveler]

To be honest I would not buy into something like this

Seems more low income project’s type housing.

But maybe I am wrong.

Most people in SoCal at least want to have a car IMO.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=The-Shoveler]To be honest I would not buy into something like this

Seems more low income project’s type housing.

But maybe I am wrong.

Most people in SoCal at least want to have a car IMO.[/quote]

Ok. More for people like me. I’m glad that people like me can now what we want. You can have your suburb and people like me can have our city. I don’t like government forcing urban planning on people.

[Myriad]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Finally, the city of San Diego is allowing development without parking. About time.
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This policy might work for downtown and areas near DT where people can get to everything without driving. However, for neighborhoods in the suburbs, this will be a shitshow for a few years. Most people will still have to have a car to get around within the neighborhoods, or if they work at a location with poor transit (most of SD).

I’m all for more public transit and higher density at the right locations, but SD’s public transit infrastructure is weak, especially going East/West and within neighborhoods.

I live along the 56 corridor. The 56 is severely congested every day. Meanwhile, the city continues to plan to add thousands of units of housing along the corridor, with no plan for better transit. More lanes on the 56, that’s planned for after 2030. Express lanes – nope, express buses to UTC/Torrey Pines/Sorrento Mesa – nope.

[FlyerInHi]

The 56 is not severely congested.

It’s a chicken and egg issue. But financial wise, you need density first and transit later. Because without density, there is no revenue stream for public transit.

[The-Shoveler]

You can get an uber/lyft in the burbs too,

I think the main thing is they need more public transit.

They wasted so much money on the CA-HSR project, but does any funding go to getting more trains to the burbs LOL.

The politicians up north etc.. are way out of wack with how the real people with real jobs and real families really live.

Give me a break.

[FlyerInHi]

I think we should privatize the highways and use the funds for public transit.
Private corporations will run the highways better than caltrans

[The-Shoveler]

Just make sure everywhere you have a suburb that has a new or existing freeway, it gets a rail line.

No “just the city” thing.

[FlyerInHi]

No. The American transit model is all wrong. Everywhere else in the world is in the city only.

People think SF has good transit. But it’s shit compared to world class cities.

Maybe let the invisible hand work its magic. Privatize all infrastructure and the investments will naturally flow to where there is density and economies of scale.

[FlyerInHi]

Here’s a NYT piece arguing that Americans need more neighbors.
The least we could so is upzone lots and allow merging of lots for multi family housing. Also mix commercial and residential.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/opinion/sunday/minneapolis-ends-single-family-zoning.amp.html

[FlyerInHi]

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So a developer is planning a city of the future in Vegas, the first in USA.
It’s not going to happen. In America, we will have nothing but incremental urban gentrification and more suburban sprawl. We will see.

https://news3lv.com/news/local/company-plans-to-build-75-billion-smart-mini-city-in-las-vegas

[FlyerInHi]

I think this is so true. Millennials love experiences and they want well curated urban spaces.

Millennials are calling BS on the benefits of owning a home

https://qz.com/1686456/millennials-call-bs-on-the-benefits-of-owning-a-home/

[The-Shoveler]

There are at least 15 new home tracts being started between Fallbrook and Corona along the I-15 right now.

While maybe not Rural, definitely suburban.

American Suburbs Swell Again as a New Generation Escapes the City
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-suburbs-swell-again-as-a-new-generation-escapes-the-city-11561992889

Millennials Lead the Growth of New Home Buyers
https://www.newhomesource.com/guide/articles/millennials-lead-the-growth-of-new-home-buyers

Why A Growing Number Of Millennials Prefer The Suburbs

Why A Growing Number Of Millennials Prefer The Suburbs

[FlyerInHi]

Shoveler what you see is the old trend. The new trends are what matter.
Like any business, it’s the marginal changes that are indicative. It’s like the change from sedan to suv in the auto market. The Ford Taurus and Toyota Camry stayed best sellers for many years, notwithstanding the trend.

Look at what is happening in Vegas, the city that is definition of sprawl.
https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/real-estate/2019/mar/08/trendy-apartments-seek-to-attract-young-socal-tran/

Here is a new development with apartments just over 300sf. There are col-living spaces within 5 “studios” sharing a living room and kitchen
https://www.apartmenthomeliving.com/apartment-finder/The-yoU-Las-Vegas-NV-89119-8365314#amp_carousel_main

There is a lot of infill in San Diego and the people I know, nobody wants to move out to the suburbs. Maybe the military transplants and people from elsewhere like the suburbs.

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