I personally don't know of any well-off communities that have gone broke and dry up. I'm sure there are some suburban excurb areas that are under a little bit more pressure during economic downturns but they're also the first places to revitalize and start growing again once the economy comes back.
Much of the northeast is a prime example . Suburbanization spread the population out quickly , eventually that slowed down and costs went up. New Jersey has high property taxes for a reason , they have a lot to pay for . Even then, they still can’t keep up.
I grew up in the sticks... I like progress and new things being built with nice roads. Many times you don't have nice roads unless you have the population to pay for it.
That probably has more to do with political things than the developers.
Not entirely , I know what you are getting at and it’s very true as well. They stifled growth with policies limiting sprawl , which led to pressures on the housing market since the area was still desirable but now new housing couldn’t be built . California is feeling the same thing too .New Jersey is interesting though because it’s essentially out of developable land as well, which means they need to densify , however lots of NIMBYism holding that back .New Jersey is a great place to live if you can afford it. Great schools and jobs .
Being interested is good but you have to see the other side. I have walked creeks with developers in Raleigh cleaning up trash. I have watched them pay incredible amounts of money to build low income housing that is not profitable so they can support the part of the project that is profitable. These people especially the local developers are not evil. They are solid businesses. This stuff isn't easy. Remember when Harvey hit Houston? That was irresponsible development ignoring Impervious surface probably completed 20-30 years ago. Standards are evolving, they just lag behind a bit. If we don't keep building better, what is our defense against crazy weather that will happen. We design to 100 year floods which are happening with more regularity. Want to know what they designed to in the 80's?
Local developers aren’t responsible for much of the growth though. It’s the DR Hortons of the developer world doing a lot of it . I will say though , cleaning up trash from a creek isn’t enough compared to the environmental stress they create . That’s general posturing , political in nature . I like the idea of denser housing ( we build denser we can get more homes and cheaper ) , I like the idea of developers contributing to funds getting open space and greenways . It’s not even developers fault really , they do what they can given laws and demands , it’s local governments and regular citizens like us who are against what’s best a lot of the time . Not-In - My-Backyardism in lots of Raleigh for example preventing denser housing being allowed . Everyone likes growth but then when the area wants to grow more they become against it , do it right in the first place won’t have that issue .
No offense but shouldn't you be smart if you're a civil engineer? It's you're not your !
You suck. He is sharing information with us and you come with this crap .
We do all of their work, ill actually be in their office some this week talking about Downtown South, but I work for Dr Horton, and Lennar, and Pulte and all the national groups too. They hire local talent for their local offices, that's the only way to know the system enough to get plans approved. And I disagree that people spending their weekends picking up trash and donating money to local non profits is posturing. Does it help them in the community relations department....yeah but I mean it still sucks. My company has a Natural Resources department and they are a huge pain in my ass. We argue over every tree and wetland flag but it's checks and balances. When you cross that invisible line to Johnston County all of that dissapears. Incompetent local governments are the people you have problems with....I could tell you horror stories about what the qualifications are of individuals employed to review these plans....but in rural areas they barely look at them.
I’m not surprised , Johnston county is horrifying from archer lodge on down to Clayton. It’s probably nothing but nepotism though behind a lot of those poor hiring choices . Makes sense now why 96 south in Johnston county has development but not 96 in wake county .
What a trash post
Can you tell me about the development going in on 401 just S of the springs? Looks like it's going to be a monster and on both sides of the highway
How was the sea screamerNorth Myrtle Beach was beautiful
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My area is fighting this now. Everyone moved out here to get away now there are probably 5 developments going in within 5 miles. Can't do much but say oh well I tried and get on a soap box or go bankrupt buying land to prevent development. On the bright side since this is a hot new area my house is printing money daily