@gertrudecloset wrote:
@drizzellla wrote:
@gertrudecloset wrote:
@drizzellla The thing I'm reading for NYC who has a similar set up is that most of these buildings are sitting with not many tenants. Where are all these rich people coming from? Overseas? So PA is doing the same thing too, huh?
I think these developments are common in many states. We passed a development even bigger than the ones I have seen in NJ and PA. I think it was in VA. It seemed to go on forever.
Not sure who is buying but they are not cheap.
When our friends's parents died, they sold their parent's house. It was convenient to Villanova University. It was quickly sold for $$$$S to a Saudi Arabian family. They did not want their daughter to live in a dorm. And they wanted a house big enough so when they came and visited, they had room.
Yes. Track housing Townhomes, condos and such. Shared walls. Or they are semi attached at the top front. They feel like being in an apartment, though many people like them. Where I live they have some with a front entrance of only 10-12 feet across but they can be very long. You don't want to know what they cost either @drizzellla .
The county we left in MD passed a law/ordinance/decree/whatever you want to call it 5 years ago that NO single family housing communities will be built going forward. Instead, you must build UP, not OUT. Of course this is NOT applicable to the Western part of the county (AKA where the rich and those who hold the important county seats live) but a house must sit on a least 5 acres and be privately built. This is turning the county into a Tale of Two Cities. High rises (once banned) are now popping up and are either condos or apartments. Green areas are disappearing at an alarming rate and being real honest, it's starting to look like Baltimore City with specific groups clustered tightly together with other groups further out enjoying peace, quiet and rural beauty. Considering that this county was KNOWN for its bucolic environment, it's a shock and a 180 degree turn from what it was supposed to look like. We we up there a few weeks ago and the amount of building going on was just...unbelievable. A few townhouse communities are going up but they are so tightly clustered that it's all cement and asphalt; not a tree to be found.
There are waiting lists for these places as well; most of the condo communities sold out before breaking ground. The number of cars and people will be unreal in areas that are already overcrowded and the schools....so sad.
Other counties may not go to the extreme of banning single family homes, but the trend is definitely strong for apartments and condos.
*Four Seasons once again*
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