Gas Prices May Revive Cities

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ramzimonso of AK 2:46AM November 04, 2009

...just like the city *used to be.*
Enjoy.
;-)

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Al of GA 6:15PM September 30, 2008

You mean it will be just like living in the city then. Bars on the windows, vacant houses, graffiti, low income people in the hood.

of TN 1:45PM September 19, 2008

Glenn, nobody is going to make you live in a city. You can stay in the suburbs, and enjoy it.
There will be some changes, of course. Your house value will drop relative to those of city dwellers.
So you may see some lower income people start moving into the 'hood. But that's OK - it's just diversity.
And maybe one or two houses get repo'd and sit vacant. So what? You can cut their lawn, because - hey - nobody wants the neighbourhood looking messy.
And it's easy to paint over graffiti on those vacant houses. You just buy one of those paint sprayer things. No worries.
And those bars you can get at the building center - the ones that go over your basement windows? They're great. Who looks out of basement windows anyway?
So, like I said, there will be changes. But that's just the market, buddy.
Nobody's telling anyone to do anything.
It's just like natural selection.
Enjoy...

Dave 12:58PM August 29, 2008

What if - and I'm just spitballing here - what if I DON'T WANT to live in an urban area? What if I'm willing to put up with a longer drive time so that I can have a house in a more rural or suburban environment? I don't want to live in the city. I don't want to go on a vacation to Paris (Thanks, Rob from CA for being so concerned about my personal vacation budget and car expenses, but I'll take it from here.) Sprawl is defined as "letting people live where they want to live". People live in suburbs because they want to, and most don't care that it's a "cultural wasteland" (as if cities are wonderful culural meccas and everyone should aspire to live near or in one), or that it's "unbearably homogenous" (i.e. filled with evil white people). Suburbs also tend to be safe, quiet, and comfortable. Please. Get off by back. If I can afford the house lot and don't mind a bit of a drive, it's really not your business where I live.

Glenn of UT 12:26PM August 28, 2008

Good! In my little opinion the next best thing that may will happen will be that the fuel continue in decending price mode for good and stay down there as it was 10 years ago or so for example in order to really boost it up the global business as usual back to normal or better yet if possible. Imagine that? Then will be talking big time business for long time to come at global level with everyone into a win-win situation, I guess. Definetly! Awesome absolutly! Keep it low and keep it running.
You have the technology...

Mike Dud of CT 12:32PM August 20, 2008

It's good that America is waking up to what those of us who reside in denser, urban environments have always known: Suburbia, as we know it, is a cultural wasteland, unsustainable and unbearably homogeneous.
Here in San Francisco, the place the rest of the country thinks is inhabited by crazy people", continues to be the most popular tourist destination in the Country. Visitors don't come here to shop at Wall-Mart or Target (we have neither in the city anyway), they come because of our vibrant street life. The real estate is second in expense only to New York City (which also has a vibrant street life, BTW) because so many people want to live here.
The Bay Area's natural beauty also attracts people, you might argue, but vibrant Paris, a city without the dramatic landscape of Northern California, is also a magnet for international visitors.
We'll take the $5-10,000 that most Americans squander on their cars per year, and use it to take a nice vacation. Paris, perhaps.

Rob Bregoff of CA 6:29PM August 04, 2008

The Age of the Private Automobile was sadly misguided dream of egoistic individualism, idealizing only materialism and personal acquisition at the expense of community, culture, and the environment.
We should be grateful that this dystopia is finally coming to its own demise.

MkII of NY 3:36AM July 24, 2008