Maybe this is the Disney resort everyone was talking about.
but you're right... then again, everything in suburbia is/seems fake. Just the other day, I thought I was walking through a German village, but then I walked up to the Superman.
I just keep thinking about the amount of traffic that this development along 10 will bring. If people are affected by it, by spending an additional 30-60 minutes in traffic a day, they will begin to take a bit more interest in what is being built where. People wil begin to demand smarter developments, they will start to think about living close(r) to where they work, and taking mass transit (and see the lack of options.)
I know it is slow, but be patient. In the next couple of months there will be ~750 units under construction around downtown. There is already a demand to live downtown (as can be seen with Vistana's waiting list,) and when developers can demand higher rents per sq. ft., then the projects will start to come. I'm sorry to say, but it won't happen by getting affordable projects built.
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The Raleigh Connoisseur It is the city trying to escape the consequences of being a city
while still remaining a city. It is urban society trying to eat its
cake and keep it, too.
- Harlan Douglass, The Suburban Trend, 1925
Last edited by miaht82; Sep 4, 2010 at 2:01 PM.
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