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Originally Posted by bossabreezes
In regards to Aviationguys post, as a general point, I don't understand why the housing market seems like its not keeping up with the demand. Texas is a pro-business and not NIMBY place in general. I'm guessing some places in Austin are more NIMBY, but I don't understand how the market isn't meeting needs in the suburbs.
Shouldn't it be solid, house to house development from downtown Austin to Route 130 in the east? It seems strange that there isn't development moving eastward from downtown- seems that the sprawl is mainly occurring northward towards Georgetown or southwards towards San Marcos. Seems strangely lopsided especially since there is no geographic growth hinderance moving east from downtown.
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That's the next great frontier, it's already booming in far Northeast austin near 45/130 and it will continue to fill in. It looks like North Dallas out there with the rolling hills and praire-ish landscape.
There's a large landfill in that no man's land of "central, east austin" inside the 130 loop along with large swaths of land set aside for the Colorado River and Walter Long Park . Then you have an airport and another landfill in
the southeast side of the metro that makes it less desirable. East austin has always been pretty rural/agricultural and "un-austinish" and growth mostly followed everywhere but east.
It took about a decade, but 130 is seeing a lot of growth now.