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Old Posted Aug 10, 2017, 10:20 PM
NickB1967 NickB1967 is offline
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Originally Posted by Majin View Post
I say within the decade because the those areas (South Sacramento, Arden) will continue to decline due to lack of resources, regulation and suburban flight to urban environments until it's untenable not to annex them and clean them up. Arden might finally form it's own city but look how shitty most of South Sacramento is right now and imagine what it's going to look like in 10 years with zero investment while places within city limits gets all of the development/gentrification such as Midtown, Oak Park, Curtis Park, and even suburban areas such as Natomas and Delta shore. There is NOTHING happening in unincorporated South Sacramento except decay. The county of Sacramento doesn't have the tools or the same resources an incorporated city does do to any of that.
The dynamic growth of the Asian American shopping areas in the vicinity of Florin Rd and Stockton Blvd would indicate otherwise, commercially. There is a lot of investment going on there.

As for Arden-Arcade, I am seeing the sprucing up and remodeling for the Fulton Avenue and even the Watt Avenue commercial centers. However, they still missed the boat when they chose not to incorporate themselves a la Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, or Rancho Cordova.

Annexation of "un-city" to Sacramento proper is a matter of political will. K.J. definitely had such a will, but he had a basketball team to save first, and then he was crippled by personal scandal. Darrell Steinberg is a drone who clearly does not.

Last edited by NickB1967; Aug 17, 2017 at 5:33 PM.
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