Mueller/Windsor Park Area Development Updates

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[QUOTE=KevinFromTexas;9267166]Thing is, it's actually somewhat worse to have a smaller lot still with grass and stuff that needs care, but with less space in the yard for a storage shed to store your mower and other lawn equipment. Sure, some of the houses have garages where that can go, but not all of them do...I think? This creates a problem of where to store your mower, or possibly having to decide whether to pay to have your lawn taken care of so you don't need a mower. It starts to get to a point where I question the point of having a yard if you don't even have the space to store the equipment you'll need to maintain it. So, you might as well build row houses or brown stones or even go vertical.]


Mueller resident here. As to density, others have already commented, single family lot sizes in Mueller are 37'x45' (.38 acre). You could fit 4 single family Mueller lots into a typical Austin city lot.

As for a neighborhood where families would want to live - current density makes it just comfortable enough to be manageable for families with multiple children (though most families that have 3+ children do eventually move out). My wife grew up in a high rise in Hong Kong, so we are used to tight quarters - nevertheless having teenagers and elementary school kids in 1500 sq ft without a yard to speak of, has it's challenges. If Mueller were more dense, you would find few families living here.

As yard tools/storage space. Our street and back alley trees are now 13 years old, and provide so much shade that you can't grow lawn anyway. With lots this small, grass should be eliminated as a landscape solution. I know of very few neighbors that have been able to grow grass even if they really wanted to.

It's been said before - but highrises everywhere don't necessarily create the most density in a city.