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Originally Posted by chinchaaa
Part of the problem is that we all want a house with a yard and a picket fence. This century will redefine what a family home looks like in America, and people will have to accept that you can’t have a 5 bedroom house on an acre of land 5 mins from downtown anymore, and that’s a good thing in the long term.
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I'm sorry but that isn't good enough and I find that line not only irritating but out of touch with a segment of the population who has long been here. There are cities, major cities that still have quaint single family homes near the center of their respective cores.
First off, nobody is saying they want acres of land. My yard is actually one of the largest in this neighborhood at just over half an acre, most are considerably smaller. The original houses in this neighborhood don't have 5 bedrooms either, this isn't Old West Austin or Tarrytown, it's smaller mid century homes with at the very most 4 bedrooms, but most commonly 2 to 3. The difference this time unlike past booms we've gone through is this boom is causing a significant shift in rising property values. It's an issue the city has been needing to tackle but now more than ever as families are being affected.
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