Posted Apr 22, 2006, 2:27 AM
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Rachacha rez
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rachacha NY
Posts: 267
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About your last oist, Ex-Ithacan, This is especially needed because with gas at $3 a gallon with no end in sight for the price going up, the same people that can't afford a place in Tompkins County or especially in the City or Town of Ithaca are going to be even more hamstrung. The problem is, as mentioned here before, that the student housing market skews prices up, especially in desirable areas such as near Cornell. Also, with the only affordable housing being built being mobile homes, the choices are even more limited, since very few places close in are zoned for mobile homes, those that exist are at or very near capacity, such as in Varna or down at Nate's Floral Estates, and cities have no desire to zone property for mobile homes because of Nimbyism, low return on their investment for infrastructure and schools, and asthetics.
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