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Originally Posted by urbanpdx
I've never understood the draw of Gateway. Mark, why, other than low cost and a LRT station and freeway access, would anyone want to live in Gateway?
I'm not trying to be insulting, I just want to know.
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no offense taken. I was living in the Hollywood in a house and wanted to downsize to an apartment to make sure I could deal with condo living...didn't want to buy something I wasn't going to enjoy living in, and since I never really lived in multi-unit housing outside a year in a downtown high rise, I thought I'd try. Anyway, my landlord's son had just bought a new building in Gateway and needed tenants fast. The price was good, the place decent, and the guy's a friend, so I've just been kicking it watching the condo market to weaken for the past two years now.
I never thought I'd end up near Gateway though, to tell you the truth. However, since I have lived there for some time now, I can see how a few major developments could tranform the entire district. I also feel the same about 'downtown' Hollywood. I could hope the PDC would align it's priorities with Metro's and build these town centers up and dense as invisioned.