Comment 39221

By Kiely (registered) | Posted March 28, 2010 at 15:25:38

"That certainly describes the "white flight" that hollowed out US inner cities in the 60's and 70's" - highwater

60's and 70's Highwater??? I've been watching my relatives in St. Louis do this almost non-stop for the past 30 years. it seemed like every year you'd go down they would live further from St. Louis. If we're going to look at the US as an example, then the fact is many inner cities are on the verge of being bankrupt, some have seen the decay spread to the first level of suburbs. Yes, it has been exacerbated by the mortgage crisis, but this was starting even before that.

At the same time suburbs are becoming more urbanized, businesses are moving closer to their employees in the suburbs and many suburbs are building pseudo "downtown" walking malls. Alpharetta, Georgia, a "suburb" of Atlanta, is a good example of this. Siemens and many other large companies have located their offices and manufacturing facilities there, it has mixed and higher density zoning, etc… With all these factors working against cities and with a variety of solutions available besides "teardown the burbs", urban centres can't simply rely on pending $3-4 gasoline, they need to be doing everything they can to attract and retain businesses and people… or there may be nothing for people to move back to. That's all I'm saying.

Comment edited by Kiely on 2010-03-28 14:26:00

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