Sunset magazine editor and New York Times blogger Allison Arieff asks, “what are we going to do with all the homes and communities we are left with” when everyone moves out of the suburbs and back to the cities? (Click here for part 2.)
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Dan, this blog is based solely on “politcal science”, not real “science”.
Owen, apologies. Who knew there were so many Owen McShanes?
Nonetheless, it is common courtesy and expected to source quotes, and provide some sort of ref for assertions, which is likley part of the reason why this place allows HTML.
DS
There aren’t that many. The most famous “other” made whiskey in the South island for the early settlers about 1880.
I convened the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition because my organisation was being pressured into dealing with more science than was appropriate. I am currently chair of the Policy Panel of that coalition – which has three panels; a science panel, an economics panel and a policy panel. The NZCSC has now helped the International Equivalent and may work with the others you name. I don’t know. But I certainly do not run their web pages. I am busy enough with my own. I do not know how anyone could figure that any Owen McShane ran all those pages or runs all those organisations. CFACT is a US organisation with no ties to NZ at all as far as I know.
It is courtesy to check one’s assumptions before making accusations. Even if I was managing web pages for such groups does that mean I claim to be a scientist?
I provided the url as soon as I realised it was needed. At the time I first posted, I thought it had originated on this blog or from Randal and was well known.
Suburban exodus? Why does the author think that? Clear misunderstanding of events & facts.
BTW the national vacancy rate is about 11%, as it was in 2006. In 2000 it was 9%. It might appear that vacancies have gone up because people foreclosed upon have gone to rentals.
Here’s the mystery: housing supply increased by over 20% (vacancy 9% to 11%)during 2000-06.
Why did some markets have massive housing price inflation? Well, those markets usually had vacancies less than 5%. Why? Gov policy made it harder for builders to meet the housing demand.
Clarification: by housing supply, I mean units available for sale (vacancies).
I don’t get why reusability is such a big deal. All sorts of buildings can be reused for all sorts of things. For example, about 6 years ago a suburban office building was “reused” and turned into condos. It’s not a matter of it can but what the cost to do it would be.
Agreed. Reusability is not an issue, except for some old cities like Detroit.
The premise is doubly wrong:
People are not leaving suburbs.
If that were to be true, the buildings stay empty, rather than being reused. Who would bed around to use them?
It’s not a matter of it can but what the cost to do it would be.
It will be if you actually get into the real estate business. That is: the scrapeofffs in your neighborhood. How often are they turned into what people claim they want here – affordable housing. Right. Not just never, but f’n never. The ideology’s wished don’t actually happen on the ground.
So the larger the envelope, the more flexibility. Basic knowledge.
DS