Is the "peak housing" stuff legitimate? I think yes.

[Sara Beverley]

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"There are signs that people want more choices. Frustration with long commutes is mounting. Downtown housing is enjoying a revival. Even suburbs are creating city-styled town centers that combine stores, offices, condos and townhouses in a walk able environment.

But change is coming slowly, says John McIlwain, senior housing fellow at the Urban Land Institute, a research group that works with developers: "We're going to wind up with anywhere between 60% and 70% of development occurring where it's always occurred since World War II: on the outer edge."

TAKE A GOOD LOOK at the first paragraph. What this really means is that poor inner city minorities will once again be pushed out of low income housing to make way for the urban rich. It's happening all over the country right now, that's why poverty and homelessness are rising. Philly, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, Wash. DC, whites developers are pushing poor and middle income minorities, especially blacs right out of the city and I can't tell where they are going. In addition, the suburban areas close into the cities where blacks made great strides during the 60's in buying homes are also under seige by realators who are shopping for whites who have found that the comutes to work are unbearable. And of course, little or nothing has been done to construct any state-of-the art rail transportation system anywhere in the nation. This is going to be a very serious problem for this nation as the resettlement programs for the influx of Asian and EU/Balkan immigrants take precedent over finding decent low income housing for native born Americans. Mark my words.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-12-12-housing-demand_x.htm?csp=26&RM_Exclude=Juno

[mhr]

1. All Part Of Bush's America - The Rich Prosper - The Poor Suffer

What's new?

[ixion]

2. telecommuting could solve much of the problem

just about any kind of work can be performed from home, with the exception of some types of manufacturing and service industry jobs, albeit not all.

-- Telecommuting reduces the need for middle management, which increases company profits.

-- Telecommuting decreases worker fatigue because less time is spent getting to and from work.

-- Telecommuting increases efficiency and workplace productivity.

Just wanted to add this idea to the thread. :-)

[demnan]

3. People are too jealous and mean spirited

to really condone working from home. When the employee is happy, management feels less "powerful".

[NYC]

4. Yes, the domination is missing.

[ixion]

5. indeed... this is what is primarily holding up the transformation

and it will certainly be a large obstacle.