[PRCo] Re: P-G on the role of transit in growing neighborhoods

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> I am fearful that what will happen will involve building high-end condos and
> the like, not dwellings that the average guy can afford.  And the
> politicians want it this way.  But it doesn't produce success in the other
> neighborhood-building areas, because these people will still have cars and
> will still go to the shopping centers.

To some extent that's happened here, with South Side Works. The prices 
they ask are nuts. Somehow, it's mostly filled.

But this neighborhood has critical mass. The question is how does 
somewhere like Bloomfield, seemingly on the upswing, take it to the next 
step?