I can't speak for the other places, but this is the view from the street about two blocks from my mom's house, in Gilbert, AZ.
She lives on this lake.
What sucks about it? ;)
Posted on 06/30/2005 4:31:11 AM PDT by bobjam
WASHINGTON — Skyrocketing housing prices are driving people from San Francisco, Boston and other big cities. Warm weather and more affordable living are behind the rapid growth in midsize cities in Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California. Census Bureau (search) figures being released Thursday show no letup in the migration to the South and West, which are home to all 10 of the fastest-growing cities with at least 100,000 people. The Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, Ariz., topped the list. The city grew by more than 46,000 people, or 42 percent, to just over 156,000 residents in a little over four years. Next on the list ranked by percentage gain was Miramar, Fla., followed by North Las Vegas, Nev.; Port St. Lucie, Fla.; and Roseville, Calif. Rounding out the top 10 were Henderson, Nev.; Chandler, Ariz.; Cape Coral, Fla.; and Rancho Cucamonga and Irvine, both in California. San Francisco and Boston found themselves among the cities losing the most people between April 2000 and July 2004. Boston, for example, shed more than 19,000 people, or 3.4 percent of its population. San Francisco lost 32,000, or 4.2 percent.
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The second is the obvious observation that most Americans would prefer a house with a garage and yard over a condo or apartment with a parking lot. This is the root cause behind the mass flight to the suburbs that began in the late 1940's.
It's demographics: as a generation gets older it wants to move into a real house, not a cubicle on the east coast. Also, a crushing tax burden can be devestating for someone young (and with children) with already a lot of debt.
So true. It's certainly not because Gilbert, Mirimar, Las Vegas, or Port St. Lucie are desirable towns. I've been to all of them.....and they....well, in a word....suck.
In reality, the market is controled by real estate agents and appraisers. They tell the owners what the porperty is worth and the rest of us just fall into line.
Maybe there should be some cap or limit to the value of property. Who knows. (Sigh)
Ever notice that one rarely sees people flocking to largely Liberal areas but one frequently sees masses moving to Conservative areas?
Whyizat?
I have friends that visit from Seattle and they go nuts when they hear what I paid for where I live. One of my friends lives in a 700 sq. ft. dump on a nice lot in Shoreline and says its worth 225,000. It may be worth more now since I haven't spoken to him since just after his boy Kerry got spanked in the election.
If these people want to come here to get in on our milk and honey, thats fine, but they need to remember why we red staters have what we have and vote accordingly.
We're putting a contract today on a 4 bedroom, large gameroom 2,873 sq foot home today. It's on a half acre in a North Mississippi suburb of Memphis. It is listed for $188,900.
Hardwood floors and large tub. We have to move we have a baby on the way.
Another reason why we will keep winning. For the most part, people who move South and/or West in their 20s and 30s are our voters. The older ones don't hang around to vote rat long enough to do big damage. This is exactly what is happening in the big 4 down state counties in Florida. They are very quickly losing their title as "New York City's sixth borough". It's getting a bit harder for the rats to win these counties and it will continue that way for the foreseeable future.
No I alraedy in town. Fed Ex Ground is moving to my town next year. Prices will surely soar with a 600 jobs added to this small town (Olive Branch).
I can't speak for the other places, but this is the view from the street about two blocks from my mom's house, in Gilbert, AZ.
She lives on this lake.
What sucks about it? ;)
Admittedly, I haven't been there for years, but I wasn't speaking about one particular parcel. A house does not a community make.
ROFLMAO. Some people only learn the hard way.
but they need to remember why we red staters have what we have and vote accordingly.
Nevermind them.
Once you're living among hordes of people, you'll be thinking and voting like a liberal to save you from the annoyances and interferences of all that crowding.
You think it's a coincidence that densely populated areas vote for democrats?
Good.
Stay away from my neighborhood, it's crowded enough.
What sucks about it? ;)
It looks like a golf course. Ugh.
Ever notice that one rarely sees people flocking to overpopulated areas but one frequently sees masses moving to less populated areas--to ruin them with overcrowding, too?
The community has completely changed, no longer a farm town.
(although I prefered the Old Gilbert before it was converted to clean suburbia).
To paraphrase Yogi, "..... it's too popular, nobody goes there anymore."
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