Posted on 03/01/2016 10:15:16 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
In 1974, corporate behemoth GE moved its headquarters from Manhattan to the suburban Fairfield, Connecticut. Last week, it announced that it was leaving Fairfield for Boston's waterfront district. And as GE goes, it has people wondering whether the suburbs are going to lose their economic lifeblood.
Mad Men reminded us that mid-century advertising executives worked in the heart of Manhattan, but slowly began their retreat to the burbs as crime exploded in New York City. The corporate offices followed them and their growing families in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Dem pols are redistributing tax dollars from suburbs to failed cities.
GE moved from CT to MA because of HIGH TAXES. The Dems in CT keep raising taxes and businesses keep moving out and now the state is near collapse - high taxes from libs
My niece lives in the Boston burbs and she says it just keeps getting more expensive.
CT is as you described it adjacent to all the major highways.
There is another CT—but you would get lost finding it—it is along windy and hilly country roads.
Nobody to spend locally.
It reduces the tax base. Less money for welfare.
I live in Minneapolis.
Many (not all) of the first ring suburbs are scarier than the downtown areas now. While the new developments farther out are very expensive.
It’s like a slow moving wave, with peaks and valleys regenerating from the center.
Of course there are pockets of exceptions with neighborhoods that fight to keep their homes nice, keep crime at bay, and schools focused on teaching rather than babysitting.
I have heard of exactly one affordable Boston suburb.
It’s called New Hampshire.
“-high carbon lifestyle of the suburbs, or further subsidize the lower-carbon lifestyle of mass-transport living in big cities”
How about this load? Who rights this garbage?
FYI I lived and worked in the city up to age 29. Cities ain’t what they use to be. The triple decker I grew-up had 2 cars parked in the driveway. That same triple decker today has at least 12 cars parked out front. Low carbon lifestyle my ass.
Connecticut is not a ghetto
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“The reason it costs thousands of dollars per month to rent a tiny apartment in a big city is because the energy consumption and pollution output to build and maintain vertical steel and concrete real estate is off the charts.”up, rents have gone down and rents have stagnated. Right
That is not correct. I have owned two apartment buildings in the city of Boston for over 20 years. Rents have gone up, rents have gone down and rents have stagnated. Now we are in an upswing. Tenants pay their own energy bills for their apartments. The consumption per square foot is the same as any dwelling with the same age furnace and appliances. My biggest costs are taxes and then maintenance followed by legal in that order. Rent is strictly supply and demand. The industry standard is 1% a month the worth of the property.
My family founded New Haven in 1635. I don’t even like driving through that area now.
The suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth...
You tell me this town ain't got no heart (Well, well, well - you can never tell) The sunny side of the street is dark (Well, well, well - You can never tell) Maybe that's 'cause it's midnight and the dark of the moon besides, or maybe the dark is in your eyes (3x) You know you got such dark eyes Nothin shakin on Shakedown street used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around You say you've seen this town clear through (Well, well, well - you can never tell) Nothin here that could interest you (Well, well, well - you can never tell) It's not because you missed out on the thing we had to start Maybe you had to much to fast (3x) and just overplayed your part Nothin shakin on Shakedown street used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around Since I'm, passing your way today (Well, well, well - You can never tell) I just stopped in cause I want to say (Well, well, well - You can never tell) I recall your darkness when it crackled like a thundercloud don't tell me this town ain't got no heart (3x) when I can hear it beat out loud Nothin shakin on Shakedown street used to be the heart of town Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart You just gotta poke around
I hear you. I used to live in Flint, Michigan.
Crime stats for Flint and New Haven are comparable.
“The suburbs will be the new ghettos.”
Wishful thinking. The affluent move back to the suburbs once they start a family. People are getting married later in life and starting families even later. The move back to the suburbs has slowed because of this trend.
Boston with all its gentrification and population increase is still closing public schools every year. Even the Catholic schools are closing up shop. San Francisco the same. You can’t have a vibrant city with no families and children. All your left with is an adult play land or tourist destination like much of Europe. Not a place to call home and raise a family.
Full disclosure I grew up in Boston.
“This will accelerate the process.”
We’ve got another problem looming here in our nice little suburban town outside DC. The NoVa libs got their precious subway extended out to us. They seem to think that they will stay here and the DC locals will stay there. What with the push for “affordable housing” and the relatively cheaper living out here, I expect a big change within a few years. The libs will end up moving further away from the subway stations they brought in, and the rest of us will have to deal with the problems of “convenient public transportation”.
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