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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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To: David Jones who wrote (2567)5/9/2002 2:06:13 AM
From: portageRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
David, infill is a good answer, and will be/is happening in many of the more urbanized Bay Area cities. Look at Jack London Square in Oakland. Many of those suburbs still resist though, but when they see the life it brings to their sleepy city centers, some do buy into it, at least partially.

My favored improvement is to allow more legal in-law units be built in urban/suburban areas. Quick and easy, and doesn't require all kinds of new space, but the neighbors go off ranting about increased traffic, etc. Would allow more first time buyers to buy in if they can also cover part of the mortgage by renting out the in-law, plus creating more in-law units for those who can't. It's not strictly lack of land that's the problem, but lack of will to get realistic.
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