A Tale of Two Cities
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My Google News sidebar just gave me pause:
City of Somerville’s survey finds people are happy living there
Study: Somerville residents fleeing high rents
This after coming home tonight from a meeting about affordable artists housing and the lottery for the Millbrook Lofts spaces.
Better odds than thepolitcally cowardly and regressive tax state lottery, I guess. And.... my landlord is finally planning to jack up my rent (though since my rent has been way below market rate, no fault to him, but it likely means it is time to move on. Waltham?).
Opps... TMI. Ah well. I lived in Wicker Park in Chicago when it was on the "cusp of cool" and then when it was cool. And then it peaked and many of us had tp move to Logan Square, Pilsen or wherever. Just how it goes.
Maybe Somerville Open Studios is a really, really BAD idea.... if artists want to keep living here ;-)
And the earlier link from Ron N. about the Lonely Planet story:
Somerville is one of the best places to visit in the country, according to Lonely Planet
City of Somerville’s survey finds people are happy living there
Study: Somerville residents fleeing high rents
This after coming home tonight from a meeting about affordable artists housing and the lottery for the Millbrook Lofts spaces.
Better odds than the
Opps... TMI. Ah well. I lived in Wicker Park in Chicago when it was on the "cusp of cool" and then when it was cool. And then it peaked and many of us had tp move to Logan Square, Pilsen or wherever. Just how it goes.
Maybe Somerville Open Studios is a really, really BAD idea.... if artists want to keep living here ;-)
And the earlier link from Ron N. about the Lonely Planet story:
Somerville is one of the best places to visit in the country, according to Lonely Planet
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Date: 2016-02-11 10:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-11 07:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-14 01:13 am (UTC)"Particularly in the Bay Area since 2000, the researchers found, low-income neighborhoods with a lot of new construction have witnessed about half the displacement of similar neighborhoods that haven't added much new housing."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/the-poor-are-better-off-when-we-build-more-housing-for-the-rich/
In other words - more supply = less displacement.
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Date: 2016-02-11 10:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-11 04:07 pm (UTC)^ I agree with the above idea that if we have more towns/cities with the similar magic that Somerville has, there won't be this feeling of "Somerville and NOWHERE ELSE" many people have.
FTR I think SOS is amazing and I hope it continues!
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Date: 2016-02-11 05:28 pm (UTC)(Not to mention Somerville's proximity to Cambridge...)
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Date: 2016-02-11 07:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-13 04:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-11 04:34 pm (UTC)Plus I can find clothes that fit me. Could NEVER achieve that in Davis Square.
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Date: 2016-02-13 04:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-13 07:30 pm (UTC)I figure in a few years, I'll have as much going on down here that I did up in Somerville.