tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post111266741367346185..comments2023-10-10T03:39:50.342-05:00Comments on A Little Urbanity: MeadowmontUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1112846895299190512005-04-06T23:08:00.000-05:002005-04-06T23:08:00.000-05:00It may be wise to consider whether some developme...It may be wise to consider whether some developments are so large they are less a neighborhood than a private verisimilitude of one. See: http://slate.com/id/2116246/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1112828884918251172005-04-06T18:08:00.000-05:002005-04-06T18:08:00.000-05:00This is such a beautiful ideas, and it's not a new...This is such a beautiful ideas, and it's not a new idea. Many of us grew up in neighborhoods much like the one described in your article. I think that the best neighborhoods have a mix of housing types and include a diverse population in terms of age, income, religions, etc. The best neighborhoods contain people who care about their neighbors as people and this comes from knowing each other, not from competing with each other. - One of the nicest things about the neighborhood that you described is that there is a place for neighborhood people in every phase of their lives, from young couples starting out, couples with children, retired people and single people and multi-generational famiies. - Can we do that in Greensboro? Of course we can, but we need to convince the people who "run" Greensboro that quality of life means more than having more money than your neighbor or having a bigger house or a bigger lawn. - Thank you for showing us that this kind of development can succeed. I have been an cheerleader for this for years. - One of the ways that we can help this to happen is to stop segregating our population by income and race. We can do it. Everone can help. Let the city planners know what you think. Now is the time! - Downtown DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1112790947594497062005-04-06T07:35:00.000-05:002005-04-06T07:35:00.000-05:00Just to follow-up: Smart Money magazine (which sho...Just to follow-up: Smart Money magazine (which showed up in the mail last night) has a cover story on "The New Middle Class Home". The story notes that folks seem to be flocking to small homes packed with features (and upgrades) rather than those grande, snout nosed, behemoths built in fields.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't blame you at all for bringing up the architecture thing. Since they did... even better.Rob Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219906678744621367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1112738901625861672005-04-05T17:08:00.000-05:002005-04-05T17:08:00.000-05:00Believe it or not, I really didn't bring up the ar...Believe it or not, I really didn't bring up the architecture thing -- they did. <BR/><BR/>Not that I wouldn't have, given the chance.David Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251439852685796681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-1112727680536422562005-04-05T14:01:00.000-05:002005-04-05T14:01:00.000-05:00David-This is UNBELIEVABLE. Count us in on wanting...David-<BR/><BR/>This is UNBELIEVABLE. Count us in on wanting to move there as well! (With great exception to the pricing). Thanks for the great pictures and up close look on what (I hope) will <I>some</I>day enter the Triad market. (Do we always have to be the last area to embrace a trend?)<BR/><BR/>I think you're pulling our leg. You did bring up architecture/New Urbanisim/sidewalks. You just don't want to admit it. ;-)Rob Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219906678744621367noreply@blogger.com