Comments on: What happens after the baby boomers? Take Two

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:08:18 +0000

As a fellow Gen Y looking at how our community is developing in the Fburg area I see several things happening… 1. My friends ask me why the heck I live down there when everyone else is living in the city (a by product of being young I guess) 2. my friends that I went to college with are coming home and living with their parents here in VA for a few months then taking jobs where the cost of living is cheaper (Houston, NC, etc). I myself wouldn’t be living here in this area if I didn’t have help from my parents – it costs too much. We have over priced (even in today’s falling market) our younger audience out of this area. So my challenge is what next generation is going to be around to buy these houses? I agree with Jim that all areas will be looking at Smaller and Smarter planning – we have already seen two “strip” shopping centers start the process of turning into “towne centers” with heavy mixed use planning and incorporations of affordable housing options with heavy attention to the much needed task force housing in our area. Maybe then my teacher friends can stop renting people’s basements and buy something they can call home….

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:05:27 +0000

Uh, Boston Condos, Gen X’er says to Gen Y… all I can say is “I hope not!” Hopefully, the next generation will learn something from the excesses of the Boomers and demand more intellegent planning and communities that are genuine neighborhoods. From what I’ve seen in Charlottesville some of that is taking place, and it gives me hope.

As to what can we do about it, I’d say to some degree the damage is already done. We just should just try not to make it any worse by putting more of our investment into McMansions. Once those things are out there, I’m not sure anything but the market can bring things back into balance. I think this whole forclosure situation is already one part of that. Alot of people bought more house than they could afford, and now they are paying for that. I can only hope that as this places age that at least the acres of mown fescue will gradually be replaced by landscapes more typical of the rural area, if the homes themselves are absurdly out of place. It may end up kind of like driving through the south and seeing the decaying old plantation homes…

By: Boston Condos

Boston Condos — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:29:12 +0000

GEN Y is up….and will be just as big with more acceleration!

By: The Feed Bag

The Feed Bag — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:37:16 +0000

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By: Barbara McMurry

Barbara McMurry — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:31:23 +0000

Hey, We are taking it with us!

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:53:43 +0000

Thanks for the prod. Now – what about solutions?

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:31:21 +0000

I suppose I stand corrected! Someone is asking this question!

Thanks for the quote!