– Gentrification and Charlottesville – C-Ville – My favorite line of the week: “If Austin is fighting to stay weird, let’s us fight to stay a little bit country.”
– Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce Releases 2012 Jobs Report (archived: 2019) – NBC29 (and here’s the actual report (archived: 2012))
– VDOT releases draft environmental assessment for Western Bypass – Charlottesville Tomorrow
– Latest trend in house design: “A home within a home” – Treehugger – for the boomerang kids or returning parents.
– Dear Internet – where should I live? — None of these are particularly accurate to Charlottesville, although WalkScore is accurate enough to ballpark walkability.
– How Young Homeowners Lost Out by Buying – The Atlantic – This is but another reason that I think a true “recovery” won’t be seen for at least 3-5 years.
– Why Home Prices Are Rising: The ‘Distressed Share’ – We’re definitely seeing this emerging in Charlottesville
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