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@Ken: "Critics in this thread are putting themselves on the other side of urbanism, which at its heart calls for development to sustain density that yields the many benefits of density, including generational diversity."

What a tempest in a teapot. Nothing that is happening in Georgetown precludes older folks (nonstudents) from moving there, or staying there. Landlords aren't displacing families to allow students to move in. Multigenerational families aren't forced to move because they can't afford the area. Blocks of houses aren't being taken over by emminent domain and razed to build condominiums or dormitories. What is happening? (1) Some homeowners have come to the realization that it is more profitable to rent their houses to students than either to live in them or rent to families; and (2) The neighborhood is a little louder, and several places don't have the perfectly manicured yards they once did. Well, that sure sounds like the end of civilization as we know it. To the barricades!

Try to dress it up all you like, but this ain't an argument about urbanism.

by dcd on Jan 18, 2011 3:42 pm • link • report

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