HtownWxBoy Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id...52BE7C3744E8AF7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 (edited) "Sky's the new limit for urban living in Texas, and beyond"http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-1...icaltexas_N.htm As people pour in, the state is starting to rein in its historical outward spread and venturing into un-Texan territory: high-density development, downtown living, mass transit and neighborhoods built not just for cars, but for walkers and all things urban."The competitive advantage of the six or 10 'real' cities in the country is that they offered unrivaled urban living," says Robert Lang, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. "What you have now is a much larger number of places where you can live an urban lifestyle."More and more cities see their built form as part of the sale, part of the calculus," he says. "If all you have is a dead downtown and strip malls, you're toast. There's a big part of the workforce that just won't tolerate that anymore."Texas is rapidly learning that lesson. Its cities are growing up Edited October 4, 2007 by lockmat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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