tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post8048712771388894762..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Density happens, if you let it.Eric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-53473250737968472012014-10-27T19:59:00.122+13:002014-10-27T19:59:00.122+13:00Yep, there is of course a real demand for apartmen...Yep, there is of course a real demand for apartment living - always has been.<br /><br /><br />The argument from people like Hugh Pavletich (and myself) is that planning should be demand-responsive. Let the sprawlers sprawl - and the densifiers densify.<br /><br />Co-ordinate demand - don't control it via artificial price-pressures.Andrew Atkinhttp://andrewatkin.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/the-real-deal-housing-in-new-zealand.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-20963290709039810392014-10-07T07:15:12.319+13:002014-10-07T07:15:12.319+13:00http://stopashbyhighrise.org/
Also, calling the...http://stopashbyhighrise.org/<br /><br /><br /><br />Also, calling the Woodlands a suburb is somewhat of a misnomer as there are a lot of large business campuses up there, so there are some very good O&G and periphery jobs, and not everyone needs to commute all the way to Houston proper.Granite26noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-90398352061844892632014-10-05T21:09:31.114+13:002014-10-05T21:09:31.114+13:00Probably helps that the main component of the caus...Probably helps that the main component of the cause of sprawl in Houston are not exactly politically astute. Community action stops at the QuinceaƱera.Paul Rainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-35701482953733089232014-10-02T19:00:16.924+13:002014-10-02T19:00:16.924+13:00I am not a super fan of Houston, but it would be g...I am not a super fan of Houston, but it would be great to trial this system in a medium sized NZ city, and a great way for a city to put itself on the map for business.Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-25170586658120154372014-10-02T09:25:20.474+13:002014-10-02T09:25:20.474+13:00Sure. Houston is very non-dense. The story here is...Sure. Houston is very non-dense. The story here is that apartments are starting to go up anyway. Sure, some of the story is developers trying to shill for tenants in their new buildings. But the new buildings exist!Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-10796886004945456412014-10-01T20:35:39.866+13:002014-10-01T20:35:39.866+13:00Since I recently visited Houston, I only have anec...Since I recently visited Houston, I only have anecdotal evidence of past building activity and no aggregate statistics on the current building activity. From my brief impression, Houston is a decidedly nondense city with ginormous individual family houses in the suburbs that I've seen - about as far from apartment building as you can get. Perhaps this is changing, but note that the quoted text first asks us to "consider" that a developer is "considering" building one, and that a four story mid-rise apartment building is currently in the process of being built. Further note that anonymous "realty experts" such as the developer on this one building has an incentive to claim that "a significant number of home buyers have been requesting high-rise living units in the suburbs", regardless of whether it's true, because they want apartments to appear scarce in order to be snapped up by eager buyers in fear of missing out. So my impression is that this article presents insufficient evidence for this supposed; from my anecdotal impression, I certainly haven't seen any signs of it in Houston.Tobias Thierernoreply@blogger.com