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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I'm not even sure if it's the two car garage that inner-city people want. When they're not trapped in the unwalkable suburbs, families can easily get by with one (or even zero) vehicles. The real problem is the section I bolded: nobody is building three bedroom condos at a price affordable for most families. I know of at least one couple who stayed in their 2BR inner city condo after having their first child but left for the suburbs -- out of necessity, not by preference -- when baby #2 was on the way. Young families who would like to live near the core have no viable housing option except to contribute to suburban sprawl once they have two or more children.
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This is my situation essentially, the time 6 years ago we looked in the inner city and didn't find anything in the single car garage, attached, enough grass to put a small swing set in / kick around a soccer ball that fit in the price range so off to the burbs it was. The only options were Condos or 100 year old fixers/bulldozers. I also moved my job south so I don't have to commute but I miss the food. 1 car is very feasable in the burbs as long as one person doesn't have to commute.
I was okay with attached housing just not Condos. I looked recently and there were a few developments that were getting closer in that range but not really.
Raising the price of the suburbs by offsetting the costs will only increase all housing price so still doesn't address the situation. I'm not sure how to get better family housing into the inner city but to me thats the bottleneck to reducing sprawl.