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Progress, who needs it?
May. 4th, 2006 09:44 amProgress has once again found my corner of upstate New York. The first Starbucks seemed to imply civilization was reaching out to us, but there are only two Starbucks within a 20 mile radius of my house, so I think that still counts as rural.
The latest sign of the times is a proposal to build the first gated community in the area. I'm watching this one with interest, since the proposed site is along one of my favorite bike rides. It's a rural area--a few scattered houses, dairy farms, and a Christmas tree farm. The proposed gated community would include a six-story condominium unit plus townhouses and single family homes. Given the economically depressed conditions of the area, I'm not the only one wondering just who it is that they think will buy into the community.
Of course it's not as odd as a competing high-end townhouse development that is being built on a parcel of land that floods every couple of years--last year it took days for the water to subside. You'd think that a development adjacent to a flood plain, and within sight of the floodgates might deter potential homebuyers, but we'll see.
The latest sign of the times is a proposal to build the first gated community in the area. I'm watching this one with interest, since the proposed site is along one of my favorite bike rides. It's a rural area--a few scattered houses, dairy farms, and a Christmas tree farm. The proposed gated community would include a six-story condominium unit plus townhouses and single family homes. Given the economically depressed conditions of the area, I'm not the only one wondering just who it is that they think will buy into the community.
Of course it's not as odd as a competing high-end townhouse development that is being built on a parcel of land that floods every couple of years--last year it took days for the water to subside. You'd think that a development adjacent to a flood plain, and within sight of the floodgates might deter potential homebuyers, but we'll see.
