Weston infill and small developments

stick n move said:
Before trump came back the 2nd time and started trade wars and regular wars all over the place and jacked the economy I really thought baltimore was doing the things that would make it turn a corner finally. The waterfront has been completely redeveloped with billions in investment, the brand new massive under armor hq campus was built, then you have a few of the big public housing projects that are right in the area of downtown being completely redeveloped like perkins square into new mixed income communities which should have a massive impact on the look, feel, and real world safety/vibrancy of the area around the downtown core. That plus there has been a decent amount of new rowhouse condo developments around the city filling in some old scars. It really was looking like it was gonna happen.

In the northeast corridor every single city except baltimore really, has grown massively over the years and in turn gotten extremely expensive. Baltimores dirt cheap housing and location in the northeast megaregion really means that eventually it should be inevitable that it caught some of that fire. It really seemed like the massive new developments/jobs and new investments combined with the existing cheap housing stock was going to be a killer combination for ppl to be able to afford to live in a part of the northeast corridor. It seems like it should be inevitable it eventually pops. I hope that eventually it does finally turn around. I wouldnt want to see housing prices explode like so many other cities, but if it could stay as a cheaper alternative just improved compared to where it is that would be great to see.

The level of housing you can get for the price its so tempting to try to make it work down there.

Historic waterfront condos for $222k

High rise condos with views of the harbor $149k

More views to the harbor from your living room, plus huge balcony $299k

Rowhouses that would fit in the south end $250k

Back bay level rowhouse with even a garage in back 289k
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From Billy Don Schaeffer to Kurt Schmoke to so many others after - - I’ve seen a lot of “Baltimore is coming back” slogans.

Markets are efficient. There’s a reason for the those prices. I’ve lived in SW Baltimore, Catonsville, Ellicott City and now upper Montgomery County. I’ve been Charlie Brown thinking about kicking that football held by Lucy for over 38 years. The state prostrated itself for Baltimore by building two ridiculously expensive stadiums downtown - it never changed the trajectory, but saddled the public with more debt.

The only way the trajectory will change is if several tens of thousands of people (educated, high tax payers) do what you propose about getting those relax estate bargains.
 
shmessy said:
From Billy Don Schaeffer to Kurt Schmoke to so many others after - - I’ve seen a lot of “Baltimore is coming back” slogans.

Markets are efficient. There’s a reason for the those prices. I’ve lived in SW Baltimore, Catonsville, Ellicott City and now upper Montgomery County. I’ve been Charlie Brown thinking about kicking that football held by Lucy for over 38 years. The state prostrated itself for Baltimore by building two ridiculously expensive stadiums downtown - it never changed the trajectory, but saddled the public with more debt.

The only way the trajectory will change is if several tens of thousands of people (educated, high tax payers) do what you propose about getting those relax estate bargains.
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One very smart thing Baltimore did decades ago was cancel several expressways which would have carved up downtown and ruined a good part of the waterfront. So, they do have a relatively highway-free urban core.
 
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Town appeals permitting of ‘Weston Whopper' – Weston Observer

The town is appealing the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee's decision to permit the "Weston Whopper."
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After a Middlesex Superior Court judge affirmed the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee’s decision to permit the so-called “Weston Whopper,” the town has filed an appeal.
This action came nearly a month after Judge John Fraser affirmed the Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee’s decision to issue a permit for the four-story, 180-apartment complex.
Select Board Chair John McDonald, who noted he was speaking in general terms because of the active litigation, said that residents have reached out to him requesting the town appeal the judge’s dismissal. The board met in executive session on July 14 and the appeal was filed a week later.
“I received a lot of support from residents requesting that we appeal that decision, and I think, generally speaking, what people felt – and I share this view, too – is we want to retain the semi-rural character of the town, and putting a huge apartment building on a small lot there is not in keeping with the character of the town,” McDonald said, adding town counsel KP Law “felt we had, certainly, a reasonable case to be made.”
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