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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Lydia Leftcoast

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2. There's an apartment building boom going on in Minneapolis, but

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 10:34 AM

Oct 2014

the problem is that all the ones near downtown are super-expensive, as in $1000+ for an undistinguished studio. Since I work from home, I'd ideally like to have a 2-bedroom as I do now, but I'd have to pay $2000-4000 for it.

I'd love to live downtown and not drive at all, but I can't afford it. My neighborhood isn't bad. In fact, it's quite pleasant, but getting downtown means either a ride on an undependable bus or driving and looking for parking that isn't too overpriced.

Affordable apartments are being built only in the burbs, where I refuse to live.

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Why middle-class Americans can’t afford to live in liberal cities (xpost from GD) [View all] KamaAina Oct 2014 OP

Christ on a cracker, how dumb can you get? Warpy Oct 2014 #1

There's an apartment building boom going on in Minneapolis, but Lydia Leftcoast Oct 2014 #2