Originally posted by: Skoorb
So much for progressive urban development, but nonetheless it will be nice to see some decay again in the cities, it is the cycle of life itself.
Maybe next upswing the so called Democrats will think first before gutting our cities out for short term gain.
Nice expensive yuppie live work lofts get abandoned by idiots who could never afford them, crackheads move in and squat them sooner or later they get burnt down, hopefully something better takes its place. This is the inevitable final end of the dot com boom and the cycle of the city.
This cycle you speak of is pretty fvcking slow. Many major US cities are still in it and have been slumming it for decades.
BTW comment above is right--the cities already being hit hardest are those that were most cash-drunk in housing.
The nation will be behind the curve on CA, at least it has been and no reason to think this will not continue. CA will get worse and so will the rest of the nation, but as a whole unemployment will likely be nationally lower than CA.
CA has beautiful weather and a lot of things offered geographically by that state, but I cannot imagine ever living there without already having the money to not need to work. It is crowded and obscenely expensive. If I was stinking rich, though, yep I'd move there.