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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Here in Surprise? They tried making a development with shared driveways. Common areas instead of yards. Very close together. "to promote community lifestyle." It was a big flop because people don't want to live close enough to a neighbor to hear them sneeze. They want their own 'space' and privacy. And another development was touted as the perfect place for 'low income' no fencing, no driveways or garages, dinky little houses. THAT developement has gone section 8. Welfare for those unfamiliar with the term. They've been having auctions weekly and still can't sell the houses. Took a great area of single family homes, and now we have our own little ghetto. Police presence constantly.
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My deepest sympathies, desertgrandma. I grew up in San Antonio, Texas, which (until the 1980's Texas bust) was a closed, old-money town. Out of state money did developement on the "wrong" side of town (where my parents moved, having gone bust in the 1950's drought), so in revenge, and to stop the developement, the successful neighborhoods on the "wrong" side were "blockbusted" by "235" developements, which were the precursor to the Section 8 housing. It wasn't pretty. (and I was on ground zero, so to speak).