[Leica] Friday Follies

[Don Dory]

The Austin area has no issue with new housing being built.   Through a
combination of limited development allowed in aquifer recharge zoned, steep
landscapes unsuitable for development, escarpments that encourage
flashfloods making it problematic for high density housing, and a truly
dysfunctional permitting code compliance department housing costs are
approaching Palo Alto levels of unaffordable.

Even with the headwinds rental prices are coming down as new units are
completed.

On Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 2:11 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Good to see new housing being built. This is badly needed in many rich
> countries.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
>
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> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>
> Слава Україні! Героям слава!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 14 Jun 2024, at 11:36, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings to all.  One of the fun things about Austin is that there are
> > still a high number of quirky shops distributed around the city.  The
> first
> > one is on the east side:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/all+you+need+is+lashes.jpg.html
> >
> > One of the poor things about Austin is that influential developers can
> gain
> > planning permission for strange out of place developments.  There is a
> > block of  lots bordering a middle school and residential neighborhood
> that
> > a developer has gained permission to build a mid to high rise mixed use
> > development.  This group paid substantially over market to acquire the
> > lots(one of my friends who owned a business was asked to name a price
> which
> > he named higher than his wildest dreams and was granted if he moved out
> in
> > 30 days):
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/heres+looking+at+you.jpg.html
> >
> > Same deal different business:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Tag+on+wall+soon+to+be+demolished+for+a+highrise.jpg.html
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> > --
> > Don
> > don.dory at gmail.com
> >
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