Woah... way WAY too much development in downtown. Everything great about Auburn Hill, Rochester Hills, and downtown Rochester has been developed out of it. I predict that those areas will be the first areas to be re-ruralized, and restored to it's more earnest, understated aesthetic not everything needs to be "corporatized". The condos and high rises need to be removed, and will be.
you think they're going to remove the brand new high rise condos? I think we're seeing a migration of younger people that either want to live on acreage or in a downtown. Cities with a solid downtown are appreciating at higher levels than cities that don't. You mention Rochester which is a great example, royal oak, plymouth, on and on these cities with a downtown people want to visit are booming
@@joedelia1 No, I know they will be removed. There is way too much development and if it isn't properly managed we'll end up with Pontiac. Ruralization, or re-ruralizarion is imperative to the sustainability of these downtown/rural areas. The boom comes at a cost. The characteristic that made these places so alluring is "charm". Ironically the yuppies want to move in with all their amenities (luggage) and that charm is developed out of the area. That is exactly what happened to downtown Aubirn Hills, and Downtown Rochester. Re-ruralization is the key to the future. There is plenty of space in Detroit and Pontiac to develop a "hip" area.
@@danlc95 I understand where you’re coming from big box new dev typically lacks charm. Downtown Rochester though is booming I see no slowdown with that though it has more original charm than auburn hills to lean back on
@@joedelia1 - Downtown Rochester in the 80's was such a quiet, quaint little town. I honestly don't see much of that anymore though! 😆 I travel through there almost daily. My gf and I like the Downtown Cafe before our trail walks. It's not just the downtown areas though. All of the "sardine" style subdivisions need to make an exit as well. At the south west, and north west corners of Livernois and Hamlin, Pulte and Lombardo installed their sardine subdivisions where something like ten or so houses once stood. The north west corner of Hamlin and Adam's, a horrendous housing complex is being built. The funny thing is that there is a park that the late Steve Stahlrock donated to the city, which is just east of the development. It is usually full of people - because the sardine subs don't have enough yard space for people to have activities like the older neighborhoods do. The entire area needs to be re-ruralized to about the mid 1980's.
@@GT47179 - Ha! The mayor graduated with my younger sister's class at Avondale. He's ok. I only personally know one council member, but have been friends with someone in very close proximity to city goings-on. The city manager had a realtors license and has been buying property for the city and holding it until they find someone who wants to build the things they want. The property directly across from Churchill is probably going to have more condos. These people are sick and depraved. It will probably be "fixed" in the future, but in the meantime we all have to suffer through the debacle that it is now.
