http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/2008/06/19/movin-to-the-city/ News and views about real estate in Greater Hartford Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/2008/06/19/movin-to-the-city/#comment-4785 Kyle Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:11:22 +0000 http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/?p=503#comment-4785 Sounds like what you see in older cities in Europe. I wonder if that's the direction we were moving anyway and the energy costs are simply accelerating the process? Sounds like what you see in older cities in Europe. I wonder if that’s the direction we were moving anyway and the energy costs are simply accelerating the process?

]]> http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/2008/06/19/movin-to-the-city/#comment-4783 Robert Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:48:03 +0000 http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/?p=503#comment-4783 The bad news is that people with well-paying, stable jobs will move back into the city, gentrifying working-class neighborhoods to the point that those with lower wages will be the ones attempting to commute from longer distances. Expanding public transportation seems like the best option, although even that won't help people who commute, say, from Tolland to Hartford. The bad news is that people with well-paying, stable jobs will move back into the city, gentrifying working-class neighborhoods to the point that those with lower wages will be the ones attempting to commute from longer distances. Expanding public transportation seems like the best option, although even that won’t help people who commute, say, from Tolland to Hartford.

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