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I saw an article once (linked off of Wikipedia, I think; I'll try to remember where) that suggested as the development cycle changes, all of the office parks and big-box stores that are around now are going to go through the same type of changes as old downtown buildings did through the 20th century.
They will fall into disuse, then be taken over first by vagrents and the homeless, then by artists and others looking for cheap studio-type housing. They will eventually make those places into the chic places to live and they will be taken over by that generation's yuppies ("yosuppies"?).
Seems like a weird concept, but I doubt people in 1900 would think it could end up happening to those old textile mills and canning plants.
On the actual subject at hand, I feel the same way towards where I eventually want to live. I grew up in a suburb, but I also grew up across the street from a shopping center with a supermarket, drug store, and several restaurants, so I grew up walking to many of the places I needed to go.
I like the idea of being able to do that (and then having realistic mass transit available to go other places).
Plus, to with the other thread about the "green fad", there are a lot of people who probably see it as a way of being more environmentally-friendly.
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