Not for Sale in the Sticks
Driving through rural Connecticut this weekend, we saw first-hand that the pressures of “greedy developers” are not limited to our urban confines.
Driving through rural Connecticut this weekend, we saw first-hand that the pressures of “greedy developers” are not limited to our urban confines.
I thought that was social engineering.
Yes, Blockbusting is the correct term.
Possibly. It’s not far from New London…
Southeastern CT, you say–could this be a Kelo-related statement?
I think the term I was thinking of is “blockbusting.”
I live part time in upstate NY. McMansions are to here what Fedders homes are to Brooklyn. I’d rather see them buy someone’s home for a teardown than take away any more land. Hey Brownstoner, have you ever driven around Newburgh? Great architecture.
What’s the term (?) for when realtors deliberately frighten long-time residents into selling their houses because, e.g., the “wrong” people are moving in – “get out while you can.” (Or maybe, in a post-Kelo world, get out before the developers exercise eminent domain over your property anyway.) So maybe the homeowner’s sign is a reflection of this kind of ugly (and possibly illegal?) sales pressure.
There is a lot of development, some of it not very good, but more exurb style -farms giving way to developments, unappealing strip mall roads with all the boring chains, local character disappearing. Culture is very low key, some might say boring.
Way out. Southeastern CT.