Latest must-have home feature: A short commute

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.startribune.com/business/20629604.html?location_refer=Homepage:highlightModules:4

Latest must-have home feature: A short commute

In these days of $4-a-gallon gasoline, real estate agents see potential buyers turn their sights from the suburbs to the cities.

By JIM BUCHTA, Star Tribune

Last update: June 21, 2008 - 9:18 PM

When Mindy Myhre decided to move back to the Twin Cities from Denver, she assumed that she'd buy a house in the suburbs with a big yard and an attached garage. All that changed when she started thinking about how much time she'd spend commuting to work downtown -- and how much it would cost to fill the tank now that gas breached $4 a gallon.

"With gas prices on the rise, it confirmed my decision to stay downtown," said Myhre, who works at Globe University's new campus at the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis. Myhre plans to buy a townhouse at Grant Park City Homes in Minneapolis' Elliot Park neighborhood near downtown, and she plans to walk and ride her bike to work, weather permitting.

[Fumesucker]

1. Soon, only the wealthy will be able to afford a short commute.. n/t

[hlthe2b]

2. Silly...

That's what they made the bridge underpasses for..... Close "home" commutes for the rest of us.....:mad:

[and-justice-for-all]

3. Hmmm...

So is it part of the plan to coral people in to cities? Centalize them as much as possible?

[taterguy]

4. No

[rucky]

5. Naw. They'll just gentrify the cities, and drive the poor out ...

to one of those suburban gated communities from the '80's/'90's.

[girl gone mad]

6. The MSM has really been pushing this mantra lately.

Nevermind that so many jobs are actually in the suburbs these days.