Comments on: Will Suburbs Be The New Slums? http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/03/17/will-suburbs-be-the-new-slums/ A Progressive Political Playground Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: JoeR http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/03/17/will-suburbs-be-the-new-slums/#comment-98158 JoeR Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:02:19 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/03/17/will-suburbs-be-the-new-slums/#comment-98158 You are very correct it has been happening for years well before the mortgage crisis. The Columbus area is a prime example. In the 80's Hamilton Road, Brice Road, Sawmill Road, Morse Road and 161 where the happening places to live. Not just with single family homes but with the young professionals living in apartments. Today all those areas have declined. Most of the business have moved out, Northland Mall is gone, New Market Mall, and Scarborough Mall is empty and Eastland Mall has continuing gang issues. Empty store fronts are the norm rather then the exception. Where did everyone go? Further out. The young professionals are in Worthington, Dublin, and Pickerington. The retailers like Kohl's, and Walmart and Target have followed them. The bustling areas for commercial development are Polairis, Powell and Pickerington. You can already see even further out communities getting prepared for their boom, like Pataskala, Canal Winchester and Delaware. What can be done about it? I sure don't have an answer. You are very correct it has been happening for years well before the mortgage crisis.

The Columbus area is a prime example. In the 80’s Hamilton Road, Brice Road, Sawmill Road, Morse Road and 161 where the happening places to live. Not just with single family homes but with the young professionals living in apartments.

Today all those areas have declined. Most of the business have moved out, Northland Mall is gone, New Market Mall, and Scarborough Mall is empty and Eastland Mall has continuing gang issues. Empty store fronts are the norm rather then the exception.

Where did everyone go? Further out. The young professionals are in Worthington, Dublin, and Pickerington. The retailers like Kohl’s, and Walmart and Target have followed them. The bustling areas for commercial development are Polairis, Powell and Pickerington.

You can already see even further out communities getting prepared for their boom, like Pataskala, Canal Winchester and Delaware.

What can be done about it? I sure don’t have an answer.

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