TND -- often previously relegated to suburban communities like Celebration and Seaside -- is reappearing in inner cities, with positive results.
"...Traditional Neighborhood Development communities...are luring growing numbers of American home buyers to their quaint, narrow streets. And unlike the first wave of these developments -- such as Celebration near here and Seaside in the Florida Panhandle, which tended to be built in the suburbs or beyond -- the new communities are being heavily concentrated in cities and on former industrial sites. Driving their growth: the combination of plummeting land availability around many cities, along with a growing backlash by home buyers against cookie-cutter suburbs and their often grueling commutes."
Thanks to Matt Baumann
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