...why the city did nothing about a multiple dwelling unit (mini-apartment complex) operating in a building zoned single family residential.
That's because the new yahoos at city hall expect to expand apartments in Dunwoody Village, not push them out.
So with the new regime we will no longer have a Carbon Copy Canton Street, a Partay Pavillion or Coral Reefer Cover Bands blasting beach music for folks shaggin' in the streets. No sir. Out with the old and in with the new. The current trend is "Avalon" which they'd like to clone in daVille. Avalon is neither unique nor original (ever been to Huntersville?) but these cookie-cutter trend-du-jours are making huge profits for developers. And their friends in government and associated metastatic "authorities."
And they are "inspired" by small town centers scattered throughout the country. Go find an old city square in Georgia that has a bunch of fifty-plus year old eight story buildings, let alone any with six or seven floors of apartments. But we, at least the royal "we" at city hall, love "inspired" - small town inspired development; chef inspired restaurants. Why? Honestly you really should ask them because we all know that trends come and trends go with a half-life of hardly five years. Perhaps city hall is helping developers transform their business model from transactional to recurring. After all, why build something that lasts a hundred years or more when you can build to the current trend and come back after a few years and do it all again. At enormous profit and with a new bunch of cronies at city hall.
Remember, none of the folks involved in this are committed to Dunwoody for the long haul. Hell, some of these folks don't even live in Dunwoody. Many that do will be headed out of town after they cash out.
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So with the new regime we will no longer have a Carbon Copy Canton Street, a Partay Pavillion or Coral Reefer Cover Bands blasting beach music for folks shaggin' in the streets. No sir. Out with the old and in with the new. The current trend is "Avalon" which they'd like to clone in daVille. Avalon is neither unique nor original (ever been to Huntersville?) but these cookie-cutter trend-du-jours are making huge profits for developers. And their friends in government and associated metastatic "authorities."
And they are "inspired" by small town centers scattered throughout the country. Go find an old city square in Georgia that has a bunch of fifty-plus year old eight story buildings, let alone any with six or seven floors of apartments. But we, at least the royal "we" at city hall, love "inspired" - small town inspired development; chef inspired restaurants. Why? Honestly you really should ask them because we all know that trends come and trends go with a half-life of hardly five years. Perhaps city hall is helping developers transform their business model from transactional to recurring. After all, why build something that lasts a hundred years or more when you can build to the current trend and come back after a few years and do it all again. At enormous profit and with a new bunch of cronies at city hall.
Remember, none of the folks involved in this are committed to Dunwoody for the long haul. Hell, some of these folks don't even live in Dunwoody. Many that do will be headed out of town after they cash out.
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