They're getting high in daVille.
The soon-to-be-wealthier developer has pushed aside his Developers' Authority and the shills at City Hall to brag directly about the money maker he's branded High Street. We are treated to his ambitious goal of launching this grand development with 600 apartments. After all, there is a lot of money to be made in apartment rentals and being built the way they are there is guaranteed re-development in about a decade. Of course there will not be traditional retail-that is soooo last millennium. Instead the trend du jour is food courts and movie theaters. You're forgiven if you mistake this for being redundant to what already exists AT THE MALL but what you don't understand is this new, with a trendy look much like all the new trendy apartment developments just over the line in Sandy Springs. Go look. There also will not be a traditional anchor-store model since traditional isn't exactly trendy. Instead it will be a clutter of shops and restaurants below, around and between the main event--apartments. Again, forgiveness if you think this is redundant to what you'll find just a short walk up the street at the Manhattan. But if you think about it, that housing complex has a Target-a traditional anchor-very much a trend a decade ago, but totally out of vogue these days.
If you just insist on being a Debbie Downer please keep your negativity to yourself. No one needs to hear your thoughts on how all these same things already exist in the very same area. Nobody wants to hear whining about traffic or your silly insistence on No Parking Spaces simply because you cannot accept that "Transit Oriented Development" is effective branding, not a ban on cars. Don't you dare say "lipstick on a pig."
And everyone, particularly the folks at City Hall, are fed up with your constant, obsessive fixation with schools and overcrowding. Seriously did you really expect the developer to find space for a school? Look at the plan, would you please? Do you see anywhere a school could be built? Every square inch is already dedicated to apartments, parking, some retail and a few sidewalks. If you want a school then build one in your backyard. Oh and you can pay for it too, since High Street is not going to pay any taxes.
So if you cannot find something nice to say about High Street, why don't you just move?
The soon-to-be-wealthier developer has pushed aside his Developers' Authority and the shills at City Hall to brag directly about the money maker he's branded High Street. We are treated to his ambitious goal of launching this grand development with 600 apartments. After all, there is a lot of money to be made in apartment rentals and being built the way they are there is guaranteed re-development in about a decade. Of course there will not be traditional retail-that is soooo last millennium. Instead the trend du jour is food courts and movie theaters. You're forgiven if you mistake this for being redundant to what already exists AT THE MALL but what you don't understand is this new, with a trendy look much like all the new trendy apartment developments just over the line in Sandy Springs. Go look. There also will not be a traditional anchor-store model since traditional isn't exactly trendy. Instead it will be a clutter of shops and restaurants below, around and between the main event--apartments. Again, forgiveness if you think this is redundant to what you'll find just a short walk up the street at the Manhattan. But if you think about it, that housing complex has a Target-a traditional anchor-very much a trend a decade ago, but totally out of vogue these days.
If you just insist on being a Debbie Downer please keep your negativity to yourself. No one needs to hear your thoughts on how all these same things already exist in the very same area. Nobody wants to hear whining about traffic or your silly insistence on No Parking Spaces simply because you cannot accept that "Transit Oriented Development" is effective branding, not a ban on cars. Don't you dare say "lipstick on a pig."
And everyone, particularly the folks at City Hall, are fed up with your constant, obsessive fixation with schools and overcrowding. Seriously did you really expect the developer to find space for a school? Look at the plan, would you please? Do you see anywhere a school could be built? Every square inch is already dedicated to apartments, parking, some retail and a few sidewalks. If you want a school then build one in your backyard. Oh and you can pay for it too, since High Street is not going to pay any taxes.
So if you cannot find something nice to say about High Street, why don't you just move?
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