Dealing with urban flight

sauced07

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#1
Something I don’t hear much about is urban flight. Those of us who live in suburban or rural areas kind of take for granted how things are. I don’t know how all of your areas are changing but mine is going through tremendous growth.
I’m talking with a buddy about how it will effect prepping plans. From traffic and a changing atmosphere due to the influx of city people to things such as the recommendation of a cache between work and home. Land is being cleared every day for new homes raising the risk of caches being found. Growth is also going to effect people’s hunting plans.
I don’t think this topic of a quickly changing rural landscape gets mentioned enough.
 

brew

my adverbs are absolutely and alrighty then
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#5
They just cut down a bunch of woods by us and they startd building a factory. Some European company is building it and they're going to employ 500 people. The farms behind my house are being sold to developers. Rumor has it, they're going to put in apartments and a strip mall. Property values are going through the roof but I don't think we'll recognize the place in a couple of years.
 

Bronzino

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#11
The area I was looking at is rural right now...dozens of developments going up. There is an increase on realtor website of lots for sale and "homes not yet built". Lots of people fleeing from nearby counties due to rising property taxes. I will likely be re-thinking location by the end of the year when we can get a better sense of what is happening/will happen with real estate.

There is a development for 55+ going up across the street from me. The houses are super cheap in terms of quality. Three or four houses will go up within 2-3 weeks. Not sure how much they cost.

I've also noticed there's lot of empty apartments in my complex. This is a huge complex, so maybe that is normal, but I've started paying close attention. Of course, we are getting to the summer where there is high rotation, so that could be part of it. I will likely sign another year lease, keep stocking up money for a down payment on a house. I will get my lease renewal offer this month. I don't know if they are allowed to raise the rent due to to Covid. Will wait and see.

My apartment is a 2 bed, 2 bath, 1,014 sq ft. Base rent is 1565; Garage - 85; parcel locker fee - 3; pest control - 3; pet rent - 30 (15/pet); trash - 20. That brings it up to 1706. Then, they charge us for water and sewage which winds up being about 30/month. I pay in total around 1730/month. Pet rent is just a way to recoup losses from pet damage. Even if your pet doesn't do any damage, then you don't get that money (or the pet deposit) back. The pest control is ridiculous. They never spray for anything. I'm sure it's for spraying the outside and changing out the rat traps. If you go down in price, then the less safe it is, of course. The place I was living at that was super unsafe...it was about 1200/month.

I'm ready to get the hell out of apartments for good. Except for that one year, I've lived in apartments since I've known ya'll.
 

Bronzino

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#12
Sorry @brew That really sucks. My best friend lives in East Texas. She and her husband bought a nice house with a spacious back yard. Have enough space for doggies to run around and a nice garden. The back fence is an iron fence with a gate that opens into the East Texas piney woods. Someone bought up all the land. They are cutting down the trees and putting up apartment complexes. They are devastates as you are. If they stay, then they will have to spend money on a giant wood fence. As we have discussed, wood prices are soaring and they can't afford to do it now. It's just a crappy situation all the way around.