I think this is the best thread for this.
The extremely upper class suburb of Atlanta, Alpharetta, banned the construction of apartment complexes outside of mixed use developments a few years ago. I’d say it’s actually been quite the success thus far as their downtown and several dense mixed use nodes have absolutely taken off to the point where they’re almost stretching to morph into each other.
Now, the neighboring city of Roswell is looking to do the same. They’re facing harsh pushback of course. The dynamics of Roswell are a bit different - much more diverse income and racially, larger city limits, but closer to Atlanta.
I think this is something that the city of Raleigh and the Town of Cary could look at.
Obviously there are drawbacks:
- we’re in a housing crisis here and could basically use all we can get
- will apartment developers just construct less dense SFH and Townhomes instead of apartments
- by nature, garden style apartments outside of cores may be cheaper
- developers may look to further out municipalities without such rules
But overall I do think the positives could outweigh the negatives as they have in Alpharetta. It seems like a great way to try to induce more density and walkability.
I wonder how Roswell will fare. Also, when y’all do travel to Atlanta I must say it is worth the 20 minute dash to check out Alpharetta.