I was doing some research for another project and thought this might be an interesting graph to share here. This is population density among Census block groups in the Raleigh area, using 2019 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey published by the Census Bureau:
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Can you provide an example of this? I’m curious because from my very basic understanding it seems that mised use cases typically have zoning/unit limitations. With R-10 lots I’ve seen, it seems the developers did max out at the limit or just under 10 units per acre. I would be curious which places don’t cap out their density.
Added YouTube City Council meeting to my previous post where the discussion about Missing Middle Housing Text Change took place.
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Charlotte has joined the trend of getting rid of exclusive single-family zoning. City Council narrowly adopted a new comprehensive land use plan after months of fierce debate:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article252261338.html
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…and then their former mayor and our former governor immediately dog whistled that Democrats were destroying everyone’s lives/neighborhoods for the sake of social justice. (I’m paraphrasing here obviously)
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In case anyone was curious, here’s the tweet in question:
(He got roasted in the replies, from both left and right.)
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That’s such a dangerous rhetoric IMO. Not sure if everyone reads it like this but when I see it I think “they’re afraid the poor black folks will be able to move in now”.
That’s how it goes in Atlanta. Hopefully things aren’t that toxic here.
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That’s exactly why I said it was a dog whistle.
Edit: even using “left wing” and “liberal” are dog whistles. “very scary” (think of Dana Carvey’s daddy Bush character saying that)
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Change a few words to ALL CAPS, some typos, and a few !!!, and you have a trump tweet.
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Reasons why we need the missing middle housing text change. The duplexes on either side of this house would not be able to be built back up if they were to be torn down with the current zoning laws. This means that any new developments would look like the single large house.
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What new 6-plexes next to new small houses looks like in Chattanooga:
The answer is, “not really any different from the large new houses.”
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California is getting rid of single family zoning: Gov. Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California
It will be interesting to see effects on the long term.
There are some fine prints though like the fact that owner has to live on the property for 3 years before it can be redeveloped to multi-family.
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Will probably be some fun court battles between HOAs and the municipalities or even owners who want to convert their lot.
Berkeley has passed similar zoning back in March. Berkeley is already a dense place as it is although they don’t necessarily have tall buildings. If the cities can pass it, then I think that’s good already.
I’m also curious to see how it all plays out long term. With the zoning law that was passed here, I’m wondering if there will be any nice new neighborhood entertainment districts popping up.
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Some longer thoughts about all the 40-story rezoning cases we’ve been seeing. Short answer, as far as I see it, it’s all according to plan.
https://dtraleigh.com/2021/12/its-all-about-that-height-in-downtown-raleigh/
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I’ve got some questions for some more of the data focused people in the forum.
Does anyone know the commercial density for the city of Raleigh? I know the residential is about 3,100/sq mi (according to wikipedia). But what is the ideal density for neighborhood shops and corner stores in neighborhoods so that we actually start seeing more getting built? I’m thinking more along what is on Brookside Dr with Falafel and Co, or even your standard corner store and neighborhood bar. And at what point does larger commercial venture get built typically (i.e. grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.)?
Are you just asking about the number of commercially zoned parcels in Raleigh divided by those parcels’ square footage? Or…
…about doing that sort of market analysis to point out a critical mass for denser development?
Those are two totally different questions, and I feel like one is much more intractable than the other.
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Sorry, I believe more the former. And how Raleigh compares to other similar cities. Sorry I don’t mean to be confusing!
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Does anyone know where to go to find “Tenant Notices” on the City of Raleigh website? There are several signs up near our neighborhood and I’d like to find the notice online to see what is going on. (But I’m too lazy to get out of the car on a busy street to actually read the sign 
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I believe the QR code just takes you to this URL:
https://raleighnc.gov/SupportPages/zoning-cases
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