I lived in that very same neighborhood for $700/month and my landlord was magnanimous enough to allow me to keep my car. So, uh, the price is a little inflated.
North Corktown is cool, but there isn't much of anything to walk to, its true. Bike to, yes, or a short drive[[I know that's anathema), yes. The Linwood bus, however, blows. I also found the freeway very noisy, in contrast to the rural setting described.
First, I think its fantastic that Spaulding Court is being redeveloped.
The car thing I find a little too preachy.
First, someone could park it on one of the residential streets, which is totally legal, and you would certainly not have to park in front of someone's house in N. Corktown.
Second, I think anyone who would want to rent there would likely be someone who is not going to want to use their car much in the first place. They're not moving there for the school district, duh.
From living here, I think this smacks of the "I'm a better Detroiter" than you. I.e. the attitude by some in this city [[often young people from affluent suburbs who moved here recently) that living on Farnsworth or N. Corktown and riding only a bicycle and planting exotic tomatoes for a living makes someone a better person and a better Detroiter than someone who, say, has a car and an apartment downtown, or a loft, or a single family home in an ordinary [[read: not ironically bombed out or hipster) neighborhood.
I hate driving, but I enjoy the ability to keep my car around. I had one in Midtown and virtually never drove. I also like biking, but not in the winter.
However G-d only knows what would have happened to my girlfriend, who fled Katrina, if she didn't have a car. What about other emergencies, medical or family? These are the people who are always bumming rides from their friends with cars anyway.
Way too dogmatic for me. Keep your carless incentives.
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