Quote Originally Posted by MSUguy View Post
Well fuck, I guess no one wants to be in Birmingham if they're having to subsidize housing there too.
There is no subsidized market rate housing in Birmingham, or in any suburb I'm aware of. The link you posted, BTW, isn't even for a residential project, and has nothing to do with the conversation.

Quote Originally Posted by MSUguy View Post
Moreover the tax credits that these projects get have nothing to do with level of demand, none that makes people sign a lease. The occupancy rate and rising rental rates speak exactly to the opposite of your claims.
Really? The taxpayer subsidies have nothing to with level of demand? Thanks for the laugh! And the low rental rates downtown have nothing to do with demand either, I assume?

Then why are we handing them out? I assume DYes is leading the charge to end taxpayer subsidies, correct? Because demand is so great, no need for taxpayer dollars, and I'm sure the Manhattan/Hong Kong towers are on their way, any day now...