<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for The folks behind the Nano take their vision to suburbia]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/ Fri, 22 May 2009 16:23:58 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/1 Here's the craziness.   I live in a Section 8 apartment complex where 3-bedrooms rent for up to $900 a month. 


Even still, houses in the area are now appearing for $200,000 which end up with a mortgage of $700-$800!


We spent trillions to create arcane financial instruments to push people into $700,000 homes -- yet a modest investment in the American family can put many of them into a good old fashioned suburban ranch with three bedrooms, a yard and a good school.

It could be done with what we have...for o so little...so little...

 



]]> Here's the craziness.   I live in a Section 8 apartment complex where 3-bedrooms rent for up to $900 a month. 


Even still, houses in the area are now appearing for $200,000 which end up with a mortgage of $700-$800!


We spent trillions to create arcane financial instruments to push people into $700,000 homes -- yet a modest investment in the American family can put many of them into a good old fashioned suburban ranch with three bedrooms, a yard and a good school.

It could be done with what we have...for o so little...so little...

 



]]> Comment #2 by andrewbacon http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/ Tue, 26 May 2009 10:10:35 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/2 a $200,000 mortage is more like $1600 a month - and that's at 4.5%... not sure where you're getting $700 a month from.

]]> a $200,000 mortage is more like $1600 a month - and that's at 4.5%... not sure where you're getting $700 a month from.

]]> Comment #3 by rpnutmeg http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/ Tue, 26 May 2009 10:31:13 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/3 Hmmm. . . there's not much detail in this article on the developments other than they're small, but from what I see in the rendering -- that's not Levittown, that's Cabrini-Green.  I think we've learned that a Le Corbusian "towers in the park" model of cheap housing doesn't work so well either socially or environmentally. Hey Grist -- any chance we can get a follow-up on the walkability/transit access of this development, or whether Tata's motivation is to develop cheap car-dependent housing to expand the market for its cars? 

]]> Hmmm. . . there's not much detail in this article on the developments other than they're small, but from what I see in the rendering -- that's not Levittown, that's Cabrini-Green.  I think we've learned that a Le Corbusian "towers in the park" model of cheap housing doesn't work so well either socially or environmentally. Hey Grist -- any chance we can get a follow-up on the walkability/transit access of this development, or whether Tata's motivation is to develop cheap car-dependent housing to expand the market for its cars? 

]]> Comment #4 by Lisa Selin Davis http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:36:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/4 Well, they certainly have parking spots at this development, but the greenest thing about it is its access to the train. It's got some low-rise elements, so it's not quite Corbu...but, sure, they want to sell their tiny cars and their tiny houses, too!

]]> Well, they certainly have parking spots at this development, but the greenest thing about it is its access to the train. It's got some low-rise elements, so it's not quite Corbu...but, sure, they want to sell their tiny cars and their tiny houses, too!

]]> Comment #5 by charmingirl http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:51:41 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-22-nano-vision-suburbia/5 sexy lingerie scale and profits. the government should stop its support for biomass projects that do not use waste material as a feedstock, as anything that is specifically grown to be sexy costumesused for energy will conflict with agricultural markets and food prices and cause even more deforestation and CO2 to be emitted. it should be seen more like recycling than growing our own fuel. ]]> sexy lingerie scale and profits. the government should stop its support for biomass projects that do not use waste material as a feedstock, as anything that is specifically grown to be sexy costumesused for energy will conflict with agricultural markets and food prices and cause even more deforestation and CO2 to be emitted. it should be seen more like recycling than growing our own fuel. ]]>