I moved in 2020 and stuff went way up then, also every place I saw was owned by some property5 management company rather than a single landlord which was the norm when I moved like 5 years prior
I own a house now, and I wanted one as soon as I was financially able to but a lot of people dont have that option. Something’s gotta give
The only new houses I see being built are those awful huge, square cookie cutter houses that cost 750k. I have no idea how the market can support the least useful kind of house for the general population.
I barely go into the suburbs these days, but I don’t doubt that’s all that’s being built. In KC proper, in some neighborhoods like Waldo, I have been seeing smaller houses being built. A developer will demolish an older home and build a new home. These are smaller houses than whats out in the suburbs of course, since the plots in the city are smaller, but they probably would be good for single people, DINKs, or new families. Not everyone needs 2000+ sq ft of space. It’d be great if the suburbs also invested in these smaller, starter houses, but it’s my understanding that the economics don’t make as much sense.
Of course, that’s all focusing on DSFH. We need to address the “missing middle.” More multifamily housing. Build duplexes, townhouses, lowrise condos, whatever. I for one don’t need/want a whole house. But I would like to own something more akin to an apartment.
That’s what I’m betting it is. Which is still shitty.
Kansas City is like a top-5 or top-10 city in the nation for violent crimes, but most people don’t know that. Maybe now people will see it and do something about it.
Good luck! I will be rooting for you from the comfort of my apartment!
I was living on the Plaza in 2021, and I remember being up early enough to catch the runners going through 47th while going out to get a coffee. Quite a chilly morning, too. Hopefully the temps will be nicer!
There has been some recent talk about repurposing it. Not only does it use a huge chunk of ground right in the middle of the downtown area - some of the most valuable land in the state - but also it puts crimp on the height of buildings in the whole area surrounding airport itself.
So I don’t know how serious it is, but I’ve been hearing some chatter.
It’s something Kansas City Manager Brian Platt has been saying privately for nearly two years, and now he’s acknowledging it on the record: He would push to close Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport if it continues to be hard for developers to construct high-rise apartment buildings in the airport’s flight paths over River Market and downtown.
That would be an unpopular move among the top Kansas City businesses that use the airport . . .
It’s a very busy airport. It just doesn’t do traditional passenger air. A lot of private flights come in and out of there. Very convenient if you are rich and want to be in Downtown as soon as you land. As for the noise I think the highways are louder, nevet noticed the plane noises.
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