RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Yeah, no shit. On the one hand, one big reason we're looking to move is 
to cut our commute down to 15 minutes from the current 40, plus, as 
Shayne said, walkability to interesting stuff is pretty key.

We feel like we're kind of priced out of suitable spaces in Chapel Hill, 
plus the food in Durham is better, and, as I've said, so many of my 
friends live in Durham. (now if only Durham had a Sandwhich or a Driade, 
I'd never even look back . . . )

But I'll freely admit that we're a couple of DINKs who work IT jobs & 
can thus afford housing in a price range above that which yr average 
indie-rocker can. I look at the American Tobacco Phase XXX plans, and 
the soon-to-be-revealed Greenfire Plan For Downtown (ain't it creepy 
that, since they bought up all of downtown, they now get to "reveal" the 
future of Downtown Durham sometime this spring?), and yeah, I wonder how 
long affordability can hold out.

Although if you compare the projected growth rates of Raleigh/Wake 
County (from 700,000 to 1.4 million over the next 25 years) and Durham 
County (something on the order of 250,000->350,000), and the amount of 
land/housing stock in Durham, I'd still argue that Durham is in a better 
position to retain a greater percentage of these positive factors than 
the other corners of the Triangle are.

But yeah, we'll see. Pls accept my apologies in advance for my own 
contribution to the gentrification of downtown. Oh yeah, and nobody 
better put in a fucking noisy late-night rockclub on my block, or I'll 
be callin' the cops every night. Fuckin' punks!

xo

Ross

Chris Rossi wrote:
> While the entire 
> Triangle enjoys this aspect, Durham happens to have the cheapest housing 
> costs of the cities that can easily take advantage of the Triangle 
> economic and cultural climate, so it's a natural place for a budding 
> arts scene.  Don't worry, though, a thriving arts scene is just the 
> first step in the gentrification that will eventually price the arts 
> scene back out of existence.  Enjoy it while you can, and be glad the 
> process seems to be progressing at a fairly slow pace for the moment.  
> Once Grady moves in, we'll have another 5 years at best.  ;)
>
> chris