http://northcamden.org Ideas And All Things North Camden Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:27:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://northcamden.org/archives/13 http://northcamden.org/archives/13#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:21:35 +0000 Father Jeff http://northcamden.org/archives/13 This article in the NYT today I belive gets at a dynamic that we have to take seriously in the planning of North Camden.  Clearly (and this has been going on for some time) jobs are not available and the jobs that are here are requiring folks to commute further than ever.  The impact on family life is huge.  So, how does this dynamic affect the people who are in North Camden?  How do these dynamics affect plans for who will live on the waterfront?  It seems pretty obvious to me that the folks who will be able to “afford” to live in North Camden in the future—be that income or more importantly location to jobs will not be the folks who are currently here.  I am wondering if we have given any thought to this???????   Even providing affordable housing in the neighborhood  means that folks earning income will have to provide them transportation to distant jobs—is this viable?  What is the thinking on this?
NYT Article:  BLueColloar Jobs Disappear, Taking Families’ Way Of Life Along 

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