by Joe Spake on December 11, 2010
According to the Calculated Risk Blog, there is a strong inverse relationship between the percentage of 24-34 year olds living at home vs. the under 35 homeownership rate. Economist Tom Lawler says this steep growth in grown-ups living with their parents suggests a pent up demand for housing units when the the employment picture improves. [...]
by Joe Spake on October 30, 2010
Jim Dickinson got a lot of criticism a few years back for referring to Beale Street as a “city-owned liquor mall”. And now that Performa Entertainment, who managed the historic entertainment district since is re-birth in the early 1980′s, is out of the picture, Mayor Wharton, according to the Commercial Appeal, has put the option [...]
by Joe Spake on October 20, 2010
RE-Post (sort of) – from 10/15/2010 I lost the original post asking for your help in filling in some Midtown Memphis Neighborhoods when I had to do a major server change. So, in the meantime I have updated it some. Click on the map for details. Your continued input on neighborhoods not already highlighted will [...]