Teton Co WY Public land development

[Ben Lamb]

Isn't the lack of affordable housing a self solving issue?

No housing -> no workers -> no amenities -> reduces appeal -> reduces demand -> reduces costs...

It just pushes workers farther outside of the area where they work.

Traverse City & Leelanau county are good examples of that as well. Kingsley, Lake Ann, etc all take the overflow because housing is still relatively affordable there and the 30 minute commute is still tolerable for folks. Lots of medical professionals like CNA's, etc are all moving outside of the area for cheaper housing, etc. It's eating up good deer, turkey, bear and grouse habitat while still providing a reasonable cost of living for folks.

Same thing in Jackson, Aspen, etc - any tourist destination or mtn town in the west is growing fast as people flee for whatever reasons (cough, cough climate refugees).

his nation has added over a hundred million people in the last 40 years. Where do we expect them all to live?

 

[DouglasR]

.

his nation has added over a hundred million people in the last 40 years. Where do we expect them all to live?

the Midwest.

 

[Deleted member 18333]

The lack of affordable housing in Teton county doesn't just affect those in the hospitality industry. Its a real and significant problem for professional/career types in the area as well.

 

[Ben Lamb]

the Midwest.

Ideally, yeah, super cheap cost of living especially in rural areas, but what jobs are there to attract those people (generally middle-class, college educated folks working in a variety of non-resource related jobs), and do they want amenities that those places won't offer outside of major metro areas and that just sets the same cycle up in those towns?

 

[Ben Lamb]

The lack of affordable housing in Teton county doesn't just affect those in the hospitality industry. Its a real and significant problem for professional/career types in the area as well.

Buddy's son is an engineer making 6 figures and his wife does well running a spa for a major resort and they have to live in Driggs. Spot on.

 

[Jason73]

STRs are a huge impact. Telluride tried to address some of the problem yesterday.

Live in San Miguel County. I don't see the upside to passing that. I have the feeling most wealthy folks that own these will just shut down those rentals and keep the lights off for 46 weeks annually. Telluride would benefit from taking 5-7 acres of the valley floor and build some housing. Instead the latest answer was to build on a terrible piece of property that started by taking over 4 months just to stabilize the mountain to make a building site. And last year instead of building on said valley floor they spent who knows how many millions rerouting the river on the valley floor back to how it was in the 1880s. Totally ridiculous priorities by those running that community.

 

[Irrelevant]

his nation has added over a hundred million people in the last 40 years. Where do we expect them all to live?

Philadelphia.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

the Midwest.

 

[Irrelevant]

Buddy's son is an engineer making 6 figures and his wife does well running a spa for a major resort and they have to live in Driggs. Spot on.

my point is that if he moves and there are no engineers and the roads fail and the godamn bridges fall, then maybe people will stop wanting moving there.

 

[Ben Lamb]

my point is that if he moves and there are no engineers and the roads fail and the godamn bridges fall, then maybe people will stop wanting moving there.

They ain't moving there for the bridges.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Philadelphia.

If you say that 3 times, Bruce Springsteen & Tom Hanks appear.

 

[Irrelevant]

They ain't moving there for the bridges.

no but they might not without them... Can you swim across the Snake? Can you get a volvo across with a bridge?

 

[88man]

150 grain or 180 grain? Imr or Hogdon?

 

[Ben Lamb]

no but they might not without them... Can you swim across the Snake? Can you get a volvo across with a bridge?

That's either Federal or state projects/money, which means they use their engineers to design the bridges and the companies that bid those project establish camps for their crews, including engineers, that come with them.

 

[Irrelevant]

That's either Federal or state projects/money, which means they use their engineers to design the bridges and the companies that bid those project establish camps for their crews, including engineers, that come with them.

quit with the hole poking! It'll work I tell you!

 

[DouglasR]

usually those folks go back home in the spring with an STD tho...