Density Good for Cities

Here's a link to an interesting article which points out one way New Albany can regain prosperity. It's a simple solution and, like Dorothy's ruby slippers,one we've had all along.

Granted New Albany's not Asheville, but plenty of people live here and have decided to stay here. Downtown New Albany's density has already been diluted to with a history of poor judgment and a proliferation of surface parking lots. So maybe we need to focus on near-density or walking-distance density.

Many of our houses near the heart of the city are ill-maintained, and so they are an impediment to realizing the potential we have for increasing prosperous density. But that's another topic for another day.