tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147907470278949036.post415137136564485614..comments2024-03-29T03:51:05.709-07:00Comments on elpasonaturally: Non-Progressives Prefer Suburban SprawlJim Tolberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12703631083625071050noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147907470278949036.post-80255311264337457312014-06-20T15:16:42.209-07:002014-06-20T15:16:42.209-07:00When I was ED for the Housing Finance Corporation,...When I was ED for the Housing Finance Corporation, we had set asides with extra incentives for buyers who purchased inner city homes. No takers. I found that, when first time buyers qualified for a mortgage, they wanted what you describe as sprawl, i.e., one of those Desert View/Tropicana homes in the 36 and 38 Zips with a fence and new or newer school in the area for the kids. No one wants to send their kids to Jefferson or El Paso HS and, in El Paso, kids are everything. <br /><br />I wish it worked as you so eloquently outline, but it doesn't and I certainly would not characterize the average family here (34 years old, 2 or 3 kids, $35K combined income)as "non-progressives." More accurately, they are just surviving.<br /><br />Jerry KurtykaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com