Quote:
Originally Posted by memph
I would say it depends on the city and time period. Most housing in North American cities was on the fringe when it was built and only became "central" as new neighbourhoods were built beyond them. This first wave of housing sometimes consisted of beautiful rowhouses, mansions, etc, but sometimes it was more modest housing.
|
Yes, fair enough... specifically on the size of the city and the time period in which it was first developed.
Some American industrial cities would have had workers' housing near the CBD because there were factories and rail yards and things near the core, at least on the "less favored" side of town (Bridgeport in Chicago for example). But then "core" is also a relative term... if you pick a central point, something a few miles away might be part of the urban core in one city and way out in the boondocks in another.
I was referring more to larger, more established cities, where the central neighborhoods were clearly built for the well to do and then became cheaper than they should have been because of urban decay.