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Originally Posted by edale
One of the hallmarks of American suburbs is that everything is separated. Apartment complexes, which were not always meant for the poor when they were built, are not special in this regard, nor are they indicative of a desire to "keep the poors contained" as has been claimed. A lot of the suburban apartment complexes that now are home to lower income people, used to be desirable, modern developments! They're cordoned off from the single family, because different uses and even different intensities of the same use, are separated in suburbs.
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And we have a winner.
It should be noted that when an older complex like the one mentioned in the OP becomes undesirable that a new complex then comes in to fill that "luxury" void.
There are plenty of these going up here in metro St. Louis, in addition to plenty of recently completed ones. It's the same garden style of 3 or so floors, parking, separated from the surrounding area, but these come with hardwood floors, stainless appliances, in-unit laundry, large community pools, gyms, clubrooms, etc. Some of these complexes are even commanding higher rents than luxury buildings in the city with the same amenities that are actually in walkable neighborhoods.
I debated living in such a complex because it was going to be closer to my job than living in the city, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to pay city prices for a non-urban experience.