Density living the answer

AdelaideNow... Density living the answer:

"'I look at the city and there is a bit of high density in the CBD but the moment you go beyond that, bam, everything goes flat. Why is that?' he asked. 'If affordability is suffering and the land isn't there, why not allow higher density developments?'"

What and get some of those hideous high rise things that block out the sky, are concrete muck, fire traps and can become container ghetto living?? No thank you. We actually like seeing Adelaide and going up will block our view as well as creating the concrete which drains other cities and areas of the sky and stops children from playing. I agree we need to look at the type of accomodation we offer. We don't have smaller affordable accomodation. Our units mainly suit older couples or older singles. I think we need to look at the sorts of accommodation we could offer at a cheaper price without having those hideous, massive concrete boxes for people to live in and trap their children and teenagers. We actually like to move and breathe. Our rental accomodation has largely been vandalised and so we need to think about how we can get people to be more responsible. We do play spot the rented house and that's a mentality we have developed and we need to rethink how we can promote good rental practice as well as different sizes of places to live. It's taken a while but the rented houses in my street now have some nice people in them who look after them. Before they were ruined and the neighbours would walk on the roof or shout and yell, leave their grass growing and have great rows out the front. It's why we had a push to sell many of our rental properties. Some were bulldozed and turned into units because they were beyond cleaning. Some of our double and triple storey inits work and are nicely placed. They have a good buzz about them without being out of control. Some are very quiet. I think the location tends to determine the atmosphere of those blocks of units.