2010 Florida Census Numbers Released

[Debbie Thompson]

Springfield is a wonderful, vibrant, friendly, pedestrian-friendly front porch kind of community.  The narrow lots allow for easy walking.  I can very easily walk to: a corner grocery store (2 blocks); a candy store (1/2 block); a little night club and a little cake shop (across the street); several churches (1/2 block to 2 blocks); The Springfield Woman's Club (3 blocks); Carribbean Stone restaurant (yum--1/2 block); Jaded (4 blocks); Waffa & Mikes, AA Auto, post office (6 blocks).  There's more, but I think you get the picture.

The loss of density is distressing to me because I don't see it as loss of density, I see it as the loss of historic fabric, new neighbors and new friends.

[lewyn]

Re Atlanta: if every intown neighborhood grew so fast how come the city only gained 4000 people or so?  Who lost population in Atlanta?

[uptowngirl]

For Springfield specifically there is a difference between density of the fabric and density of people.

An argument can be made that less people is not good, but I think a bigger argument can be made that boarding houses, half way houses etc, while adding more people are not always what an up and coming neighborhood is looking for. Of course that is going to depend on the house and management of same. In the past Springfield had an overabundance of boarding houses, group homes, halfway houses (illegal) and those illegal houses have been closed. So while the over all census count may be lower, the owner occupancy has risen, and apartments that were crammed with ten people now have one or two. It is more of a quality of life measurement than an overall person count.

Loss of our historic fabric is concerning, as is the missing businesses, but was not included in the census.

[PeeJayEss]

Springfield is a wonderful, vibrant, friendly, pedestrian-friendly front porch kind of community.  The narrow lots allow for easy walking.  I can very easily walk to: a corner grocery store (2 blocks); a candy store (1/2 block); a little night club and a little cake shop (across the street); several churches (1/2 block to 2 blocks); The Springfield Woman's Club (3 blocks); Carribbean Stone restaurant (yum--1/2 block); Jaded (4 blocks); Waffa & Mikes, AA Auto, post office (6 blocks).  There's more, but I think you get the picture.

I hope you weren't trying to keep your location secret, because that seems like enough information to find it. I wouldn't say Springfield is like that. Rather, parts of Springfield are. The rest, however, has phenomenal potential.

[John P]

For Springfield specifically there is a difference between density of the fabric and density of people.

An argument can be made that less people is not good, but I think a bigger argument can be made that boarding houses, half way houses etc, while adding more people are not always what an up and coming neighborhood is looking for. Of course that is going to depend on the house and management of same. In the past Springfield had an overabundance of boarding houses, group homes, halfway houses (illegal) and those illegal houses have been closed. So while the over all census count may be lower, the owner occupancy has risen, and apartments that were crammed with ten people now have one or two. It is more of a quality of life measurement than an overall person count.

Yes exactly what I was referring to. It looks like most of the bad apples have been purged from the neighborhood and there is now opprotunity to build positive denisty. Workforce housing, artist lofts and other types of apartments. I was eating lunch at Uptown Market last week and the women at the table next to me were talking among themselves about if the apartments above were available for rent. There is demand for it there.