tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post1704819136724043241..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Housing By The Slice?Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-10282761502686161812013-10-08T00:00:25.851-04:002013-10-08T00:00:25.851-04:00THink about what this means.....no one does this i...THink about what this means.....no one does this if they can rent the apartment as a whole...<br /><br />There is a shift in the market going on. These are vacant apartments, that did not rent for September. <br /><br />Hmmmmm.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-2052656611018623852013-10-06T21:03:22.434-04:002013-10-06T21:03:22.434-04:00"With high demand and limited supply the pric..."With high demand and limited supply the price of housing skyrockets, pricing out of the market low-income residents, single-parent households, veterans, and basic service industry workers trying to survive on minimum wage jobs."<br /><br />My goodness, you would think we are an island. It's not like they have to swim here. They can just live in Hadley, Belchertown, Leverett. Shutesbury, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-31421623336168497442013-10-04T18:46:44.014-04:002013-10-04T18:46:44.014-04:00As long as I can keep my critical CANs happy, I mu...As long as I can keep my critical CANs happy, I must be doing something right.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-72314219811000863982013-10-04T18:28:24.796-04:002013-10-04T18:28:24.796-04:00Well, I appreciate that you have admitted your sta...Well, I appreciate that you have admitted your standards weren't very high on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-80223147653280803382013-10-04T17:19:04.901-04:002013-10-04T17:19:04.901-04:00Feel free to start your own blog. I'm sure you...Feel free to start your own blog. I'm sure your standards would be impeccable.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-23927819609821037652013-10-04T17:11:38.659-04:002013-10-04T17:11:38.659-04:00So you don't actually know who is advertising ...So you don't actually know who is advertising this but you are making the accusation anyway? Good job as a reporter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43316752965233453352013-10-04T14:52:26.734-04:002013-10-04T14:52:26.734-04:00A couple of differences spring to mind: The Retre...A couple of differences spring to mind: The Retreat is a "proposed" project that will go through a rigorous approval process. <br /><br />Take up your case with the Planning Board (as I'm sure you will).<br /><br />Echo Village Apartments have long been built and this "rooming house" approach is a departure from the way it was used previously (before Cherewatti purchased it).Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-35551002439596007122013-10-04T14:19:17.143-04:002013-10-04T14:19:17.143-04:00"..since selling by the bedroom kind of turns... "..since selling by the bedroom kind of turns the building into a "rooming house," and currently that location is not so zoned."<br /><br />Larry, how is this different than what Landmark is doing with the Retreat? If if it's not, then why is it legal in R-O zoning?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-87655829700291731792013-10-04T13:58:44.958-04:002013-10-04T13:58:44.958-04:00Or as President Nixon's aids would say, "...Or as President Nixon's aids would say, "plausible deniability."Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-154733850383227652013-10-04T13:36:47.920-04:002013-10-04T13:36:47.920-04:00It is entirely possible (and even probable) that t...It is entirely possible (and even probable) that this advertisement was posted by current residents of the apartment looking to replace a roommate, rather than by Echo Village management. This is a fairly common practice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com