We have lots of laws on the books in Decatur (the parking requirements immediately come to mind) that do not promote “walkability,” “being green,” and sustainability.

However, our City Commission is pretty ignorant and spineless. They are not going to do something unless they are told by their Overlord.

tract house = One of numerous houses of similar or complementary design constructed on a tract of land. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.)

tract house = a residential house built to a common or frequently repeated design as part of a housing development (Webster’s New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc.)

Decatur is full of tract housing–some built 50, 70 or 90 years ago and now considered historic (reasonable people can differ about the true historic value of specific properties). In my opinion, much of the new construction–some of the largest, most expensive homes in the City now–could be characterized as tract housing. Instead of lining up on a continuous tract, they’re scattered about in one’s and two’s, but they tend to replicate plans and design elements frequently enough to create the same effect. I’d as soon have a 500 sq ft custom home built next door to me, as a one that’s 4-5 times as big and looks like it came out of the same catalog as half the new houses in town.

Would you also object if it were say, 1300 or 1400 instead?