By all accounts, the building of combined commercial, residential and retail developments is taking off. Some argue that the problem from here is that these creations are built as commercial properties becuase of zoning regulations, which in turns pushes up the price of the residentail portion, perhaps to a level where it no longer makes economic sense.
That may be true, but to me it seems more like the people who think that someone will live in the place where they work is pretty unlikely. Sure, it’s nice to be located near the grocery store or some other place where you shop – but it doesn’t seem to me as if the people living there will also want to work there.