Plano says no to growth

[Joshua Perez]

Controversial Growth Plan Has Some Plano Residents Planning Recall ...

The residents of the city of Plano are disliking the idea of the urbanization of their city. There are two argument that are happening, on one side of the isle you have some residents stating that this will bring growth and business to the city and attract more people to Plano.The other side you have individuals saying that the growth and the bringing in of new apartment development will cause the destruction of the urban area by making it an urban hub. This article almost sound like when we discussed in class of the two different ideas of  Jacobs and Moses. The residents of Plano began a recall petition which they need 30 percent of the voters. It will be interesting to see what the outcome of this will be. 

[Angelica Cortes]

I agree with you Joshua , this article is similar to the ideas of Jacobs and Moses whether a city should bring new revenue to a city and new kinds of diverse groups or keep it as it is with the same housing construction plans. Being a resident from North Dallas, Plano is not known for their young college attraction areas ,or artistic residents as Wirth will describe in its five inner city residents categories. There is a more mature adults with family population in that area that will not accept a change that easily. It will be interesting to see what will be the outcome of the recall voting and if urbanization did move forward how will the residents move out or stay. 

[Morgan Carter]

I too see how this situation is similar to Jacobs and Moses. I am not very familiar with the Plano area, but I think change is always good. If Plano thinks that make the area more urban will benefit the them in the future then they should take action. From my understanding Plano is very family oriented with is great, but as families grow and kids become more mature they are going to want an area that is for them. If they are the future, then why not make the community a place for them.

[Joshua Perez]

I am glad that y'all see that, I agree with you Morgan i think that change is always good for a city especially if it is going to be beneficial for the city. I also see Angelica view where the Plano residents are much more mature and with families and they might not like the idea of change and an increase in population that might  damage that easy way of life. 

[Annette Lealoni Chavez]

I think it is true that too much population can make a place into an urban hub that will be less appealing to a lot of individuals. However, I think most cities eventually grow in population, and although those people might not like it there will always be a group that yearns for that. Maybe a lot of the people who don't want more population are elders who have lived in Plano for a long time and don't want to see it change. The people who want to see Plano's population grow are most likely young people.

[Anna]

Plano is not where the young and hip go to find their first apartment. Plano is more of a residential area where families go to settle down. The young, the artistic, and the single are more likely to live in the city as we saw with Wirth's explanation of the 5 people who live in the city, the urban core.Some are worrried because of the idea that they "shopped for a school district" which is essentially true because most of the people living in Plano have families and are therefore worried about the education of their children. If the growth encourages growth it might encourage migration into the city which could possibly diversify and even crowd the schools