My neighborhood of "urban homes" shows it is possible to build relatively affordable single-family homes in central Austin .
(Emphasis on "relatively" -- they start at $250,000-ish, which is a good deal for new, detached housing in 78704 but obviously not everyone's idea of affordable housing.)
Today's Statesman has a little article about my neighborhood that makes the same point:
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