With the rising gas prices home owners in the Inland Empire area of So. Cal are re-thinking their commute to the inner city. Commuters are paying $4 at the pump and as the summer draws closer the prices creep up a little higher each day. So what is a homeowner suppose to do? Many are considering leaving their mansion like homes to move into the city. Walking to work, shopping and cafes seems like a rising commodity in Los Angeles. Neighborhoods in downtown and the east side are growing dramatically to fulfill the anti-commute demands.This shift may boost the economy for the bustling city but severely hurt the suburbs causing a slum effect as the New York Times real estate blog reports - "The next slums will take shape in soon-to-be neglected suburban cul-de-sacs: " ... many low-density suburbs and McMansion subdivisions, including some that are lovely and affluent today, may become what inner cities became in the 1960s and ’70s — slums characterized by poverty, crime, and decay."
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