You see this frequently, in formerly rural towns, which have grown. I’m talking about an area which used to be residential-but now, the few houses left are interspersed with used car lots, strip malls, and gas stations.
Not a pretty place to live-you have often dangerous traffic, noise, and lots of unsavory people hanging around. Still, some residents prefer to stay-although perhaps, their property values have dropped so much, that they cannot afford to move (who would buy their house)?
Do towns usually gve some compensation to people who are starnded in these now-commercial areas?
Compensation? If a zoning change prevents you from developing your property, your evaporated investment represents a real and measurable economic loss. In that situation, you are entitled to absolutely no compensation unless the local government decides to give it to you. It’s even less imaginable that you’d be compensated for what’s essentially a nuisance.
The way the budget cutting is going on here, I doubt the local government has enough money to stock their office restrooms with toilet paper. Interesting observation, though, because I have often been shocked at the sight of shabby little houses directly across the street from a mega-mart, or right next door to a bank with a four drive through lanes. Impossible to sell is right! I worked with a woman whose family lived next to a fast food restaurant; the noise and traffic were brutal, and the restaurant had to pony up and put up one big-ass fence between the properties.