User talk:Tommyphaaam

Overpopulation in Anaheim
Problem: As of current time, homes are being constantly built in any open space throughout Anaheim, many of which are over priced for the residents living in the area that they are supposed to tend to. This poses numerous problems for the city of Anaheim. The biggest of them being an over populated Anaheim City. As more houses are built, more people that are not already from the city come in to occupy those houses. In turn, those in Anaheim already struggling with finding homes, are left on the search for affordable housing. Data:The graph seen below displays the correlation between the amount of home home sales per quarter in a year to the median price of those homes. Besides 2012, home sales have stayed below 2,000 throughout the course of 2009-2014. it can be seen that as prices go up for the houses, sales tend to go down or to be not as high. It is evident that the houses being built and sold are not at a suitable price for Anaheim residents. What this creates is people coming in from out of Anaheim and occupying these houses as said before. If the city continues to use any open space to build housing the same pattern will continue, and Anaheim will become even more populated.

According to CNN, Anaheim,California is ranked third in the top 10 expensive housing markets.Anaheim was a sleeping farming community before tourist and real estate developers came since the building of Disneyland.

The second picture on the right is Anaheim's Housing Market overview.The median listing price of a home is $560,000.March of 2007, housing prices decreased to under $400k til around 2013. Since 2013, the housing price has tremendously increased. It is predicted that the housing market will stay steady for 2018 but slowly increase in the near future.

From Sperling's Bestplaces, the cost of living in Anaheim is compared to the United States average cost of living.Overall, Anaheim is 65% more expensive than the U.S.average.A key factor to take note of is Anaheim's housing cost of living compared to the nations. It nearly is tripled in comparison to the United States, making housing the biggest factor in the cost of living difference.

Action: What we suggest is to do something more beneficial for the Residents of Anaheim and make more productive use of the space we have left. There are plenty of possibilities of what to use the space for, but we believe the most beneficial would be a Recreation Center. For our action we focused specifically on the lot on 1525 Euclid St. Anaheim CA. It used to be a farmers market, before it was torn down. We believe this area is the most beneficial to the community because it is in the vicinity of 10 schools including elementary,Junior High and High Schools. It would allow for parents to have their children attend while they are still at work. Students would have a place where they can guarantee their safety. To support this assumption of the benefits it would produce to our community, we have focused in on the effects of the West Anaheim Youth Center. In regards to their effects their mission is to "To Provide the highest quality recreation, human, and neighborhood services to Anaheim residents and visitors of all ages, abilities, and economic levels, and to enable residents to assist themselves in improving the livability of their neighborhoods within available resources”.

In the creation of an additional Recreation/Youth center for Anaheim, we believe the the youth and City as a whole would feel the benefits