outside reading #29

I was reading the newspaper this morning and I came across an article about Edina. The article was about housing in Edina. it was saying that housing is just too expensive and that the median price of a house is $450,000. Plus with renovations, since many of the homes in Edina are older homes, it adds up quickly. Because of these high costs young families are not able to live in the city. People that grew up here and have families now aren't able to move back to their hometown because they can't afford it. many young families get more for their money in places like Maple Grove and newly developed neighborhoods. Edina has been known for being a tightly knitted community and that is part of the reason that people want to live here, but the cost of living is just too high for the average family. This article was very interesting to read because I didn't know that there were so many people want to live here. I know that we have good schools and neighborhoods, but I didn't realize it was so difficult for so many people to afford living here, for there to be an article about it in the Star Tribune.