Looking for a home out west? You may want to reconsider and look at coastal Central Palm Beach County.

If you’ve been paying attention — “reading between the lines” — western sprawl continues but future growth will be slowing down considerably.

The future is our established cities, towns, and villages closer to the ocean. Why? Please continue reading the blog post below from one year ago.

For those of you paying close attention to press and media reports, real estate news, and following local and government meetings one knows this sad fact: we cannot rely on the State and Federal governments or even our Congressional and U.S. Senate representatives to step in and solve our pressing problems. The answer going forward is cities working together, e.g., Palm Springs, Lake Clarke Shores, Greenacres, Lake Worth, Lantana, and other cities nearby all working together as a region.

For many in the public news such as this from Post reporters Sarah Peters and Tony Doris (news about the Coastal Link and West Palm Beach golf course, respectively) are stand-alone news items. But they’re not. Both of these news stories, in their own way, have a profound effect on everyone living in the cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth.

The news articles cited above and many others are linked (pardon the pun) to the Brightline train station in West Palm Beach, Blueway Trail project, Palm Beach MPO charrettes and new housing projects in the City of Lake Worth, hotel construction, road repair, and many other items that are coming together:

There is a vision for coastal Central Palm Beach County (CPBC) and that future is inexplicably linked to ingenious and creative answers to transportation.

When this vision comes together in the mind of the public, all those people who bought houses and condos out in western Palm Beach County will come to regret that decision. But by then it will be too late. Their ‘investment’ will be worth pennies on the dollar and the reasons they moved out west, one reason being the “fear of crime”, will arrive on their doorstep as socioeconomic problems increase exponentially.

Crime is an important issue. And so is the perception of crime. For more about “Revitalizing Southeast Florida’s Urban Core” along I-95, and why the Florida East Coast (FEC) and CSX railroads are so vitally important to the future of Palm Beach County click on this link.

Instead of migrating west like so many others have in the past, residents who chose to stay in coastal CPBC — and those who opted to relocate here from other places in Florida, northerners escaping the cold Winter, or from other countries — will reap the benefits. The “cookie-cutter” communities out west will have no appeal any longer. The Millennials will be long gone and so will everyone else who came to Florida to be closer to the beaches.

Putting the pieces together, in no particular order:

• Brightline Station in West Palm Beach.
• Moving excess truck traffic (I-95) and freight train traffic (FEC/CSX) to U.S. 27 multi-modal corridor.
• Tap your phone for an electric taxi.
• C-51 Canal, Blueway Trail, and water taxis.
• Palm Beach MPO charrettes on future of Dixie Hwy.
• Been following what’s going on at the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council?
• What’s that about a new bus service in Lake Worth?

Before long the Millennials will have no
use for a car. And. . .

Oh. And did you see that article in the Post about the Coastal Link?

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A future trip: Uber to Downtown Lake Worth, take in all the excitement for a bit. Stroll to Bryant Park for a scenic water taxi ride to the Coastal Link, then Brightline to Miami, Orlando . . . and all the while wonder why you bought a house or condo in a cookie-cutter community out west somewhere.

And missing all the fun.