Across the street and next door (if “doors” are measured in acres) are empty office parks, dead drive thru banks, and mostly empty retail pods. The burger, taco, and chili joints are new now, but we all know what they’ll look like in fifteen years. They’re designed to be disposed of at the end of their short depreciation cycle.

We’ve built too much of the wrong stuff in the wrong places and market demand may never catch up or reinvent these landscapes. These malinvestments are also the visible manifestations of pension funds and personal portfolios that aren’t performing. But there’s plenty of free off street parking… I have a pretty good sense of how these communities are going to age. These are the ghosts of Christmas Yet-to-Come.