What Mueller will look like in a couple of years

Well, this is what Mueller would look like in a couple of years if it were in New Jersey.  (The houses at Mueller will be a little more interesting, if you believe the developers' renderings.)

The photo is from this New York times article.  The 400-acre Washington Town Center in Washington Township, N.J. is so popular with families with children, it's run out of schools and is about to condemn another large tract of land to prevent it from being developed for more housing.

I think the wild demand for developments like this one illustrates one of the main problems with traditional zoning, as currently practiced:  it stifles choice.

There are a lot of people who would like an alternative to the typical suburban, "large"-yard lifestyle.  I am not criticizing this lifestyle.  If that's what you want, great.  At least you should be able to find what you want.  There's really nothing else to choose from besides condos.    Austin mandates suburban-home-plus-yard developments through minimum-lot-size regulations, FAR restrictions, impervious cover restrictsions and setback requirements. 

Mueller will be an experiment with different rules.  It won't be enough, though, not by a long shot.  Ask some of those who've just discovered they are priced out of Mueller.