The battle to save Silicon Valley's oldest trailer park

Re:The battle to save Silicon Valley's oldest trailer park by ghshephard on Sunday November 15, 2015 @06:31PM (#10571742)

When I was working at Netscape in 1996-1998, for the first 18 months I lived in Oakland, on 17th near Lake Merrit ($500/month). The commute was: Walk to Bart, Bart to 22nd (pre millbrae), Muni from 22nd to Caltrain, Caltrain (pre bullet) down to Mountain View, Shuttle to Whisman, Walk to Building. Mostly reverse this at night.

My commute was 2 hours in the morning, and 2 1/2 hours back at night. It was miserable, and I would never wish it on anyone. I feel for these people possibly losing their homes (some who have lived there for 30+ years!).

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Re:The battle to save Silicon Valley's oldest trailer park by CyberDildonics on Sunday November 15, 2015 @07:47PM (#10571980)

Are people losing their homes or are they getting their homes bought?

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Re:The battle to save Silicon Valley's oldest trailer park by ghshephard on Monday November 16, 2015 @02:52PM (#10576708)

I think I understand what you are trying to say, but, the ground truth is there are people who've lived there for 30+ years and pay $1000/month for their home (which probably has a net value of $5k or less) - and when the trailer park shuts down, they really have nowhere to go.

So look, I read Ayn Rand when I was in college, I get economic impact of rent-control, and how it actually ends up hurting the lower socio economic strata - It's not like I'm ignorant of all these things.

It's just, at the end of the day - I can appreciate how it would suck to have your entire world ripped apart.

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