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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by getemback on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:27PM (#14876835)
This has been going around, but even this plan to build 4400 dwellings is still total nonsense, because the plan also includes office space for 15000 people. 15000 jobs requires much more than 4400 dwellings, so this plan will just make things worse.

I recommend comparing and contrasting with this plan for Coyote Valley, to see what real urbanism looks like. http://www.greenbelt.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Coyote-V...

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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by smalley on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:30PM (#14877321)
My current favorite local example of this taken to its ridiculous ends is this one: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/09/internal-affairs-san-j... . Where San Jose and Santa Clara are going back and forth suing each other about who gets to have the businesses and who has to bear the "burden" of having housing.
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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by djb_hackernews on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:58PM (#14877052)
That plan is from 2003. Not familiar with the area, how did it turn out?
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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by getemback on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:59PM (#14877065)
It's on ice. Nobody is building anything in Coyote Valley. But it's a wonderful plan.
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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by bdamm on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:13PM (#14877170)
That is an outstanding plan.
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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by beamatronic on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:34PM (#14877349)
If you want to see a well planned community check out Reston, VA
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Re:A Bay Area developer wants to build 4,400 homes where the... by getemback on Friday July 28, 2017 @06:40PM (#14878149)
"Reston is a Car-Dependent city" -- https://www.walkscore.com/VA/Reston
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