A 2:15 Alarm, 2 Trains and a Bus Get Her to Work by 7 A.M

Re:A 2:15 Alarm, 2 Trains and a Bus Get Her to Work by 7 A.M by nxsynonym on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:22PM (#15038797)

I'll admit I'm not a city planner. I don't have the answers to the problems. It's just frustrating to see what's happening with these mega-cities and how it's affecting the lives of so many people negatively. Surely the benefit of having these boosted economies doesn't outweigh the negative aspects - or do they?

Bay area has a whole bucket of specific problems - but there are general shared trends that extend to other cities with big tech industries.

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Re:A 2:15 Alarm, 2 Trains and a Bus Get Her to Work by 7 A.M by Analemma_ on Thursday August 17, 2017 @01:35PM (#15038923)

> Surely the benefit of having these boosted economies doesn't outweigh the negative aspects - or do they?

I think the answer is that with well-managed development, having boosted economies can have few or no negative aspects, but the Bay Area is sorely lacking that right now. As others have said, the lion's share of the blame is not with the tech companies (they're just hiring workers they need), but with the area's terrible NIMBY politics that are blocking the construction of more housing.

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