Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by mywittyname on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:17PM
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We have to pick our priorities here. If you want to live in a big, desirable city, you have to make the sacrifices that come with high-density living. If you prefer to live in wide open spaces, then move to a place that's conducive to that life style.
Like 95+% of the suburbs in the USA are at little to no risk of urbanization in our lifetime.
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by sliverstorm on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:55PM
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If you prefer to live in wide open spaces, then move to a place that's conducive to that life style
Many people did exactly that, back when the Bay was half orchards and no one knew tech was going to explode.
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by ng12 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @05:04PM
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Yeah, let me get out my violin for the people who made millions on appreciation alone. Sell your house and move somewhere rural if that's what you want.
You realize Manhattan used to be mostly farmland too, right?
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by ng12 on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:08PM
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Who's talking about bulldozing Tracy? The article is about a three-unit condo in the already dense Berkeley/Emeryville area.
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by mercutio2 on Friday December 01, 2017 @08:51PM
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Legally a condo, but notably, no shared walls, so nothing like apartments or town homes.
Tiny back yards, but mine (which was built by the same developer as the cargo bike picture development in the article) is big enough for me. Not my wife, but c’est la vie.
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by ryandrake on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:11PM
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To use two extremes. Berkeley is probably somewhere in the middle with some single-family areas and some more urban areas.
Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
by abritinthebay on Saturday December 02, 2017 @11:07AM
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Only due to the hills and the older homes. Berkeley is an urban area, full stop.
It just doesn’t want to acknowledge that due to NIMBYs
But you got yourself a deal: I won't argue for building single family homes in downtown San Francisco (really, who is?) and you don't argue for building apartment complexes in Tracy and Gilroy.