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Re:90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housin... by moultano on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @01:30PM (#16923891)
If they permitted their land to be upzoned, the value of it would rise even faster than it already is, so I don't think financial incentives are the crux of the political opposition. Old home owners in the valley don't want anything to change and resent the change that has already happened.
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Re:90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housin... by several on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @03:52PM (#16925379)
You are 100% correct that homeowners stand to make much more money if their land was upzoned, but I think most don't realize this.

Perhaps a way out of this NIMBY induced housing crisis is make more of them aware of this fact?

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