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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by sampo on Friday April 27, 2018 @03:19PM (#16943531)
> Mission in San Francisco (which is already quite dense, by any standard short of "midtown manhattan")

Not so dense by the standard of Brooklyn, either. Brooklyn is 1.5x denser than Mission.

And that is the average density for all of Brooklyn, Brooklyn being 40x larger than the Mission District.

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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by timr on Friday April 27, 2018 @03:46PM (#16943725)
"Brooklyn is 1.5x denser than Mission"

Citation absolutely needed. Show me source of your numbers. Brooklyn runs the gamut from skyscrapers to single-family houses, but the average construction is 1-3 story apartment buildings, just like the mission.

In any case, even if you're right, it's not a counterargument: how does the western 3/4ths of SF compare to Brooklyn? Why should we be focusing on the Mission, and not, say, Sea Cliff?

Let's try to put a condo building to Jack Dorsey's mansion and see what happens.

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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by sampo on Friday April 27, 2018 @03:51PM (#16943763)
> Show me source of your numbers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_District,_San_Francisc...

> Why should we be focusing on the Mission, and not, say, Sea Cliff?

Why not both?

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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by timr on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:26PM (#16971176)
You're comparing SF in 2008 to Brooklyn in 2017. Click the source link, and you'll see that current estimate for the Mission (30,408/mi^2) is much closer to that of Brooklyn. The difference is only ~20%.

http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Mission-District-San-F...

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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by traytonwhite on Friday April 27, 2018 @04:09PM (#16943888)
Because the Mission has easy access to BART, Caltrain, highways, and is central-ish to the SFMTA whereas Sea Cliff is just sort of out there.
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Re:A group of techies is using data skills to alter Seattle'... by timr on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:21PM (#16971129)
Great. You've just excluded 75% of San Francisco, and made my argument.
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