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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by hanging on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:18AM (#19387594) 

  new developments are in 3000 sq ft lots and have 2400-2600 sq ft built area
I'd like to see your source for these figures. 400 sqft doesn't even meet setback requirements for a 3000 sqft lot in any Bay Area city I'm aware of.

Likewise, that initial 20% by area (2000 of 10,000sqft) structure dimension ratio sounds made up.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by jelliclesfarm on Thursday March 14, 2019 @05:30AM (#19387649)
First hand accounts re older properties. All Bay Area cities have to follow mandatory orders for building quotas from a Bay Area organization called ABAG. They advocate high density new developments.

Re newer developments, here is an example: https://www.lennar.com/new-homes/california/san-francisco-ba... : plan 5, icona. Three stories, 2300 sq ft built area approximately. 1.2ish million.

On a related note, I browsed that random google link and clicked on ‘home automation’..basically it’s an Amazon home. Alexa would run your household. I am not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by hanging on Friday March 15, 2019 @07:38PM (#19405358) 

  All Bay Area cities have to follow mandatory orders for building quotas from a Bay Area organization called ABAG
No, ABAG has no authority that supersedes any city or planning commission.

  First hand accounts re older properties
... is a crock. Older properties tend to have even smaller building footprint/ total parcel area ratios.

How about one example of any parcel with a residence footprint taking 80% of the parcel area?

As or that Lennar development, you are totally ignoring common area (exclusive and nonexclusive use).

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