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Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by rb808 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @04:21PM (#20529219)
Its true though. Yes we could turn the Bay Area and LA into something like Tokyo or NYC but its better the way it is, even if its unaffordable.
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Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by fredophile on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:02PM (#20529667)
What about the way that it currently is makes it better? I've lived in the Bay area and visited NYC several times and would vastly prefer to live in a city designed like NYC but with a Bay area climate.

For some concrete examples: NYC has far better public transit than the peninsula. The block layout of NYC means you can live on a purely residential block but generally never be farther than a few short blocks from a busy commercial area with small shops and restaurants.

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Re:Approaching Peak Housing Dysfunction in California by ijpoijpoihpiuoh on Thursday July 25, 2019 @04:30PM (#20529342)
Personally, I'd rather live in NYC or Tokyo than the Bay, and indeed that is the choice I eventually made.
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