Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su...
by aluminum96 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:06PM
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> we are out of space in the Bay Area
This could not be further from the truth. Consider: the Terraces at Lafayette, a proposed new apartment building that would replace an empty field. The City of Lafayette delayed the project for almost a decade entirely on spurious grounds. We are not out of space, it just feels like it because we refuse to allow our space to be used efficiently.
Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su...
by khazhoux on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:21PM
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Eh, your example is on the other side of the hills, where yeah there's space -- and also horrendous traffic bottlenecks to get to/from the bay-surrounding cities. Which are out of space.
Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su...
by zbrozek on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:07AM
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They're not out of space. There's a lot of yard and a lot of altitude to fill. There's empty fields all over the south bay. Luckily, some near my previous place in Sunnyvale recently-ish got turned into town houses. My current house is adjacent to two empty acres.
Re:Newsom signs legislation to boost California’s housing su...
by vladTheInhaler on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:12AM
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I'm not sure how to say this, but have you ever been to the sunset? There is nothing but space in large swaths of the city.
I hear you, but we are out of space in the Bay Area. Still lots of land in other parts of the country. And quite simply, there's too much money in the Bay Area --with that inequity leading to homelessness in the lowest wage earners-- and too little money circulating in other parts of America (with therefore no low-wage employment opportunities in all the necessary support roles).