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I agree, in a way, since I really want to see the bay area engage in meaningful construction (along with expanding BART and other types of public transportation

by geebee 11y ago

I agree, in a way, since I really want to see the bay area engage in meaningful construction (along with expanding BART and other types of public transportation). But if SF's refusal to build is having repercussions in Oregon, and all SF needs to do is build… well, then shouldn't Portland be able to solve its problems by doing the same thing? Or has NIMBYism morphed into NIMSOTPNW (not in my section of the pacific northwest)?

davidw 11y ago
It's a countrywide problem. Portland has some serious NIMBY issues of its own. For instance: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/03/charlie_hales_advocates_for_le.html http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/03/charlie... It'd probably be best if it were fixed in several places at once. For instance, Bend is a town of 80K people, and it could (and should) add a bunch of density. But if all that just goes to soaking up 1000's of "refugees" from California, it's not as effective as it could have been. In other words, California can produce many more people looking for a cheaper, better place than Bend can hope to absorb, so it'd be nice if the Bay Area fixed some of its own mess, as well as Portland, Seattle, Austin, Boulder etc...