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Let me get this right. The place that got insanely rich because of software is trying to forbid the creation of software?

• protomyth 10y ago
  If I understand the article[1], they got insanely rich during a time software was developed outside the downtown and small[2] "traditional" businesses inhabited the downtown. Apparently they did not pay attention to zoning when allowing the big software companies to inhabit the downtown[3]. This politician wants the big companies to find somewhere else so small businesses are not forced out of the downtown. 1) understanding the argument does not support the argument 2) small seems to be the crux of the reason 3) an odd opposite to SF
• SilasX 10y ago
  Assuming this article isn't satire (I'm still not sure!), their position seems to be that they wanted the tech companies to stay in a designated "research park" area, removed from downtown. So they're not trying to forbid it, just keep (their vision of) "small service businesses" from being displaced downtown, where they want those services to locate. (There's probably an inflammatory analogy in there about slaves, plantations, and mansions that a rabblerouser wants to make...)
  • apsec112 10y ago
    I'd be very surprised if this were satire. Here's the original newspaper headline: http://i.imgur.com/PcvRsrA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/PcvRsrA.jpg
    • SilasX 10y ago
      Wow. That's a too-good-to-be-true submission for reddit's /r/nottheonion forum, except there's no free online version.
• throwaway_xx9 10y ago
  I live nearby. Palo Alto has a parking problem, so they don't want medium and large offices downtown, and they don't want to build parking structures. So they have already asked other companies to leave.