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Going up is one thing, but to expand out, SF would need to start swallowing adjacent municipalities, which is not going to happen. All of the upscale towns sur
by karma_vaccum123 10y ago
Going up is one thing, but to expand out, SF would need to start swallowing adjacent municipalities, which is not going to happen.
All of the upscale towns surrounding San Jose (Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino) were approached to be absorbed numerous times over the past few decades...none regret their decision.
- dragonwriter 10y agoSan Francisco has no adjacent municipalities that aren't separate counties, since the city and county boundaries have been identical since 1856.
- vonmoltke 10y agoIs that an issue in California? Plenty of cities straddle counties in Texas, and NYC is actually five counties. On the other hand, I don't think cities can generally straddle counties in Florida (at least, I know of none that did).
- honkhonkpants 10y agoCalifornia law prohibits a city spanning counties. However school districts and other special districts can do so.
- vonmoltke 10y agoInteresting. Texas is the opposite: cities can span counties, but school districts cannot. Dallas actually touches five different counties and seven (I think) school districts.