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There's a spacious middle ground between single family ranch-style houses, and "apartment towers". A handful of four-story buildings would make Mountain View a

There's a spacious middle ground between single family ranch-style houses, and "apartment towers". A handful of four-story buildings would make Mountain View a much nicer place. If there's a multi-story dwelling anywhere in Mountain View, I haven't seen it. As for "built out", most of Silicon Valley consists of parking lots and freeway interchanges.

nradov 10y ago
There are multi-storey apartment buildings all over Mountain View. Have you ever been there?
- llukas 10y ago
  Office buildings. Not apartment ones.
- crazy2be 10y ago
  "multi-story" => "two stories tall maximum, and half of ground space is parking lot" Places like Paris are entirely (or nearly entirely) 4-5 stories tall, with no parking lots. This allows incredible density simultaneously with great livability (especially for pedestrians). (See [1]) So technically the gp was incorrect, but I would posit there are few (any?) places in Mountain View, or even most of the bay, with a floor area ratio (FAR) > 1.0. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris#Cityscape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris#Cityscape
  - wott 10y ago
    "Paris" and "liveability" together is weird. The only reason people move to Paris is because the country is hyper-centralised and 'all' the jobs are in Paris. That's also the only reason that limits the rate at which people are moving away from Paris. Housing in Paris is unaffordable for low wages. People who can get rid of their job move to smaller cities across the country, people who cannot move to suburbs and undergo more and more commuting. Concentration of jobs in the same place, unaffordable housing, does this ring a bell? :-)
bquinlan 10y ago
100 Moffett, Mariposa Heights, and 1101 West are all four-story of greater condo complexes. There are probably others that I'm not aware of (I work in Mountain View but don't live there).
- packetslave 10y ago
  Yeah, and 100 Moffett is $3700-4500/month for a one bedroom.
- stuckagain 10y ago
  1101 West isn't even built yet, and nobody has been living at 100 Moffett for more than a month. These seem like odd choices for your examples. But yes, these are better than what we had. Within 1000 feet of the train station there are chiefly 1-story buildings and parking lots. Replacing just that zone with dwellings over retail would transform Mountain View into a place worth visiting.

nradov 10y ago

There are multi-storey apartment buildings all over Mountain View. Have you ever been there?

llukas 10y ago
Office buildings. Not apartment ones.
crazy2be 10y ago
"multi-story" => "two stories tall maximum, and half of ground space is parking lot" Places like Paris are entirely (or nearly entirely) 4-5 stories tall, with no parking lots. This allows incredible density simultaneously with great livability (especially for pedestrians). (See [1]) So technically the gp was incorrect, but I would posit there are few (any?) places in Mountain View, or even most of the bay, with a floor area ratio (FAR) > 1.0. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris#Cityscape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris#Cityscape
- wott 10y ago
  "Paris" and "liveability" together is weird. The only reason people move to Paris is because the country is hyper-centralised and 'all' the jobs are in Paris. That's also the only reason that limits the rate at which people are moving away from Paris. Housing in Paris is unaffordable for low wages. People who can get rid of their job move to smaller cities across the country, people who cannot move to suburbs and undergo more and more commuting. Concentration of jobs in the same place, unaffordable housing, does this ring a bell? :-)

bquinlan 10y ago

100 Moffett, Mariposa Heights, and 1101 West are all four-story of greater condo complexes. There are probably others that I'm not aware of (I work in Mountain View but don't live there).

packetslave 10y ago
Yeah, and 100 Moffett is $3700-4500/month for a one bedroom.
stuckagain 10y ago
1101 West isn't even built yet, and nobody has been living at 100 Moffett for more than a month. These seem like odd choices for your examples. But yes, these are better than what we had. Within 1000 feet of the train station there are chiefly 1-story buildings and parking lots. Replacing just that zone with dwellings over retail would transform Mountain View into a place worth visiting.