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Well then municipalities will have to plan for X rising to Y and plan for and implement Y. Civic planning doesn't have to get frozen in time and population.

• jmspring 10y ago
  Explain to me how you get Saratoga, Cupertino, Atherton, etc to conform to Y. And why should they?
  • redditmigrant 10y ago
    You get them to conform by passing laws at the state level to take power away from the local residents. I know they wont comply, we have already seen the problems that giving local control creates in this scenario, so the solution is to make a decision for the larger and long term good.
    • jmspring 10y ago
      No, you have multimillionaires that won't sell and will fight change.
      • redditmigrant 10y ago
        Well sure they will fight, but thats not a good enough reason to not do something. Hopefully the state government has enough political capital to deal with the fight that the relatively small population of homeowners will put up.
  • eli_gottlieb 10y ago
    Because if Atherton doesn't build housing, Oaklanders will burn down Atherton for exporting the problem eastward as gentrification.