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I was just objecting to the idea that a small town was inappropriate in this context. With a suitable urban form there's no reason why you couldn't take the en
by getemback 9y ago
I was just objecting to the idea that a small town was inappropriate in this context. With a suitable urban form there's no reason why you couldn't take the entire population of Brisbane and put them all on 640 acres, with 80% open space.
But Brisbane, California is not a "small town" it's a disgusting example of exurban sprawl.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brisbane,+CA/@37.679201,-122.330704,3a,78.3y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1shttps:%2F%2Fthumbs.trulia-cdn.com%2Fpictures%2Fthumbs_6%2Fps.102%2Fe%2F7%2F5%2Fd%2Fpicture-uh%3D9c9ef53f4781e89553177368d022-ps%3De75d7f71be33c23a4e3456941b73ffa7-142-Elderberry-Ln-Brisbane-CA-94005.jpg!2e7!3e27!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fproxy%2FjFOwihIPa-3H8QgXCGQ-ml2v3OklBa9hKVt3vmtj1YKCdX7sXcJmtp5tXnET_ujA_xFhQZl_IYdtZkrQZ2sh6wI0WGNMQjDnXoM-5_fMEFuHsctScZjCUljHrMmoniDsXhgA0YrAwUgBSS7q-Pif_R1prKxUtAs%3Dw159-h106-k-no!7i1440!8i960!4m5!3m4!1s0x808f78d8f2a30531:0xff55e02fce53ae30!8m2!3d37.6807661!4d-122.3999715 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brisbane,+CA/@37.679201,-1...
- vecinu 9y agoIf you look at your link, you will see the address is (142 Elderberry Ln, Brisbane, CA 94005). Looking at the map (https://goo.gl/maps/7kvttaK8z7F2 https://goo.gl/maps/7kvttaK8z7F2), it's not even in Brisbane proper, so I think you're wrong about your assessment. I have been to Brisbane, the number of large McMansions is very tiny.
- getemback 9y agoThis one is. It almost seems designed to trick a machine learning classifier into classifying it as a warehouse or something. Point it the existing built environment of Brisbane, CA is not worth preserving. Its car-dependent nature is a menace to the region. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6916572,-122.4087356,3a,90y,158.86h,83.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sq3KQrB3PRqpeBO0i7a38lQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dq3KQrB3PRqpeBO0i7a38lQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D167.12732%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6916572,-122.4087356,3a,90y,...
- vecinu 9y agoYour link still points to a house outside of Brisbane proper... how transit efficient is San Francisco outside of downtown? BART doesn't reach most of SF, MUNI is abysmal and buses...well, Brisbane has buses too. I think your assessment is a bit heavy handed considering how bad public transit is in the area in general.
- getemback 9y agoYou seem to be defining "Brisbane proper" as the area between San Francisco Ave. and Firth Park. But Brisbane is much more extensive. The majority of its land area is taken up by empty land, single-story material handling facilities, and ludicrous sprawl at "The Ridge".
- rbanffy 9y agoI wonder how many self-driving cars live in that house...
- greglindahl 9y agoOh, you're raising a non-sequitor. Got it. That's not what we call an 'exurb', either.
- glibgil 9y ago> Brisbane, California is not a "small town" Brisbane is a small town. It is dense, not sprawling. It has a town square and a handful of shops. It has schools. It is surrounded by empty space on all sides. It is in a canyon of San Bruno Mountain on three sides and surround by bay water and rail yards on the north side. You don't know what you are talking about
- getemback 9y agohttps://www.google.com/maps/@37.6888189,-122.4091851,410a,35y,39.33t/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6888189,-122.4091851,410a,35...
- glibgil 9y agoThat's not the town. That's the industrial park. The town is just south of there. It's made up of houses, not warehouses. Even including the industrial park, Brisbane is small, a town, not sprawling, and is completely detached from SF by water and a couple miles of rail yards. Tunnel Ave is really long and no one drives on it. It is effectively a country road that leads from SF to Brisbane. Go drive it or bike it or walk it some time. Brisbane is a completely separate place from SF