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Do we need another 10,000 families in Mountain View [EDIT: in the Bay Area] right now, though? Central is always backed up, 101 sucks, schools are full, and yo
by khazhoux 9y ago
Do we need another 10,000 families in Mountain View [EDIT: in the Bay Area] right now, though?
Central is always backed up, 101 sucks, schools are full, and you can't get into restaurants on Castro without a wait.
Can these companies just expand somewhere else, please?
EDIT: I didn't really mean that Googlers should live outside MV and commute to Mountain View. I mean that it's easy for Google to build office space for 10K new workers... but it decreases quality of live for everyone else when more people cram in. Expand in more cities, like Amazon is doing!
- sbov 9y agoIf 10k families expanded elsewhere 101 would suck even more when they commute into Google's offices. I think the point is to put work and amenities close to where they live. My city of 15k supports its own school district and restaurants. A neighborhood of 10k families (not sure what population that would translate into) certainly could. But I'm not sure if that's in their plans.
- khazhoux 9y agoSorry, I didn't mean the families should live elsewhere -- poorly phrased on my part. I really meant that I wish the big companies would expand more in other parts of the country, and not increase the pressure on the Bay Area.
- abritinthebay 9y agoYou have some very basic misunderstandings about urban planning & traffic patterns I’m afraid to say.
- khazhoux 9y agoThanks for clarifying!
- epistasis 9y agoWhy do you think that 101 is backed up? It's because there is no housing in Mountain View, and people have to live elsewhere. There's so much room for more housing in Mountain View, and people are always like "Not here! I've got mine, screw you I'm pulling up the ladder."
- khazhoux 9y agoI clarified above: my point was that the entire Bay Area is choking, but these companies keep building office space (which is ultra-compact) and hiring by the tens of thousands. What I want is: build more housing in Mountain View and elsewhere, but slow down the huge influx of workers.