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This, I think is the most ridiculous thing about the bay area. Everyone is spooked about 'Manhattanization' and development like NYC is some ghetto where no one
by geogra4 9y ago
This, I think is the most ridiculous thing about the bay area. Everyone is spooked about 'Manhattanization' and development like NYC is some ghetto where no one wants to live.
Heck, San Francisco has 20% more land area than Paris with only 40% of the population. What is with the terror SF residents have around increasing population density?
- alphonsegaston 9y agoIt’s not terror. It’s just a mask for predatory, unchecked real estate speculation.
- nakedrobot2 9y agoI've concluded that the particular combination of direct democracy and NIMBYism has made california a living hell when it should be one of the finest places to live in aggregate for the whole population in the world. There is the space and wealth to make it so, but it is so broken that there isn't even a decent public transporation system from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, resulting in the most horrendous and unpleasant traffic jams basically from 6am to 8pm every day.