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I'm pretty disappointed with Apple Park, which is going to add 14,000 new commuters in a community (Cupertino) that loves Apple's property tax revenue but has r
by kevinburke 9y ago
I'm pretty disappointed with Apple Park, which is going to add 14,000 new commuters in a community (Cupertino) that loves Apple's property tax revenue but has refused to build any new housing and regularly sends residents to San Jose to oppose new projects near their city border. That's going to increase competition for apartments in my town, which actually tries to build housing, and increase my rent.
Rent has nearly doubled on the Peninsula in the last seven years and Apple appears to have little interest in helping the least fortunate avoid displacement, or to mitigate the displacement its own employees will cause.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoIsn't it mostly just shifting existing Apple employees in Cupertino a couple miles to the new building? Regardless, it is Cupertino's choice to add more housing or not, not Apple.
- lern_too_spel 9y agoApple could have demanded more housing to shorten everybody's commutes.
- kevinburke 9y agoIt's shifting existing employees, but then new employees at other companies are going to fill the old Apple offices. I think it's irresponsible to add that much new office space without thinking about where everyone is going to live. If you want to add it, you need to add a commensurate amount of housing. Cupertino could have denied the new office, conditioned approval on Apple building a significant amount of new housing, or chose to zone for more housing itself, instead it chose to build only office & increase rents for its own citizens and those of neighboring towns.
- sjwright 9y agoAnd what of the people who were working on the site of Apple Park before it was acquired? Apple didn't manufacture brand new land, they knocked down existing commercial buildings... and replaced most of it with green spaces, mind you.