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10k is a drop in the bucket. We need blocks of high rises going up around all the Caltrain stops, and a corresponding increase in Caltrain capacity.

ex3ndr 9y ago
For what? To turn them into ghetto in 10 years? Examples are almost everywhere in the world.
- throwawaybbq1 9y ago
  BS ... Manhattan is dense and not a ghetto. Stop scare mongering. A lot of people are sick of paying 3-5K for single-two bedrooms in Mountain View. Just because you have had yours doesn't mean the rest of us don't deserve the opportunity to live in SV.
- maksimum 9y ago
  There are high rise "settlements" all over the former Eastern Bloc countries, and none of them have become ghettos. It's social inequality, lack of access to good health care, and education that lead to ghettos; not density and public transit.
  - adventured 9y ago
    Your points are sound, however you're simply wrong about Eastern Europe not having high rise ghettos. Bucharest has several that are among the most dangerous urban areas on earth. And Romania is better off than some of the poorer Eastern European nations such as Moldova or Bulgaria.
  - richardknop 9y ago
    From Eastern Europe. You are wrong about none of them being ghettos. Plenty of ghettos in Eastern Europe including high rises.
- geezerjay 9y ago
  The center of Paris is an extremely dense urban area packed with over7-story appartment buildings.
kevinburke 9y ago
Please call your state Assemblymember and Senator about SB 827 and 828, which will allow this to happen. They are certain to be contentious bills. You can find them here: https://sankarravi.github.io/yimbyscorecard/ https://sankarravi.github.io/yimbyscorecard/ Caltrain capacity increase is on the way in 2-3 years thanks to electrification and a new fleet of trains.
- azernik 9y ago
  Note that 828 is purely declarative ("It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would do all of the following"); only 827 would have immediate effect. 828 is still worth watching, to see who comes down on which side.

ex3ndr 9y ago

For what? To turn them into ghetto in 10 years? Examples are almost everywhere in the world.

throwawaybbq1 9y ago
BS ... Manhattan is dense and not a ghetto. Stop scare mongering. A lot of people are sick of paying 3-5K for single-two bedrooms in Mountain View. Just because you have had yours doesn't mean the rest of us don't deserve the opportunity to live in SV.
maksimum 9y ago
There are high rise "settlements" all over the former Eastern Bloc countries, and none of them have become ghettos. It's social inequality, lack of access to good health care, and education that lead to ghettos; not density and public transit.
- adventured 9y ago
  Your points are sound, however you're simply wrong about Eastern Europe not having high rise ghettos. Bucharest has several that are among the most dangerous urban areas on earth. And Romania is better off than some of the poorer Eastern European nations such as Moldova or Bulgaria.
- richardknop 9y ago
  From Eastern Europe. You are wrong about none of them being ghettos. Plenty of ghettos in Eastern Europe including high rises.
geezerjay 9y ago
The center of Paris is an extremely dense urban area packed with over7-story appartment buildings.

kevinburke 9y ago

Please call your state Assemblymember and Senator about SB 827 and 828, which will allow this to happen. They are certain to be contentious bills. You can find them here: https://sankarravi.github.io/yimbyscorecard/ https://sankarravi.github.io/yimbyscorecard/ Caltrain capacity increase is on the way in 2-3 years thanks to electrification and a new fleet of trains.

azernik 9y ago
Note that 828 is purely declarative ("It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would do all of the following"); only 827 would have immediate effect. 828 is still worth watching, to see who comes down on which side.