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In the case of the Bay Area, it's the case of building commercially zoned areas without residential units which can bear the capacity of the available jobs. Pal
by Karrot_Kream 8y ago
In the case of the Bay Area, it's the case of building commercially zoned areas without residential units which can bear the capacity of the available jobs. Palo Alto is the poster child for having many more jobs than residential units.
- briandear 8y agoIs that true for PA? Seems like the whole town is nothing but neighborhoods. I suppose if you include Stanford in that calculation you could be right.
- Karrot_Kream 8y agoProblem is, most of PA is single-family homes, with strict height limits. This makes density artificially low (i.e. the infamous American "sprawl")
- samcheng 8y agoAccording to this 2013 study, the daytime population in Palo Alto is twice the residential population. http://www.paloaltoparksplan.org/pdf/PTOSR-Demographic-Analysis-September2014.pdf http://www.paloaltoparksplan.org/pdf/PTOSR-Demographic-Analy... It's pretty clear if you look at 'typical traffic' in Google Maps, particularly on Page Mill or Sand Hill Roads at 280.