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San Francisco is only 7 miles square and nearly a 1/3 is the Sunset and the Richmond which is almost entirely 2 story max, single family homes. Measure K which
by ClassAndBurn 8y ago
San Francisco is only 7 miles square and nearly a 1/3 is the Sunset and the Richmond which is almost entirely 2 story max, single family homes. Measure K which limited most of the big construction to South of Market pushed everything into an already packed downtown. Not everyone wants, or can afford, a condo on the 30th floor.
I also hadn't realized how much of the city is green space. Kind of amazing that has been preserved.
- ebikelaw 8y agoThe green space is amazing but we didn't build the housing so everyone can enjoy it. All the blocks within walking distance of Golden Gate Park should be upzoned to five stories. The rest of the city should have, at a minimum, blanket approval for duplexes and other small multifamily dwellings. Statutory requirements for single-family detached housing is an abomination.
- hsljekskfh 8y agoYep. golden gate park was designed with the help of the same landscape architect as central park. but it’s almost an hour from downtown and inaccessible by bart, so it feels like it’s surrounded by eerie abandoned land. man this stuff makes me so mad
- mikeryan 8y ago(San francisco is 7 miles across, about 46 square miles)
- nwatson 8y ago(7 miles square == 49 square miles)
- natalyarostova 8y ago49 is about 46
- 16bytes 8y ago"Step 1: Assume a square San Francisco" yields 49 as you say, but actual area of the actual non-square city is 46.87 sq miles.