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>SV would have the best public transit on earth and wouldn’t have any homeless or housing problems. They should. All that would be required is raising municipa
by soperj 8y ago
>SV would have the best public transit on earth and wouldn’t have any homeless or housing problems.
They should. All that would be required is raising municipal taxes.
- MBCook 8y agoIt’s where it is because of happenstance. It’s not a city that needs some specific natural resource that’s only produced right there. There’s nothing stopping Silicon Valley companies from migrating to other areas in California or even other states. I’m sure there are more than enough places that would be willing to throw out ridiculous tax advantages to lure big companies there.
- soperj 8y agoWon't let me reply to you. A tax on housing is different than a tax on business. You've got the priciest real estate in the U.S. If you can afford that, you can afford to pay more in taxes.
- ummonk 8y agoThey built vta and no one uses it.
- sargun 8y agoI have a bunch of issues with the VTA light rail. Mostly it’s slow and doesn’t always come at the “right time”. If the choice is not to go somewhere, or take the light rail, I’ll almost always choose not to travel there, or take a taxi. Sitting in a light rail for an hour vs 20 minutes in a taxi just doesn’t make sense.
- ummonk 8y agoI mean this is my issue with public transport throughout the Bay Area really, except BART at commute hours. I'm visiting NYC right now and taking the subway, and the difference is night and day.