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> these are rapidly growing exurbs that are refuge from the exorbitant land prices in the LA Basin. What kind of country are we building where we send people t
by scythe 8y ago
> these are rapidly growing exurbs that are refuge from the exorbitant land prices in the LA Basin.
What kind of country are we building where we send people to live in exurbs in a literal barren desert -- I'm not exaggerating, I was in Palmdale a few weeks ago, and it could have inspired Solzhenitsyn -- with a fast train into the city, lest the petit bourgeois of L.A. be forced to live in -ugh- townhomes? There are great reasons for infill stations, but "encouraging the growth of exurbs" are not among them. Especially not when the exurbs are to function as the servants' quarters so that we can facilitate the continued excesses of Angelenos.
If you want to help the people of California, build the train line to Ventura and then north to Bakersfield. Those places are habitable. And I believe the commoners deserve to go to the beach once in a while.
- yellowapple 8y agoThe CHSR indeed does have a Phase 1 stop in Bakersfield (among other inland cities).
- fspeech 8y agoHe wants to go to Ventura. Bakersfield has or had oil, but no beach!
- yellowapple 8y agoMight be cheaper to melt the ice caps and give Bakersfield a beach.
- tathougies 8y agoPeople like living in Palmdale. Believe it or not, many people find deserts beautiful. Having grown up in So Cal, I certainly do.'
- njarboe 8y agoMost of the LA basin was open desert, not that much different than the land around Palmdale, until developed, water piped in, and new vegetation grown.
- Baeocystin 8y agoOf the different environments I've lived in across the globe, deserts are my favorite, and it isn't a difficult decision. It does take a little time to learn how to see their beauty, but rest assured, it's there, and many people like it.
- carlivar 8y agoWhat route should the train take from Ventura to Bakersfield? And how will it affect the travel times required by law?
- masonic 8y agowe send people to live in exurbs in a literal barren desert SF was just a windswept array of sand dunes and salt marsh. It produces no resources. All food, water, and materials have to be imported. One of the grandest natural features of the state (Hetch Hetchy valley) was ruined to give SF a water tank.