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There's a very large area of land directly south of Redwood City with an extremely low housing density, that could be torn down (with some controversy, no doubt
by khazhou 7y ago
There's a very large area of land directly south of Redwood City with an extremely low housing density, that could be torn down (with some controversy, no doubt) to make way for the new Google housing.
You can easily see the underutilized density on the satellite view, by how green it is compared to surrounding cities:
https://goo.gl/maps/K3i32Rj4yoQ9gcUD6 https://goo.gl/maps/K3i32Rj4yoQ9gcUD6
- skoocda 7y agoI do wonder if you're joking when you say "some" controversy. A quick check of property values shows that these are estates in the $5M - $20M range: https://www.zillow.com/homes/Atherton-CA_rb/ https://www.zillow.com/homes/Atherton-CA_rb/
- khazhou 7y agoIndeed. To be less facetious about it, there is some irony in this project being promoted by Google executives, who live in chateaus and mansions in Atherton, Los Altos Hills, Woodside, etc, with an acre of land to their name, when this investment is of course to house the labor that got them those mansions to begin with. The execs who sponsor the housing projects obviously won't sell or give up their own land to make room for the new apartments. Random Atherton listing on Trulia: https://www.trulia.com/p/ca/atherton/87-patricia-dr-atherton-ca-94027--2082694121 https://www.trulia.com/p/ca/atherton/87-patricia-dr-atherton...
- beetwenty 7y agoThat's the joke - Atherton is the town of the tech billionaires.