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I remember 20 years ago when I was a UCSD student hearing a discussion on the local NPR station about extending the trolley to UCSD. I believe university leader

I remember 20 years ago when I was a UCSD student hearing a discussion on the local NPR station about extending the trolley to UCSD. I believe university leadership opposed it at that time. I recall one of the counterarguments was that it would bring more crime to campus. (I believe the term "rapists" was used by the person on-air representing that position. I don't recall if that person was a spokesperson for the university.) In any event, classic Nimbyism. Memory still pisses me off. Glad to see at least the University has come around, even if I imagine most La Jolla residents haven't. For reference, if I'm not mistaken, it was a La Jolla resident who invented that cheap clicker device that you can click to instantly report plane noise complaint to FTA. Cool little project but, well, yeah.

blackflame7000 7y ago
It's the residents in La Jolla that don't want transients riding the line to their area. They want to keep them restricted to downtown
Eiriksmal 7y ago
https://twitter.com/testflyjets https://twitter.com/testflyjets Close. Chris McCann lives in Point Loma, directly under the SAN flight path. :) Edit: Oh, nope. You're right, he is in La Jolla.
SamReidHughes 7y ago
The clicker guy / plane noise guy was in real La Jolla, this is just going to affect UCSD area zip code La Jolla, and the rest of UTC. There was a spike in UTC area visible homelessness last summer, making the area Starbuckses uninhabitable, and the transit line will certainly make quality of life even worse.