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How about instead of trying to create land, use the land we already have in a less wasteful manner? Most of the bay area is horizontal and refuses to build vert
by darth_avocado 7y ago
How about instead of trying to create land, use the land we already have in a less wasteful manner? Most of the bay area is horizontal and refuses to build vertical. And most of bay area also refuses to participate in public transit reform. Just those two items can fix most of the problems with a much less economical and ecological cost.
- romwell 7y agoNo way the thing that works literally in every other country on Earth will work (or is possible) in the Bay Area. No, we should fill the Bay, build more single-family units, and hope that whatever reasons we have for not having functional transit magically won't apply in the newly-minted suburb.
- jefftk 7y agoI'm very much not proposing building single-family units. See the discussion about density starting at "Wait, how many people are you saying would live there?"
- romwell 7y agoAlright! We can't build multi-story, multi-use, walkable neighborhoods in San Jose now. Is the proposition then to create more land to work around these restrictions? Why wouldn't the same forces apply on the new land? What I am saying is that there's enough land already for the vision you have for the infilled areas. Your post is implicitly saying that it's easier to literally create land than change zoning laws. And it might be, but let's be clear on what the problem actually is -- and the lack of land it is not. EDIT: just to emphasize: Brooklyn has 2.5x population on (1/2.5)x area, and is growing -- all within the confines of an island.