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I completely agree with you but this will take decades, at best. I laugh when I look at the length of projects happening in and around SF, like the Caltrain el

by vecinu 6y ago

I completely agree with you but this will take decades, at best. I laugh when I look at the length of projects happening in and around SF, like the Caltrain electrification project (2016-2021?), Van Ness Improvement Project (2016-2022?) and the Downtown Rail Extension (2018-2027?) that got delayed over and over again. Corruption, incompetence and greed is such bureaucratic red tape in SF that it reminded me so much of the public infrastructure projects happening in Eastern Europe (Romania) where they siphon so much tax money. Can you imagine how expensive SF would be if it actually got its act together? It boggles my mind to imagine.

benrbray 6y ago
> I completely agree with you but this will take decades, at best. Yup. I lived most recently in Atlanta, where they're on the right track with new projects (and a Microsoft campus to the west), so I expect it to be a much nicer place to live 20-30 years from now. But I'm 25! I don't have time to wait until retirement to enjoy my life! Seattle is streets ahead of Atlanta, with some promising light rail expansions planned in the future. Again, on a 10-20 year timeline. I have grown to despise cars so much that I thought it was time to give Japan a try. If I ever leave Japan, I'd sooner move to Germany or the UK than return to America.
- vecinu 6y ago
  I know exactly what you mean, I'm in a similar boat. I can't wait for decades to start enjoying the fruition of something I feel should be standard and already exists in many other places. It's so strange to me how much I hate relying on cars now because I grew up in Canada and spent the majority of my time driving around everywhere in a suburb. I used to like driving when I didn't have to do it for every little thing but now I despise it and I better understand my environmental impact of constantly starting that engine up.
throwaway0a5e 6y ago
>Can you imagine how expensive SF would be if it actually got its act together? It boggles my mind to imagine. SF will never get it together in its current form. The easy tach money being dumped into it breeds perpetual greed and stupidity. The money will have to run out and it will have to crash and burn before they get serious about not sucking. They will have to go through a Detroit phase.

by vecinu 6y ago

benrbray 6y ago

> I completely agree with you but this will take decades, at best. Yup. I lived most recently in Atlanta, where they're on the right track with new projects (and a Microsoft campus to the west), so I expect it to be a much nicer place to live 20-30 years from now. But I'm 25! I don't have time to wait until retirement to enjoy my life! Seattle is streets ahead of Atlanta, with some promising light rail expansions planned in the future. Again, on a 10-20 year timeline. I have grown to despise cars so much that I thought it was time to give Japan a try. If I ever leave Japan, I'd sooner move to Germany or the UK than return to America.

vecinu 6y ago
I know exactly what you mean, I'm in a similar boat. I can't wait for decades to start enjoying the fruition of something I feel should be standard and already exists in many other places. It's so strange to me how much I hate relying on cars now because I grew up in Canada and spent the majority of my time driving around everywhere in a suburb. I used to like driving when I didn't have to do it for every little thing but now I despise it and I better understand my environmental impact of constantly starting that engine up.

throwaway0a5e 6y ago

>Can you imagine how expensive SF would be if it actually got its act together? It boggles my mind to imagine. SF will never get it together in its current form. The easy tach money being dumped into it breeds perpetual greed and stupidity. The money will have to run out and it will have to crash and burn before they get serious about not sucking. They will have to go through a Detroit phase.