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How is it paradise? Really just wondering as I totally can't see that from afar. I see expensive housing, a lot of poor and homeless, drug issues totally out of
by herbst 6y ago
How is it paradise? Really just wondering as I totally can't see that from afar. I see expensive housing, a lot of poor and homeless, drug issues totally out of control,... Even the tech thing is argueable. Sure most unlucrative unicorns are there, but there are cool and serious startups all around the world.
- raldi 6y agohttps://redd.it/an79j2 https://redd.it/an79j2 Never gets too hot, never gets too cold, doesn't rain at all for half the year, you can grow just about anything in your garden, there's natural beauty all around and you get get out there quickly and easily to enjoy it — beaches, snowy mountains, hiking, rolling hills...
- herbst 6y agoThere are places in Spain just like that. Only that they are not overpopulated already. That's not exclusive to California, rather available several times on that line around the globe.
- raldi 6y agoI agree that there are places like this in Europe, but generally in Europe, they allow four-to-six-story multifamily housing in their cities. What part of Spain looks like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_District,_San_Francisco#/media/File:Sunset_District_Drone_Shot_07APR2018.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_District,_San_Francisco...
- herbst 6y agoThat looks like a human mass production farm. I don't think any place in Europe looks like this. We have mixed areas to decrease traffic and inequality, these kind of housing farms are pretty much non existent
- raldi 6y agoExactly. You know that the places people want to live should have decent housing density. Here, existing homeowners addicted to free street parking and ever-rising property values have learned to exercise power to prevent it.