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Atherton and the surrounding area don’t have the water for more people. In a way, the water crisis is the final wake up call that more housing is not the answe
by TedShiller 4y ago
Atherton and the surrounding area don’t have the water for more people.
In a way, the water crisis is the final wake up call that more housing is not the answer.
- jefftk 4y agoEven at desalination rates residential water is orders of magnitude cheaper than Atherton rents.
- TedShiller 4y agoNobody is forcing people to live in Atherton
- tptacek 4y agoNope, that's true. They're forcing them not to.
- TedShiller 4y agoThey’re forcing me not to drive a Lamborghini
- tptacek 4y agoThat's also true, we just don't give a shit about whether you can drive a Lamborghini.
- TedShiller 4y agoThe same "we" also doesn't care whether you can live in Atherton
- pixelatedindex 4y agoDon’t move the goalposts
- mikeyouse 4y agoAtherton was going to build 130 housing units over the next 8 years. I'd wager that the evaporative loss from the pools and fountains in that particular community consume more water than 130 people living in townhomes. Not to mention the lawn sprinkling.
- TedShiller 4y agoGreat, let’s turn the area into a dump
- exogeny 4y agoWhy does multi-family housing automatically mean the town will turn into a dump? Can you imagine no middle ground between the richest zip code in the most prosperous country on Earth, and a dump?
- almost_usual 4y agoIt’s about status and not being associated or bothered by commoners. Anything less is a ‘dump’.
- sorry_outta_gas 4y agoguy's just a commoner with some extra cash, if he thinks anything else he's a fool
- shaburn 4y agoThere are also valid, less severe downsides to multi-family; including blocked views, traffic, increased school pressures, lower average taxes, etc.
- astrange 4y agoIt'd be more taxes, because Prop 13 means the existing single family homeowners aren't paying nothin'. More people means more sales tax.
- astrange 4y agoDenser housing doesn't use more water. Water isn't used linear to the number of people in a city. (It's used linear to the number of almond farms in the state.)