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I hope less people live there, too crowded. Making western nevada and much of the mojave habitable would go a long way. Artificial rivers and lakes, importing
by _8j50 4y ago
I hope less people live there, too crowded.
Making western nevada and much of the mojave habitable would go a long way. Artificial rivers and lakes, importing sand and desalination (at scale to develop more sustainable water systems not on its own) and bullet trains would be ideal. The money and tech is there just not the collective will.
Places like Parhump NV, Bishop CA and Reno,NV have huge potentia as population centers.
It's so nice there from the mojave to the eastern sierra range and tahoe. Bullet train connecting these areas to PNW and coastal CA plus more water is needed. Why wouldn't you live the towns I mentioned above if LA and SF are 1-2 hours away at most and Seattle is half a day away at most even from LA?
- danny_codes 4y agoThis seems like a bad idea. Cali is not very dense, most of it is suburban sprawl. The bay would be much more livable if it was 5x as dense.
- _8j50 4y agoThe bay is the most expensive real estate in the US, coastal CA in general is already impossible to develop new grand things because if NIMBYism and the coastal commission. Let's say that wasn't a problem, how much would it cost to replace a few acres of single family housing in the bay area with high-rise apartment? Now imagine doing that a lot more. Now take that money and imagine how much you could do in the places I mentioned. To solve housing for millions, there simply is no realistic way anytime in the next few decades in coastal CA that is both profitable, can get past local law and scales enough to actually solve any problem and of course a ton of money would need to be available all while risking bad decisions by anti-development parties. It's simply easier to build where there is a small number of people and wide undeveloped land.