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Ok, but who cares? Do people want Palo Alto to look like Manhattan? There will always be ways to make the number go up. Finding them might make getting a loan
by __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
Ok, but who cares?
Do people want Palo Alto to look like Manhattan? There will always be ways to make the number go up. Finding them might make getting a loan possible, but it doesn't mean they're good ideas. Usually, the fact that they haven't been done yet is an indicator that they're bad ideas in ways that a one-dimensional number-go-up model fails to represent.
- bagels 2y agoMany people in Palo Alto absolutely do not want more more building and density.
- bombcar 2y agoAnd many people outside Palo Alto want to live there without substantially changing it. If Palo Alto becomes Manhattan, is it still Palo Alto? At some point you're facing a contradiction, where a million people want to live in a town of 80,000 without substantially changing the feel of the town.
- cmdli 2y agoI would argue that many people outside of Palo Alto would absolutely be fine living there even if it was substantially different. The primary benefit of Palo Alto is its location, which is close to many jobs and to San Francisco/San Jose more generally. This is doubly the case if the new Palo Alto also has lower costs of housing, which would be likely with more density.