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In the world of pure fantasy thought experiments, I want to redevelop San Francisco one block at a time by taking blocks in an area like the sunset (lots of low
by SequoiaHope 2y ago
In the world of pure fantasy thought experiments, I want to redevelop San Francisco one block at a time by taking blocks in an area like the sunset (lots of low rise housing) and redeveloping it in to high density high rises. The trick is you do the following: whichever block you’re going to redevelop, you offer relocation cash to the residents and some other compensation to owners. Then you let each block vote on which one wants to accept. If none pass the threshold, raise the offer and repeat until one does.
Then remove all the housing and build super dense. You might need to start by big roads so maybe something around Sloat. Gotta build out transit too of course.
Anyway that’s never gonna happen but I want to see Hong Kong levels of density in SF, and if I were Housing Stalin that’s what I’d want to do.
- hnav 2y agoThing is it doesn't need to be super dense, people just need to stop kicking and screaming about every development that's going to "bring riff-raff" into the neighborhood and make it "hard to park". Stop looking skittish every time you see a person not like you and stop buying urban assault vehicles and dumping them on the street like that's your birthright.
- TaylorAlexander 2y ago> Stop looking skittish every time you see a person not like you and stop buying urban assault vehicles and dumping them on the street like that's your birthright. If only!