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Actually it seems to make most people quite happy? Costco seems okay with it. Housing gets built that circumvented the NIMBY's. The development is mixed use
by bsder 2y ago
Actually it seems to make most people quite happy?
Costco seems okay with it. Housing gets built that circumvented the NIMBY's. The development is mixed use with a grocery store in walking distance instead of driving distance. Local labor gets paid an appropriate amount instead of being undercut by illegal labor (a HUGE problem in California). And it's not like current 5 over 1 construction is particularly aesthetic.
Where's the downside?
- mlyle 2y agoI find it interesting that this is on strongtowns, in that this kind of mixed use is in the exact realm of what they promote. I suspect Costco, being a "big box/warehouse", is squarely in their crosshairs; combine with any purported anti-union activity and they're quite willing to run an article that deliberately distorts what the housing is going to look like.
- TulliusCicero 2y agoCalling Costco a grocery store is perhaps a bit of a stretch, but yeah the outcome seems fine to me.