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Note that those projects would be profitable only if they were permitted in limited areas only. A broad lifting of regulation would result in sprawl, not densit
by joonix 13y ago
Note that those projects would be profitable only if they were permitted in limited areas only. A broad lifting of regulation would result in sprawl, not density. Look at Houston. Everyone would avoid expensive, dense areas by building out further and further into the land, and in the Bay, there's a ton of undeveloped wooden land that developers would have no problem replacing with tract homes if they were able to do so.
- YokoZar 13y agoOf course, there is room for urban planning. But it's quite telling that none of these projects are starting even in the "downtown" areas adjacent to caltrain stops, which is exactly where you want growth to happen. If a peninsula city actually wanted to prevent sprawl, they'd build up the urban core rather than force people to commute from more permissive cities in the east bay.
- joonix 13y agoYeah, but this planning begins at a very local level. The NIMBYs are only concerned about their views being blocked and could not care less about the sprawl occurring 30 miles away.