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The solution won't come from the region (i.e., more Bart station apartments in Dublin will not solve The SF problem). Now Oakland...that's a different story sin
by sAuronas 12y ago
The solution won't come from the region (i.e., more Bart station apartments in Dublin will not solve The SF problem). Now Oakland...that's a different story since the Bart ride between the two downtowns is a mere 12 mins or so. Now if only Oakland can solve its historic racism and negative perception problems and, therefore, get projects funded by the banks [pause for bankers' cough]. Not to get (more) political...but prop 13 makes all that NIMYBYism possible (and economically feasible when they sue to hold up projects). Oh and it encourages people to keep their homes even when they don't live there and rent them out because rents are rising faster than the property taxes. Just saying
- 100k 12y agoBART apartments in Dublin aren't replacements for apartments in San Francisco, but they would help workers get to work quicker, blunting displacement issues (Imagine riding the bus three hours a day for a $10/hour job.) However, a vibrant downtown Mountain View with transit-oriented development at the Caltrain stop would be a good replacement for at least some of the tech industry people who commute down from SF now. But that train station is a parking lot.