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California Ave. is notably nice because that pattern of building is now illegal in most parts of the Bay Area and the United States as a whole. People like visi
by natrius 17y ago
California Ave. is notably nice because that pattern of building is now illegal in most parts of the Bay Area and the United States as a whole. People like visiting walkable cities and the walkable enclaves of their own suburbs, but if someone actually proposes building something like that, people raise hell.
"Mixed-use is not appropriate for this site," Palmer said. "It impinges on the little residential neighborhood that's been developed."
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=10807 http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=1080...
Read the descriptions of the projects and see how remarkably tiny they are. Then read the comments. It's quite sad.
- HeyLaughingBoy 17y agoReminds me of the parochial mindset that caused me to leave Connecticut: residents on tiny twisty roads in wealthy old towns that didn't want a yellow centerline or white edge markers painted on the road because it "would lose its character." Forget all the automotive deaths attributed to people coming around blind corners too close to the middle of the road. Forget drivers in the rain or fog who can't tell where the road ends and the ditch begins. "It spoils the character" of the roadway, and that's more important than safety. Idiots!
- barrkel 17y agoThen ban cars. Seems like a simple solution to me. :)