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High rent in the Bay Area is primarily due to poor land use. Not only are most buildings very short, but there's a ton of unused land near 280. It doesn't make
by w1ntermute 11y ago
High rent in the Bay Area is primarily due to poor land use. Not only are most buildings very short, but there's a ton of unused land near 280. It doesn't make sense to solve a political issue with technology.
- optimusclimb 11y agoUmmm if by "unused land" you mean open space preserves, parks, amazing redwood groves, etc...then yes, there is "unused land." Building out on those areas because there's currently demand over on that side of the Bay (because it's closer to Stanford and Sandhill road) would be a big time shame.
- setpatchaddress 11y agoI thought the Stanford/Sandhill area surrounding 280 was undeveloped because the land is owned by Stanford. Not so?
- lisper 11y ago> there's a ton of unused land near 280. It's not "unused", it's just not being used for human development. Wildlife and nature enthusiasts make very effective use of that land, and the fact that it exists is one of the things that makes living in the developed areas so desirable.
- ryandrake 11y agoIf you want to see vast spaces of unused land in the Bay Area, just take a drive from Fremont to Livermore via I-680 and then 84. Tons of open space, nobody living there...
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