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by pkelly 3y ago
Not a virtue in itself. But if you live in the bay area you are priced out of living less densely. You can of course move away to a more affordable area. And now with remote work being more accepted that is a viable option for white collar
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by pkelly 3y ago
I've heard this before too and it is a concern. I'd like to see some study or some kind of evidence for or against it though.
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by pkelly 3y ago
I think it is all about what you can afford close to your work. If you are early on in your career in the bay area you are very likely living in an apartment building. Maybe you get a few friends together and rent a house. I've lived i
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by pkelly 3y ago
You're welcome!
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by pkelly 3y ago
Dang, this post has already fallen to 100th on HN, way off front page. The algo is pretty rough...
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by pkelly 3y ago
I agree it is def not the only thing to do to tackle the housing problem, but I think it can be a good tool to help get these projects passed. NIMBYism in the bay is so rampant that neighbors pretty much oppose all high density housing deve
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by pkelly 3y ago
Well, that was to build another mega-campus. This development is for housing, mixed-use and some office space. I'm not surprised they are re-evaluating it given the success of remote and hybrid work.
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by pkelly 3y ago
I just did some similar squinting by comparing satellite view with the map on the SFgate article. Development is mainly between 101 and Charleston Rd. I see lots of Google office buildings in that area. Also I chuckled a bit when I realized
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by pkelly 3y ago
Pretty sure this is a move to support remote work. They are trimming down their existing campus to build more homes in the bay area, which is in dire need of that. Big tech has lots of real estate for their mega campuses. It is gonna take a
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by pkelly 3y ago
7k units / 153 acres, so 45 units per acre. Decently dense. Suburbia is more like 10 so huge increase over most of bay area. This site is helpful to visualize units / acre. https://mrsc.org/stay-informed/mrsc-
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by pkelly 3y ago
I'm not sure this is so much a company town as Google is trimming its mega in-person office footprint. The bay area is in dire need of housing so I'm all for more homes getting built. 15% set aside for low-income housing too which
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by pkelly 3y ago
Thank you for writing this article! I've had similar thoughts for the past 5 years or so. A lot of the comments here seem to have the approach that there is a single best stack for building web applications. I believe this comes from t
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by pkelly 16y ago
The way I interpreted the quote was that if you don't know your goals you are going to take every opportunity that comes your way and not turn down any projects. It's very easy to fall into this and end up with lots of crappy projects that
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by pkelly 17y ago
Most affordable sit-stand desk I've seen is from GeekDesk http://www.GeekDesk.com/ Still pretty pricey at $549 for just the frame. (Luckily its compatible with IKEA tops) I wish IKEA would bring their adjustable legs back to the US, since