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Old 11-08-2007, 07:23 PM
 
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My primary issue is that the greatest catalyst for inland development in Northern California is the refusal of Bay Area cities and towns to allow the development of the millions of housing units that will be needed to accomodate this flood of new people.

Our super strict zoning laws in The Bay Area are really self defeating.

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The Bay Area has only developed 16% of its total land area...84% remains totally undeveloped which comes out to about 4 Million prime acres sitting there unused-all due to NIMBYS who want to have it all by having their piece of paradise without thinking about the people who'll be moving there in the future. Meanwhile, all the developers are plowing away at the Delta(of all places) and fertile farmlands in the Central Valley which creates horrible traffic and pollution in the valleys-not to mention a huge housing shortage here that has pushed our median home price to within striking distance of a million dollars(for heavenssake)
All those 'prime acres' in marshland, mountains, parks, and earthquake-risk land? The ones who started spilling out that garbage about the lack of developed land in the Bay Area are groups that have hidden (and not so hidden) agendas. Their motives are obviously insincere and their "facts" and extremely misleading.

The #1 problem is an American problem, and that is their irrational "need" for a huge single family house with a big garage and big yard in the 'suburbs'. People don't want to live in condos and apartments. Let them have their houses in the valley. There are plenty of areas near downtowns in the Bay Area that could have low density housing replaced with mixed/medium density, if people wanted to live in such conditions.
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Old 11-08-2007, 10:29 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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^Im all for urban infill. As far as Im concerned, we could squeeze another 2 Million people along the 80/880 corridor from Vallejo to San Jose.
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Old 11-08-2007, 10:51 PM
 
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I wouldn't be suprised if that population becomes even higher. Unless more white people start moving to LA, it will just be one large ghetto. Then, the Hispanics will start moving to San Diego more than they do now. Most white people from SoCal will probably move into places in the Bay Area, most likely San Jose since it's most similar to SoCal.

I think the I.E. will grow a lot. It has to take the majority of families moving to the LA area because most can't afford LA county and we are starting to build a lot of condominiums in place of homes.

Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, and Santa Paula will form one large metro area. Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley will be forced to build into the mountains. Those two areas may combine to form a megalopolis.

Sacramento will have to take in a lot of growth since it has quite a bit of room to grow. There will be no breaks in cities along the freeway starting in Vallejo and continuing into Sacramento which will become another metro/megalopolis.

Stockton, Turlock, Modesto, and Merced will be connected.
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Old 06-17-2015, 03:55 PM
 
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My primary issue is that the greatest catalyst for inland development in Northern California is the refusal of Bay Area cities and towns to allow the development of the millions of housing units that will be needed to accomodate this flood of new people.

Our super strict zoning laws in The Bay Area are really self defeating.

Currently,
The Bay Area has only developed 16% of its total land area...84% remains totally undeveloped which comes out to about 4 Million prime acres sitting there unused-all due to NIMBYS who want to have it all by having their piece of paradise without thinking about the people who'll be moving there in the future. Meanwhile, all the developers are plowing away at the Delta(of all places) and fertile farmlands in the Central Valley which creates horrible traffic and pollution in the valleys-not to mention a huge housing shortage here that has pushed our median home price to within striking distance of a million dollars(for heavenssake)
The Inland Empire is running out of land and most of the open space left in Social is desert. The fastest growing region in CA will probably be the Central Valley around Modesto, Tracy, Lathrop, and Sacramento which still has a lot of room for growth. Not saying that's a good thing. Just my predictions.
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