San Luis Obispo - suburban or urban? (houses, zoning)

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by mmouwse

Chuckle! Never has so few, flabbergasted so many, for so long a time!

[Dussymane]

who are we kidding putting visalia in the urban catagory? i'd be living in a work/live loft downtown if that were the case. it's an overgrown town!

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by CA central coast

No, I think SLO is an ex-urb of San Gabriel. I'm pretty sure that's what Father Junipero Serra intended. So, the answer is, another urban city.

Gee. Here all this time I thought SLO was a suburb of the Santa Margarita/Pozo Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by the city

Okay, then how about this. Visalia is urban, San Luis Obispo is urban, and Oakland are urban.

That should end all this.

My next big issue is this....

I have found information that is almost for sure true. That downtown probably won't get Macy's even though many want it in downtown. Now, it's not confirmed but I have my thoughts.

So if Macy's is not going in downtown could Macy's go in the San Luis Obispo Promendade expansion or the Irish Hills Plaza expansion?

Personally, I think it will go in the San Luis Obispo Promenade because the private retail planner is Carol Florence, developer Bill Bird, and architect Scott Dabney, and then the builders are Speciality Construction.

What does this spell? Instant development and action. ;0 :0

"I have found information that is ALMOST FOR SURE true." ALMOST--FOR SURE ? Well which is it kid?

[fatmancomics]

I don't care what it is. I just hope to save enough money to retire there.

[Capt. Dan]

Originally Posted by fatmancomics

I don't care what it is. I just hope to save enough money to retire there.

I hope that works out for ya! I couldnt afford to do anything but exist in SLO when I retired after working/living there for almost 30 years. So back to Tennessee I came so I at least can have a few bucks in my pocket. I DO miss the Central Coast though.

[fatmancomics]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

I hope that works out for ya! I couldnt afford to do anything but exist in SLO when I retired after working/living there for almost 30 years. So back to Tennessee I came so I at least can have a few bucks in my pocket. I DO miss the Central Coast though.

Heh. Yeah, my wife and I are cheapskates so we'll probably end up out of state too. I keep saying Texas since you can get half the state for about three fitty but she likes Washington. But you never know, we might even end up in Central America somewhere like my uncle did. Ah, to dream...

[NorCalLover]

Having lived in SLO I'd definitely consider it to be a small town.

[the city]

Originally Posted by Capt. Dan

"I have found information that is ALMOST FOR SURE true." ALMOST--FOR SURE ? Well which is it kid?

I have to admit when I was in high school I had bad information, but I am in college now and don't give a crap what happens in SLO. I'm from Paso Robles area, and I'm more focused what happens here. SLO is just another upper middle class suburban area (not a suburb, but just suburban low-density homes) that has strip malls, a lifestyle center and adding another in downtown, and will always continue to grow because they want money in that city. They plan to have Target up in a year. WOW that's fast! Why because that city wants money. Same reason ya so Costco go up so quickly. I must say many cities tend to do that. AG and their Wal-Mart, and Paso with their Wal-mart. Atascadero is the exception.

[slo1318]

^^I hope you understand that cities dont build stores, private developers do. They care what they want, not necessarily what the city wants.