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LOL@ the fool who thinks that nobody else has money to get anything done. Yawn.
Honestly, as a smart growth proponent and planner, I only get excited about urban construction. I don't get excited about roads. I don't get excited about highways. I don't get excited about grocery stores unless they are on the first floor of a residential/office building with below grade parking. You continue to post all these non-smart growth projects which is pushing San Francisco backwards in my opinion. Think about how many more Bart stations could have been built instead of spending that money on highways and bridges. Just sad really! And you wonder why we are light years ahead of San Fran in Public transit. By the way, stop building single family houses, the future is urban living.
They seem to think its not happening anywhere else. An amusing folly.
I never said it wasn't happening anywhere else. I said we have more happening than anywhere else. MAJOR DIFFERENCE!
On a side note, how do you feel about all the non-urban construction going on in the Bay Area? Do you think highways and bridge construction over subway construction is a good thing? Do you think strip malls with surface parking is a good thing? Do you support smart growth or single family home cul-de-sac construction?
Oh please, can we stop pretending that the DC area doesn't invest heavily in single family homes and highways? Ever heard of the Intercounty Connector, a brand new 14-mile highway/freeway that's being constructed in the DC suburbs? I don't think the Bay Area has any new freeways even on the radar screen. Improvements to existing roads, yes. But completely new highways?
As for housing, the DC suburbs have done a stellar job with transit-oriented development around the metro stations, probably far better than any other region in the nation. It's amazing how places like Bethesda, Silver Spring, Ballston, Pentagon City, etc. are more urban than the supposed "inner city" neighborhoods of most American cities. It's unbelievable how much of a difference the presence of a metro station can make in that region. However, travel away from these metro lines and you'll see that the vast majority of the DC suburbs are pure single family home dominated suburbia just like everywhere else. Let's not kid ourselves.
That's not what he's saying. DC just has much more currently going on than most cities.
Based on previous posts, I believe he's saying DC has more going on than all U.S. cities, ever. Which is complete hyperbole. I full-heartedly agree that DC has more going on than most cities. San Francisco? Maybe. New York? No.
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Originally Posted by MDAllstar
Honestly, as a smart growth proponent and planner, I only get excited about urban construction. I don't get excited about roads. I don't get excited about highways. I don't get excited about grocery stores unless they are on the first floor of a residential/office building with below grade parking. You continue to post all these non-smart growth projects which is pushing San Francisco backwards in my opinion. Think about how many more Bart stations could have been built instead of spending that money on highways and bridges. Just sad really! And you wonder why we are light years ahead of San Fran in Public transit. By the way, stop building single family houses, the future is urban living.
Are you even looking at the links being provided? Clearly not.
Transbay terminal is a multi-modal transportation hub. Explain to me how this is pushing the city backwards?
Mission Bay includes an Muni light rail extension? How is that not smart growth?
The Bay Bridge reconstruction is incredibly important, as the existing span is not seismically safe, and needs to be replaced.
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