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Old 09-04-2014, 05:09 PM
 
Location: Alameda, CA
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Where do you get the idea that SJ is ignoring the housing issue the same as Mountain View or Palo Alto?
I have to agree, SJ doesn't seem to be ignoring the housing issue. They're creating much more housing than Palo Alto (are there even any new housing being built?) and Mountain View (luxury apartments) at this point. It's silly how a small group can block something that would benefit a greater group ... not everyone will like everything.
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Old 09-05-2014, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Bay Area, CA/Seattle, WA
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Ok, no politics. How exactly do you propose population management? I'm curious. You state that you don't think we should implement a one child policy like China. If any growth is a cancer then how do you propose to kill that cancer? Be honest. I'm just trying to understand your mindset.
Stop letting droves of unwanted immigrants flood our country
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Old 09-05-2014, 08:49 PM
 
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Where do you get the idea that SJ is ignoring the housing issue the same as Mountain View or Palo Alto?
It was incorrect to for me to use language which implies that San Jose is nearly as bad as Palo Alto.

That said, San Jose has the highest gross rents in the whole of the country; this is a horribly unaffordable place to live. There are so many corridors which offer specific opportunities for growth. And San Jose as a whole has room for it, with an average density of ~5k ppsm (95126, by comparison--hardly a bastion of density--sits at 7k ppsm). Yes, there's a mini-boom downtown--half a dozen or more sites between planning and finished--and there's activity at the north end of N. 1st, on San Carlos, and a new Avalon just finished work on Stockton Avenue off the Alameda, but all of this pales in comparison to the demand. San Jose puts a lot of rules and fees in the way of development, and it's general and specific plans contain a whole lot of "shoulds" and "oughts" and very few "shalls."

I look at what SJ could be--an affordable city without losing its character--and see what it has been and is doing and find myself disappointed.
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