The San Francisco Peninsula United under 1 goverment entity****POLL

[ccm123]

I voted option #2.

[KoNgFooCj]

Just recently I found that if SF had the peninsula just down to and including South SF, it would become about 85 square miles and about 1,070,000. I honestly think something like that would be the only way SF will ever even hit 1 million. With rents the highest in the country, I don't see SF sustaining growth for much longer. New York and LA's populations are plummeting and they aren't even as expensive.

[NW4me]

No one has a offered a good reason for merging the two counties.
Population bragging rights is not a good reason.

[MechAndy]

I don’t see any gain.
Maybe some dilution.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by KoNgFooCj

Just recently I found that if SF had the peninsula just down to and including South SF, it would become about 85 square miles and about 1,070,000. I honestly think something like that would be the only way SF will ever even hit 1 million. With rents the highest in the country, I don't see SF sustaining growth for much longer. New York and LA's populations are plummeting and they aren't even as expensive.

SF can fit 1M comfortably into its current borders but it's hard to build housing anywhere in the Bay, let alone the City. There's enough under utilized land (shopping centers, parking lots, etc.), that new housing can be built on top of to accommodate over 1M residents.

[KoNgFooCj]

Originally Posted by DabOnEm

SF can fit 1M comfortably into its current borders but it's hard to build housing anywhere in the Bay, let alone the City. There's enough under utilized land (shopping centers, parking lots, etc.), that new housing can be built on top of to accommodate over 1M residents.

I sure hope you're right. City government needs to get on the ball and realize there's nothing short of a housing crisis on their hands. According to this, San Fran's population growth is slowing fast. I could see San Francisco beginning a long path of population decline within the next few years if the city doesn't take drastic measures to fix the problems.


http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-...co-population/

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by KoNgFooCj

I sure hope you're right. City government needs to get on the ball and realize there's nothing short of a housing crisis on their hands. According to this, San Fran's population growth is slowing fast. I could see San Francisco beginning a long path of population decline within the next few years if the city doesn't take drastic measures to fix the problems.


http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-...co-population/

There is no housing crisis. There is a population crisis.

The best thing that could happen to SF would be a population decline. Just exactly how is it a good idea to grow continuously in a finite paradigm?

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell.” - Edward Abbey

[Matadora]

No way! I don't want to see my tax money wasted on SF political agendas in addition to how it's now wasted on Peninsula political agendas.