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Originally Posted by cardinal2007
25,000 housing units in 5 years would mean that San Jose is building the most housing of any city in the Bay Area, even though it lacks jobs. I'm not opposed to building downtown and near some transit spots, but most building will lead to just more commuters from the city going north to MV, Sunnyvale, Cupertino or Palo Alto.
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I hear what you're saying but we're also the biggest city in the Bay Area by far in terms of land area. It's not a matter of us building less, but for other cities in the area to build more. 25,000 is a lot of units but if it's dense multifamily housing with ground floor retail, and not suburban single family sprawl, the city will still get a net positive in tax dollars.