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Originally Posted by Reverberation
I call BS on cities “controlling growth”. The west coast of the US is mountainous with few navigable harbors. Narrow that down to navigable harbors with adjacent land that is flat enough to develop and you have less than half a dozen. The widening of the Panama Canal took some of the pressure off by allowing many goods to be shipped through Texas or New Orleans instead, but nobody is “controlling any growth” in west coast metros. All that they have managed to do is to evict anyone who falls between the welfare line and high income to commute from surrounding regions or to leave the area entirely.
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You REALLY aren't paying attention. This is flat incorrect, and easily provable. All three states put a lot of very easily-developable land off-limits or under heavy restriction. Why post about something you know zero about?
As for Bishops Ranch Pedestrian...fail. It seems to be 585 acres with 30,000 employees...kind of proves my point! Your photo shows what can happen at what, seven times the density of the RTP?
Skyscraperpage, you're totally misunderstanding the homelessness thing. Our capacity is limited because we restrict BOTH outward and upward growth. Ease upward growth, like townhouses, accessory units, apartments, etc., and we'd be dramatically more affordable. And part of our problem is being permissive with garbage piles, which has nothing to do with land prices.