How is it remotely hard to understand that someone doesn't want their neighbhourhood and greater neighbourhood plowed into the ground and replaced with skyscrapers?
They can disagree about it sure, but it should't be remotely hard to 'understand'.
America is a very large places, there are tons of places for people to build out and build up if that's a primary issue.
The most vertical city in the US - NYC - is one of the least affordable.
In fact - the 'most dense' places tend to be the least affordable, paradoxically.
So even in the event affordability becomes a primary concern, even then the answers may not be more obvious.
More than likely getting different companies to move to adjacent areas might be a more suitable problem to the affordability crisis.
Surely Morgan Hill, Pleasanton, Fremont or Santa Rosa could equally opt to 'build up'.
Yes, San Francisco is a perfect city, it shouldn't change because it was already perfect in 2020 and by keeping it that way it will stay perfect in 2120. Anything you do will only make it worse.
They can disagree about it sure, but it should't be remotely hard to 'understand'.
America is a very large places, there are tons of places for people to build out and build up if that's a primary issue.
The most vertical city in the US - NYC - is one of the least affordable.
In fact - the 'most dense' places tend to be the least affordable, paradoxically.
So even in the event affordability becomes a primary concern, even then the answers may not be more obvious.
More than likely getting different companies to move to adjacent areas might be a more suitable problem to the affordability crisis.
Surely Morgan Hill, Pleasanton, Fremont or Santa Rosa could equally opt to 'build up'.