[lbo-talk] re: nimby liberals

frank scott frank at marin.cc.ca.us
Tue Mar 30 09:46:44 PST 2004


"What baffles me about Bay Area housing market is a relative absence of higher density housing. Topographical and zoning constraints (mountains

and water) do not seem to halt sprawl of single family units."

exactly, and sadly, so called environmentalists play a major role in stopping high density building...of course, there is far more profit in single family sprawl, but even when developer and business interests support what they have come to call "workforce housing", it doesn't have

a prayer...

in marin county, where i rent, the average cost of a house is waaay over

half a million , so it is in the interest of some parts of the commercial community to get affordable housing, just to have a crew that

doesn't have a day long commute to get to the mall...but when the protectors of property values and open space get together- and they are often the same people - forget about it...

at one point, the enviros here in marin were almost a revolutionary movement...in the past, they saved the county from having its major land

area converted into a small city, with roads and congestion...west marin

is still relatively pristine and beautiful due to their work in the past...but in recent years, they have become a reactionary force when it

comes to housing...

fs



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