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Another great wake-up call here. Thanks.
Another aspect of this we are seeing on the SF Peninsula is that they are subtly trying to move the existing detached housing stock in the direction of gay / single / DINK friendly (coincidentally, two of these subcultures tend to vote to the Left, en masse). Here's how they are doing it. Firstly, they are really emphasizing "picture postcard perfect" which means making the existing (typically too small) houses look more New Englandeasque (they don't like Spanish Style, in spite of our location and real history). They also make it tough to accomodate more than one or two vehicles by refusing to allow driveway - parking pad expansions. They stiffle additions by not allowing cuts and slope modifications in backyards and by having a 28 foot peak roofline to ground level height limit. And recently, they made it clear they don't like what they consider to be "rednecks" by banning parking of boats, RVs and the like in front of homes. Etc. Is it a conspiracy? As I mentioned on a related thread, I overheard, in a coffeehouse frequented by the "smart set" a couple of, shall we say, alternative lifestyle living, politically connected people, specifically scheming on how to use zoning to put pressure on "breeders" to move out. Any questions?
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Part of the problem mention above is that the local city commisions are packed with real estate brokers and agents who make profit by the devolopment of land they own.
They buy up houses and then use the fact they granted ONE variance to get their little clusters approved for micro condominiums/townhouses.
Real estate agents will become the new used care salesmen or lawyers as far as public scorn.
Thanks for the information/links.
In Educating for the New World Order by Bev Eakman, the reader finds reference upon reference for the need to preserve the illusion that there is "Lay, or community, participation in the decision-making process, while in fact lay citizens are being squeezed out."
More over here.
Did someone call me?
The vision in San Diego is the same as the ruination of New York, Chicago, Detroit, L.A. and every other metropolis under the union's thumb. And the unions are all about power, not progress.
Bump for later digestion.
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Thank you for posting this. I have fought the visioning process at both city and regional meetings. However, I beg to differ that we currently have "free market housing." The current zoning and regulatory bureaucratic nightmare we endure is anything but. This whole process of "visioning" is in part government coming in with a "solution" to the mess it created in past decades.
Many of us would love to live in a neighborhood where we could work, live, and shop all within walking distance. That is pretty hard to find--especially in the West. I also think that such neighborhoods will become increasingly popular as the Baby Boomers age and have to give up their licenses as they grow too old to drive safely. I have known too many elderly people who are desperate to keep driving--even though they pose a great risk to themselves and others--simply because they are so cut off from life in modern residential-only zones. Either some genius is going to have to come up with a great solution to the elderly's transportation needs or communities that allow one to carry on life without needing a car will be in high demand.
In Nashville, Tn. the planners want to dismantle all the interstate highways through town and restore the mixed-use design of the horse and buggy past with fill-in building.
