CA ANTI-SPRAWL LAWS FAIL; TX LOW ZONING WORKS

Calwatchdog.com ^ | May 28, 2013 | Wayne Lusvardi

[WayneLusvardi]

Californians are fleeing the center of their big cities while suburbs are suffering from slow growth. If it were not for international in-migration, California’s older big cities would be suffering from population decline the same as Detroit. Texas has become the “New California” by figuring out the formula to sustain the population of its older city centers while its suburbs are booming at the same time.

[Regulator]

Translation: the Americans are being driven from California.

[Sarajevo]

Texas has become the “New California” by figuring out the formula to sustain the population of its older city centers while its suburbs are booming at the same time.

Really? Would that be by bringing on more people to further stress an already low aquifier? Or perhaps by building subdivision after subdivision that steadily encroaches on farm and pastureland just so the cities can claim an ever growing tax base? Walk two to three blocks outside of the Riverwalk area in San Antonio and you'll see neighborhoods rotten to the core.

[WayneLusvardi]

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT

I’VE BEEN TO RIVERWALK AND DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. LOT OF OLD OFFICE TOWERS NOW HALF OR FULLY EMPTY DOWNTOWN. BUT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE EVEN WITHOUT REDEVELOPMENT FINANCING.

BUT IF YOU GO TO MONTE VISTA, ALAMO HEIGHTS, AND TERRELL HILLS YOU WILL FIND THAT HOUSING IS BEING GOBBLED UP BY DOMESTIC IN-MIGRANTS.

[elkfersupper]

Just keep spouting that Agenda 21 crap.

That will endear you to a lot of folks around here.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Really? Would that be by bringing on more people to further stress an already low aquifier? Or perhaps by building subdivision after subdivision that steadily encroaches on farm and pastureland just so the cities can claim an ever growing tax base? Walk two to three blocks outside of the Riverwalk area in San Antonio and you'll see neighborhoods rotten to the core.

I live in a suburb outside of Boston. I routinely get socialist minded young adults from MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group) knocking on my door spouting the same drivel you claim. I hear how the trees are being cut down, developments are destroying the environment, etc, etc, etc.

Given the socialist education they get and their experience of traveling along paved streets gives them the impression the whole world is asphalt. I live in one of the most population dense states. Yet whenever I get in a small airplane and look down on Massachusetts, all I see are trees, billions, and billions, and billions of them. From my perspective in the air, I'd say 99 percent of the state is covered by trees and more than 75 percent is forest. The MASSPIRG numbnuts get mad at me when I point out their nonsense.

[Sarajevo]

Alamo Height and Terrell Hills are older neighborhoods that are a patchwork of middle class housing and apartments. They are not exactly in the downtown area, but close enough to “benefit” from the rot. Redevelopment has been extremely slow in those area’s.

[Sarajevo]

Just keep spouting that Agenda 21 crap.

Agenda 21? Who are you to give me that crap? Do you live in this area?
Our aquifier levels are lower than they have ever been since 1956, even with the recent rains. I seriously doubt that you live in the area, but I do. The city recently drilled a well so deep that it pumps brackish water that requires R/O treatment before use to help alleviate the pressure on the aquifier. Increasing the population does not help.

That will endear you to a lot of folks around here.

Uuuuh..............trying to give a crap..................

Sorry, but I don't.

[Sarajevo]

I live in a suburb outside of Boston. I routinely get socialist minded young adults from MASSPIRG (Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group) knocking on my door spouting the same drivel you claim.

It's not as claim, it's fact. I live 40 miles outside of the city and see the encroachment of new developments. Yes, we see a lot of trees, at least those that have survived the drought. The local lake is essentially dry.
Here is a picture for you:

This is the lake bed. That little stream you see is now 3 feet wide. It's normally under 35 feet of water. This is due to two factors; 1. the 3 year drought, and 2. the siphoning of water from the lake by San Antonio. The city recently saw the fallacy of their demands and put a moratorium on amount of water they take.

Now, you tell me where an increase in population will alleviate this.