Neutron Bomb.
Oooooo, now THAT’S sinister.
I LIKE IT!
But — back in the real world — there’s a neighboring community named “Emeryville” that you may have heard of. [Hello?? PIXAR??] The place is bustin’ out bigtime. They haven’t got a great deal of real estate, but they’re makin’ the most of it with a whole lot of new businesses, and rennovation.
So, here’s the plan:
We all take EVERY DOLLAR we’d ever thought we might spend in Berkeley, and drive the extra couple of miles to Emeryville to spend it, instead. Berkeley businesses board up; Emeryville booms. Jobs move to Emeryville, which is close enough that the workers who have them now, will still have them after they move.
Just put an economic chokehold on Berkeley and push all of that commerce across the city line into Emeryville. Once Emeryville starts to max out, we’ll leak over into San Pablo, and Richmond. Berkeley could become an economic wasteland surrounded by a ring of thriving communities.