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as someone who lives in CA and would drive to SF often for my job, it feels spiritually dirty and i never have a good feeling when i'm there. All i think is "when will i get out i want to get away get me out"Where SF stands among worst-run cities in US
New ranking argues The City isn't spending efficiently.www.sfexaminer.com
I think that there's a takeaway here...it's that "one-party rule" isn't good whether it's on the left or the right.
Left-wing areas need a "right-leaning" filter to run their ideas through, and vice versa.
One could expand this and simply say all blue states and blue cities have horrible policies that result in horrible states and cities.Where SF stands among worst-run cities in US
New ranking argues The City isn't spending efficiently.
I think that there's a takeaway here...it's that "one-party rule" isn't good whether it's on the left or the right.
Left-wing areas need a "right-leaning" filter to run their ideas through, and vice versa.
It largely depends on the city/state we're talking about.
Hard to generalize. Plenty of deep red states are pretty terrible too, judging by most quality of life indicators.
Yet, politicians in California fight to make every city just like San Francisco, by forcing already populated cities to add more, and more housing. Even in the form of ADU's in the backyards.
People don’t want to live in Antelope Valley and commute an hour minimum each way.
There's just the small problem of Antelope Valley being a desert with practically zero access to water (spring superbloom photos notwithstanding). Temps are frequently well over 100 in the summer - it's really not a pleasant place to live. Also, it's more like an hour and a half to downtown LA with no traffic - and there's always traffic.
Phoenix was never a desirable land. But innovative minds made it desirable.
Carve a road with some tunnels through Angeles National forest. Use the Army Corp. of engineers.
Phoenix has a river (the Salt River at least used to have consistent flow year-round) and was originally founded as an agricultural town. It absolutely started out as "desirable land", especially by desert standards. It wasn't until post-WWII that it really took off - the current issues with the city largely stem from its very rapid growth. The huge expanse of concrete and asphalt creates a "heat island" that bumps the temperature up significantly and the city's growth has outstripped its water supply. The Antelope Valley has no reliable water supply to begin with, so nothing can ever really get started there
People have tried to build housing in the Antelope Valley - there are plenty of suburban developments out in the desert, especially at the bottom of Cajon Pass. Turns out people just don't want to live there.
Roads already exist, and the geology of the San Gabriel/San Bernardino Mountains does not lend itself to safe or cost-effective tunnel construction.
False. Antelope Valley already gets water from the State Aqueduct, which comes from the Sierra Nevada mountains. Groundwater is also available.
That can be changed. People want retail, shopping and fine dining. When you expand, you include all these things.
What about building bridges between mountain peaks, or mountainsides? I'm sure the current roads could be improved on, by being made straighter, to reduce travel times.
