So that tower? The one in the picture? Right now I can find an apartment on Hotpads in the neighborhood. It's $2100 a month. And right now I can find a condo across the street. It's $850k with $353/mo HOAs. Let's say you can roll up a $100k downpayment - you're now paying $3900/mo in rent and HOAs, prolly $4k at least when you add in PMI. I shot a wedding for a couple that lived a block away from the McArthur BART terminal. They had an 8' tall wall around their house topped in razor wire. I have seen vehicle impound lots with more curb appeal. I bought a pint bottle of Old Crow from the convenience store that no longer occupies the land that condo is going onto. And that neighborhood just gained 603 units worth of vehicular traffic. "Radical" is one word. "False" would be another.
Regardless of whether this particular case is a good one, there are a bunch of trends that have gotten us here and don't seem to be fading soon. I don't know how strong these are over there, but: - car use among younger generations is dropping, PT and bicycle use increasing - suburbs are despised in favour of denser cities, often resulting in gentrification - housing prices in said cities are going up in cities - younger generations are becoming better at mobilizing for local issues And it does seem to come together in a piece like this. They apparently can't, but what can?Yimby groups want to reduce the need for cars by building dense, infill housing close to transportation. They want to do away with suburban sprawl. Most of all, they want somewhere to live.
“The world is changing and there’s lots to be angry about,” he says. “The yimbys are saying: ‘We can do something about this.’”