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In reply to the discussion: Million Dollar Shack: Trapped in Silicon Valley's Housing Bubble [View all]Ford_Prefect
(7,974 posts)There are simply too many people there now and it will not get better by piling them higher. The principle regional water sources are nearly overwhelmed. The major aquifer feeding the area water supplies is in dire condition and may never recover. It simply defies logic to dramatically increase population in an area like this, regardless of changes in agricultural usage.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/california-drought-is-driving-the-depletion-of
It will matter how much worse it will get with more people crammed onto the peninsula. Just because it is possible to build greater density does NOT make it wise to do so, regardless of how many lawns people water or how many people want a lawn.
This is an old debate in planning circles. What is the common good and how much of it can you manufacture in the infrastructure, and how much infrastructure is a good idea in the place where the people are. What you come to discover is that there are only so many people who can occupy a space and still receive what is accepted as enough of the common good. After that point you need a new place for the people to be or you need fewer people.