@#5 ... EU knocks out it out 10 years unless they have to tediously bore through mountains. ...
Also, the EU does not seem to have a similar problem of contractors and politicians viewing public works projects as a source of personal wealth.
#6 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Thats not whats happening, In know you think it is, and I used to as well.
There's a book WhyNothingWorks. It explains it so well, you'll see the country with a whole new light.

There is a book called Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire.
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Already read it. Thank you very much.

You never saw my reply to your previous dropping name of his book, Corky actually claims Andersen was in Fantasyland; I doubt you read it or you'd understand that blamed Boomers.

His critique of "Do your own thing / pursue your own truth." is interesting and popularized personal freedom, but the book claims it legitimized in your mind that subjective experience supersedes empirical reality.
ie you're the one in Fantasyland.

Here's some of reading you're missing out on ....

The injury alleged by the Sierra Club will be incurred entirely by reason of the change in the uses to which Mineral King will be put, and the attendant change in the aesthetics and ecology of the area. Thus, in referring to the road to be built through Sequoia National Park, the complaint alleged that the development "would destroy or otherwise adversely affect the scenery, natural and historic objects and wildlife of the park, and would impair the enjoyment of the park for future generations." We do not question that this type of harm may amount to an "injury in fact" sufficient to lay the basis for standing under 10 of the APA. Aesthetic and environmental wellbeing, like economic wellbeing, are important ingredients of the quality of life in our society, and the fact that particular environmental interests are shared by the many, rather than the few, does not make them less deserving of legal protection through the judicial process.
Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U. S 1972

What damage did that do to the ability to develop a railroad, a building, a park, a datacenter or a house?

But I wanted to limit my reply to the thread topic, i.e., public works projects.

You can't do it intelligently without understanding the history of how you got here. I see many posts proposing/blaming policies and people, that will take us back to the same place to why it changed to what it is today.

Currently condo shopping in the San Fran area.

Whereabouts? Peninsula, South Bay? SFO is pricey, but the other side of the Bay Bridge is cheaper.

I can give you the lowdown on commuting if you want. CalTrain is awesome into the city if your work is located within walking distance.

If you are looking in Morgan Hill (nice area), it's down about -20% -28%.

This is where I live. From 2006? This isn't true at all. Its up 30% or more.

I would doubt your whole post because of this.

Commuting to Mountain View. I believe there's a bus that will take me most of the way. Morgan Hill looks nice.
#13 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

If working for G the Gbus system is wonderful. Get a place near a GBus stop, we have one in Mogran Hill I used to commute wondeful. But getting to the campus from CalTrain is funky, reverse CalTrain commute from SFO is pretty interesting idea.

Apple and Facebook both have buses, but its not as developed.

Redwood city has wonderful weather, and not a bad commute, there are newer town homes east of 101, all the way to Foster City there are townhomes/condos. But they have questionable soil should we get the big one.

There's been alot of condo development in SantaClara (city) All the little downtowns near trainstations need to be/will be developing homes per State regulations, I suspect you'll find alot of condo buildings being built within 1/2mile of these stations. That might give you some ideas.

Yea avoid east bay commute, 237, dumbarton can be a disaster. The Pen is just really expensive.