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Louis Mirante (on threads @louismirante)
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This picture accurately summarizes policymakers' error in thinking that has made the coast of California one of the most highly segregated places in the country. The first image is Surfside, Florida, where the avg condo costs $900k. The second is La Jolla, avg home value $2.3m
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Aphasialista
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That's not "segregation," that's just market pricing. And guess what? All of us San Diegans can go to the beach whenever we want. We don't have to live within 1/4 mile of the water, whatever our race, creed, or skin color.
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Donal
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A crucial difference is the terrain behind the towers. Florida is dead flat. In San Diego, you can see the Ocean from the hill in Kate Sessions Park, a mile and a half from the beach.
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BlahBlahBlah
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I know it's not your original post but La Jolla is super hilly and cliffy and supports about as much density as it possibly can already. Up where things are stable there's a bunch of high density highrises and apartment buildings. Traffic in/out is terrible.
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Tom St Denis 🐹(blue checkmark)🇨🇦
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Also Florida has plenty of beach access. in Jacksonville the city runs the facilities including the bridges over the dunes. heck homeless people sleep on the beach at night (and don't bother anyone)
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Maggiemarbles
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And neither will remain viable as sea levels rise. Put towns further inland and have beach infrastructure limited to what you can afford to lose.
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Rishi Ramaraju
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Surfside is more densely populated than La Jolla but La Jolla is about twice as wealthy. Feel like real estate prices in both are reflective of the respective wealth in both areas.
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Observer
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Also, the hills from which you can see the beach are just as expensive (if not more) than the areas immediately on the coast
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Gregory Shorts
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Public access to that San Diego beach is vastly superior to that in Florida. There is a parking lot right at the beach and the beach is filled with families from all over San Diego County. Actually, San Diego’s best family beach.
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KennyGoo
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I mean in fairness, you won't be able to finish paying the mortgage on the condos in the top photo before that entire block is torn apart again by a hurricane. Both of these photos are policy failures. Neither are a model for success.
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Michael Moody
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What an idiot; one of those photos has coastal views for a few hundred, one has coastal views for a few thousand. Which is giving “views for all”?
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Brett Knoss
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Indeed, the rich pay more for a view if they want, other people walk to the beach, or do things not beach related.
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"Doctor" Thunderdome
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Yes... California's struggles to get the improved zoning it desperately needs is the only reason for the price difference, not that one picture is within easy reach of two major global cities and more convenient access to Asia & Oceania while the other is in fucking Florida.
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Lmao and the argument further down the thread from them is "there are parks where you can see the ocean from miles away because the views aren't blocked by condos"
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Roman de Renart
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You are comparing one policy failure Florida real estate which is falling apart under rising insurance costs from building in flood zones with another policy failure which is ridiculous housing prices in California due to the absence of dense development. Both of you are idiots.
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Musk You Sir
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Also California has a hilly coastline while Florida doesn’t. You cannot get an elevated view of the ocean without building high rises in Florida. You can in California.
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