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The weather is nicer in NYC, so more people go to Central Park and live next to it. Saf Francisco has famously bad weather, so people own cars and don’t want to be outside in a park. It’s the only rational explanation.
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SF with "unlimited" zoning... but just on the 2 blocks running to the north & south of Golden Gate Park could support a very large vibrant community.
putting subway lines parallel to the park and a couple underneath it would eliminate the need for most car-traffic for those
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People really fear having their neighborhood turned into Manhattan, when in reality we just want to turn it into Hoboken.
Hey I can see my old house! It's so boring out there too, like it doesn't really feel neighborhoody at all for the most part. Just a ghost town outside of the high streets.
But but… the cHaRacTer of the neighborhood! -Everyone that lives there.
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It would also help with housing prices. If you could put 1000 people where 5 people live in nice areas like this the housing shortage would go away insanely quick. I know so many people that have moved out of Cali because of how insane prices are
It would also make sense to have some density around Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. Central Park is about 840 acres and Mile Square Park is about 640 acres.
Both Fulton and Lincoln should be lined with mixed-use midrise buildings (dense residential + ground-floor retail).