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Nobody in San Diego wants the city to be like NYC. Also how many people do you really think are going to get a high enough paying job in San Diego within 10 blocks of their residence? That's an absolute fantasy and planning based on an ideal world is why the trolley has an avg of 2000 riders per day instead of the projected 12,000.

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NYC isn't the only model for density. Small houses on small lots can and does create lots of housing in places that don't typically come to mind when you think of dense (as this blog points out, Provincetown MA is one example: http://www.andrewalexanderprice.com/blog20141104.php#.XUHrGO...)

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