[quote=carli]No one I know is reminiscing about horses and open fields, wishing to go back to those days. Most of us look forward to having more housing, dining, entertainment and shopping options nearby, and again, no one I know is opposed to One Paseo being built in the right way.

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But still, bring on the housing, dining, retail and entertainment right now in the right density, and it will be a welcome improvement to the area. Most of us are trying to say just that, but that part gets drowned out with all the rhetoric and accusations of NIMBYism, etc. There is more common ground here than most realize.[/quote]

I completely agree. Had Kilroy come in with a plan for 500,000 sq ft without a residential element (which would likely require a new school that is not even contemplated) I would be perfectly content. Perhaps I would be able to get a parking space at Ralphs when I need to run out to the store rather than driving around for 10 minutes searching for one.

Kilroy has tried to cast this conversation as all or nothing, which it isn’t. They are completely able to build a reasonably sized development under the current zoning – they just want more and they want us to bear the brunt of it.