[quote=bearishgurl]So, yes, light rail will diminish property values in the immediate area of its tracks/stops.
It is what it is.
The “future” affected homeowners in Santa Clara County aren’t dumb.[/quote]
I think AK is talking about high speed rail, not light rail. In order into go high speed, there need to be minimal friction. Friction is one of the biggest cause of sound. With high speed rail, they don’t need as many stops as right rail. They just need 1 per city, kind of like every city have an airport. They can potentially have it near the airport too for easy transfer from train to airplane.
Homeowners in Santa Clara County aren’t dumb, because they know that if you can live in Fresno and use the high speed rail and get to work in 20-30 min, they will attract quite a few people to move there. That’s what AK is getting at.
