San Diego is practically built out. There’s no room left to build massive SFR development. If you truly want homes to be more affordable for next generations and beyond, the only solution is to have projects like these. Just look at the South Bay and the Peninsula as examples. Mountain View, Palo Alto, etc. all have their own downtown with high density mix used development. These development were built before Caltrain was built. Same goes for all the high rise office buildings around that area. Afterward, Caltrain went in and other public transit system start to be built to service these areas. I feel San Diego need more of these “Village Centers” as well, since we don’t have small cities litter throughout San Diego County. However, we do have decently large neighborhood that should have their own village/town center. Think of them as mini-downtown.
I don’t think One Paseo is ideal at its current state, however, I think it’s only missing a light rail station. Maybe, instead of opposing the project out right, they opponent should be pushing for a light rail station at the development as well. One can be connected to the UTC station that’s being built right now.
Mira Mesa has 2 developments that are much larger than the One Paseo project. However, it also include plan for a light rail station, the expansion of the blue line from UTC. It also include creating a new artery road (Carroll Canyon Road) that’s a 6 lane road with bike path from the 805 to the 15.
Our freeway system can’t handle more jobs from the golden triangle without higher density housing near by and public transit system. I want San Diego to grow and become a world class city/county with a lot of high paying jobs. I see a lot of people complain that SD currently don’t have a lot of high paying jobs and cost of living is too high (due to the desirability of the area) yet oppose growth. How do you think we’ll get more companies to move here if we don’t have the infrastructure and the workforce to service those companies?
