[quote=The-Shoveler]I was looking at some absolutely mind blowing population growth projections for California earlier this morning.
The current population in California is 38 million, which is project to grow to 60 million by 2050.
That is absolutely astounding if true, they need to be pounding nails as far as the eye can see for the next 35 years just to keep up if that is what the future really holds.[/quote]Um, Shoveler, we’ve been thru this before here a few times :=0
This “prognostication” is unrealistic, pure fantasy and not doable in CA (unless the Mojave Desert gets some infrastructure and jobs and begins to be built up).
A more realistic assessment of the situation is … “If CA DOESN’T get anymore new construction, newcomers will buy/rent what is on offer or NOT move here at all!” And, believe it or not, that is okay! We don’t OWE the rest of the nation and world “affordable housing” or even any housing at all.
“Population projections” for an already built-out state are nothing but hogwash. They will be whatever the existing property owners and VOTERS want them to be. Sure, some of our rural counties “appear” to have a lot of open land. But that land is “protected.” Read, legally PROTECTED for various reasons and purposes.
In some CA cities (ex: SF) the vast majority of the population is already shoulder to shoulder, live within spitting distance with one another and fight for street parking on their own streets every single day. SD has areas like this as well. Good luck with your continual population prognostications here but just realize that all they are is a fantasy … they stem from a delusional mindset of CA having endless resources.
